2021 Event Agenda
On-Demand Videos
| Name | Time | Virtual Session Link | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, July 8, 2021 | |||
| Candidates Forum | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | View Session | |
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| Wednesday, July 14, 2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| NCIL 2021 Policy Briefing | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | View Session | |
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| Friday, July 16, 2021 | |||
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| Board Meeting | 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM | View Session | |
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| Name | Time | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, July 8, 2021 | ||
| Candidates Forum | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | |
| Wednesday, July 14, 2021 | ||
| NCIL 2021 Policy Briefing | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | |
| Friday, July 16, 2021 | ||
| Board Meeting | 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM | |
| Monday, July 19, 2021 | ||
| Opening Plenary | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | |
| Workshop 1 - L&A Featured Workshop: The Better Care Better Jobs Act: An Overview and Advocacy Strolls Ahead | 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM | Kelly Buckland - National Council on Independent Living Shaylin Sluzalis - |
| Workshop 2 - How CILs can Utilize Lessons Learned from the Pandemic in Improving Service Delivery (ILRU IL-NET T&TA Center Workshop) | 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | Paula McElwee - ILRU Lidia Fonseca - VAIL Jeremy Caffee - Access Center Brooke Curtis - |
| Workshop 3 - The Atlantis Response to the COVID Pandemic | 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM | Curtis Garret - Anaya Robinson - Atlantis Community Inc. Candie Dalton - Atlantis Community Inc. |
| Tuesday, July 20, 2021 | ||
| Workshop 4 - SILCs and Coalition Building | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | Amber OHaver - INSILC Kathy Cooper - SILC of KS Lee Martin - Ray Montgomery - |
| Workshop 5 - Civic Engagement "empowers" LIFE (Liberty, Independence, Freedom, Equity) | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Jack Rosen - Teresa Moore - Juliana Huerena - Dr. FranSha Anderson - Arkansas Independent Living Council |
| Workshop 6 - My Girl Story Documentary Film Screening and Talkback | 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM | Dr. FranSha Anderson - Arkansas Independent Living Council Dee Ann Hart - Juliana Huerena - Teresa Moore - Jack Rosen - |
| Wednesday, July 21, 2021 | ||
| Workshop 7 - Rehabilitation Act and CILs: Shape Our Future | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | Daniel Kessler - Jeff Hughes - |
| Awards Ceremony | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | |
| Annual Council Meeting | 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM | |
| Thursday, July 22, 2021 | ||
| NCIL 2020 Virtual Rally | 10:00 AM | |
| Workshop 8 - Emergency Planning and Response Roles for Health Plans Serving People with Disabilities | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | June Kailes - Disability Policy Consulting Merrill Friedman - Anthem Ted Webster - |
| Workshop 9 - Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the U.S. and Internationally | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Diane Coleman - Anita Cameron - Marilyn Golden - DREDF |
| Meet and Greet with NCIL’s New Executive Director | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | |
| Friday, July 23, 2021 | ||
| Workshop 10 - Low Touch Transition | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | Kim Dietrich - Debbie Wright - TILRC |
| Workshop 11 - The Unmasking of Ableism in Healthcare Settings during the Pandemic: Lessons Learned and Strategies to Combat Against Them | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Andrés J. Gallegos, Esq. - Javier Robles - |
| Workshop 12 - Building Plural Safe Spaces: One Body, Many Activists | 3:00 PM - 4:45 PM | The Rings System - The Alexandrite System - |
| Monday, July 26, 2021 | ||
| Workshop 13 - Rehab Assistance for People with Environmental Hypersensitivities | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | Susie Molloy - Rehab Environmental Illness Lindsay Baran - NCIL |
| Workshop 14 - COVID-19: Resilience is a Process, Equity is Not Negotiable | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Mel Leviton - Beth Meyer - Ann McDaniel - WVSILC Ciawanda McDonald - Jim House - WASILC |
| Workshop 15 - Affordable, Accessible Housing: History, Barriers, and Advocacy | 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM | Hindley Williams - The IMAGE Center of Maryland |
| Tuesday, July 27, 2021 | ||
| Workshop 16 - Disability Disaster Access and Resources | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | Brian Hollander - June Kailes - Disability Policy Consulting Christina Mills - |
| Workshop 17 - North Carolina's Transition to Community Living Initiative | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Vicki Smith - Alliance Of Disability Advocates Mark Salzer - Corey McKittrick - Nina Leger - |
| Workshop 18 - Promoting Interventions for Community Living | 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM | Kelsey Shinnick Goddard - Research and Training Center on Independent Living Jean Hall - Research and Training Center on Independent Living |
| Wednesday, July 28, 2021 | ||
| Workshop 19 - Disability, Race, and the ADA Generation | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | Amanda Frantz - Jenny Sichel - NCIL Lydia X.Z. Brown - DeShawn Cann - Amani Carson - |
| Workshop 20 - Disability-forward Housing Solutions: Building Knowledge and Power | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | DeShawn Cann - Amani Carson - Amanda Frantz - Jenny Sichel - NCIL Lydia X.Z. Brown - |
| Workshop 21 - SILC Issues for Reauthorization | 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM | Kathy Cooper - SILC of KS Jeremy Morris - Ohio SILC Ann McDaniel - WVSILC |
| Thursday, July 29, 2021 | ||
| Workshop 22 - Got Implicit Bias? | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | Reyma McCoy McDeid - NCIL |
| Workshop 23 - There Are No Bad Questions: Lifting Up & Supporting SILCs (Part 1: SILC Basic Operations) | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Mel Leviton - Ann McDaniel - WVSILC Susan Tomasic - Brooke Wilson - Jeremy Morris - Ohio SILC |
| Workshop 24 - There Are No Bad Questions: Lifting Up & Supporting SILCs (Part 2: SILC Best Practices) | 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM | Mel Leviton - Ann McDaniel - WVSILC Susan Tomasic - Brooke Wilson - Jeremy Morris - Ohio SILC |
| Friday, July 30, 2021 | ||
| Workshop 25 - Is your State Looking at Improving Access to IL Services Through Part C Funds Redistribution and / or Changes to CILs’ Service Areas? | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | Lou Ann & Kibbee - SKIL Resource Center Ann McDaniel - WVSILC Maureen Ryan - Wisconsin Coalition of Independendent Living Centers, Inc. |
| Closing Keynote Address – Justice Shorter | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | |
| NCIL Board Meeting | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
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