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The Supports and Connections program area assists people with disabilities in fully participating in leadership opportunities by providing them with support and creating connections among leaders with disabilities.
Types of Support / Types of Connections / Examples / Quotes from people CCL has supported
What types of support does CCL provide?
CCL supports people with disabilities participate in leadership opportunities by:
- Identifying scholarship funds and connecting people with disabilities to those funds.
- Providing technical assistance to leadership organizations to help them provide accommodations.
- Working with generic leadership opportunities to help ensure inclusiveness of people with disabilities.
- Providing ongoing support and follow-up to the person with a disability as they participate in leadership opportunities as well as after they complete the program.
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What types of connections does CCL provide?
CCL creates several types of connections including:
- Connecting people with disabilities to each other to discuss disability issues, leadership techniques, and help each other grow as leaders.
- Connecting people with disabilities to local disability organizations.
- Connecting people with disabilities to leadership opportunities in their community and area of interest.
- Connecting disability organizations to organizations hosting leadership opportunities.
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What are some examples of supports and connections?
Disability Activists Retreat
In May 2006, the Leaven Center in Lyons, Michigan, held a retreat for disability activists and allies. The Michigan Disability Rights Coalition's Cookie Gant Leadership Development Fund provided financial support for 6 people with disabilities to attend this retreat.
CONNECT Retreat
In March 2006, CONNECT held a retreat for college students with disabilities who were active in disability student organizations on their campuses. At this retreat, students with disabilities learned how to sustain their student groups, create transition plans for when members graduate, and network with other student groups to create a state-wide impact.
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Quotes from people CCL has supported:
- "I feel fortunate that CCL is
an available resource to assist
me in becoming the kind of leader and member of the disability community
that I strive to be." --Laura Hall
- "CCL has helped me consider ways to strategize about leadership in an integrated forum that isn't limited to a segregated community." --Ian Engle
- "CONNECT really made me feel not alone in trying to change campus life for students with disabilities, because I was able to meet others just like me who faced many of the same challenges and victories." --Shana Holet
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Connections for Community Leadership is funded by the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council.
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