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Join
Us as a co-Sponsor / supporting organization
"All
people, regardless of the severity of their disabilities, are entitled to
community living."
- The
Community Imperative, 1979
We
invite you to support the California Community Imperative conference, a
unique and historical event scheduled for January 25-26, 2002 in Oakland,
California. Anticipated
attendance is between 800 and 1,000 people with disabilities, family
members, policy makers, educators, professionals, administrators, direct
support staff, advocates, and others.
The conference will feature nationally and regionally prominent
speakers. We have enclosed a
brief description of the conference.
The purpose of the Community Imperative conference is to revisit
the fundamental values and beliefs that have inspired the disability
rights movement, focus on current challenges to the full integration of
people with disabilities in society, and launch a continuing effort to
achieve inclusion for all Californians with developmental disabilities.
The conference takes its name from the Community Imperative
declaration issued in 1979 by the Center on Human Policy at Syracuse
University. This declaration
emerged in response to resistance to community living for people with
disabilities, and especially those with severe cognitive disabilities.
The Community Imperative endorses the rights of all people with
disabilities to community living.
The Center on Human Policy reissued the Community Imperative in
Spring 2000. Since that time
it has been endorsed by the over 100 organizations and over 400
individuals. Among the
national endorsers are ADAPT, the American Association on Mental
Retardation, the Arc of the United States, the
National Coalition on
Self-Determination, the National Parent Network on
Disability, and TASH. California
endorsers are listed in the enclosures.
Organizations can support this conference in two ways.
We invite California organizations to lend their names as co-sponsors
of the conference. Co-sponsors
are organizations that will have endorsed the Community Imperative
declaration and agreed to publicize the conference among their members.
Financial contributions and volunteer assistance from co-sponsors
are welcome.
Co-sponsors and others can also serve as supporting
organizations. In order
to encourage attendance at the conference, the registration fee will be
$35, with waivers upon request. We
need financial support to offer travel stipends to people with
disabilities and family members who would not otherwise be able to attend
and to cover other conference expenses.
Supporting organizations can contribute to the conference at two
levels.
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For $500-999,
supporting organizations will receive five free registrations and
public acknowledgement, including a listing on the conference
program and other materials.
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For
contributions of $1,000 and over, supporting organizations will
receive ten free registrations, recognition on the conference
website, public acknowledgement, and a banner with their names
prominently displayed at the conference.
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We hope that you will join this important effort by becoming a
co-sponsor and/or a supporting organization.
If
you have any questions, ideas or suggestions about the conference, please
feel free to call us at
805-566-7664 or e-mail the Alliance.
To
become a co-sponsor or supporting organization, please contact the
California Alliance for Inclusive Communities, Inc.
Checks should be made payable to the California Alliance for
Inclusive Communities, Inc. Individual
contributions will be tax-deductible. Mail contributions to:
The
California Alliance for Inclusive Communities, Inc.
4501
Cathedral Oaks
Santa
Barbara, CA 93110
Sincerely,
Terry
Boisot, President, California Alliance for Inclusive Communities
Steve
Taylor, Director, Center on Human Policy, Syracuse University
David
Miller, President, Capitol People First
Pat
Napoliello, President, Arc California
Bill
Coffelt, President, The Oaks Group
Ben
Adams, Vice-President, Cal-TASH
Connie
and Harvey Lapin
David
and Faye Wetherow, Parksville, British Columbia
Richard
W. Jacobs, Executive Director, Valley Mountain Regional Center, Inc.
Mark
Polit, Vice President, California Alliance for Inclusive Communities
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