HCBS Gather for Change Learning and Advocacy Team
The HCBS Gather for Change Learning and Advocacy Team is an opportunity to develop advocacy and team-building skills and to learn to talk with policy makers about Home and Community Based Services.
Are you:
- A person with lived disability experience?
- A self-advocate with an intellectual or developmental disability or Autism?
- A Pennsylvania resident with a disability who uses waiver services to live the life you want to live?
- Someone who enjoys learning new advocacy skills and working as a team?
- Interested in talking to policy makers about why HCBS is important to you?
Yes? We want YOU!
The team will be made up of: Pennsylvania residents with a disability who use waiver services to live the life they want to live, people with lived disability experience, and Self-advocates with an intellectual or developmental disability or Autism.
The HCBS Gather for Change team will meet both virtually and in-person. Participants must commit to attending all sessions.
Gather for Change 2024 Meeting Schedule
Virtual sessions are from 10 a.m. to 12 noon:
- April 11, Thursday
- April 25, Thursday
- May 8, Wednesday
- May 15, Wednesday
- June 19, Wednesday
- June 26, Wednesday
In-person session in Harrisburg, PA:
- June 2024
Advocacy and Education Day:
- Date and time to be announced.
Register to Join HCBS Gather for Change
Register to be a part of the HCBS Gather for Change Learning and Advocacy Team.
Deadline to register and to request accommodations is March 31, 2024.
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Questions?
For more information, email dbeckett@temple.edu.
Project Funding
This project is funded by the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council.