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FEMA Town Hall at Barre Opera House (6 N Main Street) tonight, July 24th, from 5 to 7pm. ASL interpreter will be in person. You can also ask questions in chat on Zoom. For more info go to https://fb.watch/l_tcWOWMfz/ #vermontstrong #barrerocksolid #ASL by @vtcil

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https://youtu.be/A6b3hctHB74 - ASL version on Youtube

Come enjoy free Ben & Jerry's ice cream and free admission to the pool! Barre City, FEMA and other agencies will have tables set up to answer flood-related questions or just enjoy some ice cream and swimming! Saturday, July 22nd from 12:30-2:30pm at Barre City Municipal Swimming Pool 59 Parkside Terrace, Barre. #vermontstrongkids #aslinterpreters #barrevermontrocksolid by @vtcil

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Disability Rights Vermont, UVM Center on Disability & Community Inclusion and Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights (VCDR) are hosting a Zoom listening session on February 3 from 2:30-4:30pm.

We want to hear from people with disabilities, mental health conditions, the Deaf community and allies! There will be ASL interpretation and live captioning.

The goal of the listening session is to hear what our communities need to better serve individuals so there is equal access and opportunities for all Vermonters.

What does your community need? What vision do you have for the future? Housing? School? Transportation? Internet? Access to services?

Register at http://go.uvm.edu/listening-session
- if you need help registering, you are unable to attend but would like to comment or have other questions please email Nick at nick@vcil.org or call 802-224-1824. For ASL call Val Hughes, Deaf Independence Program Coordinator, at 802-275-0099.
Hope to see you there! Disability Rights Vermont, the Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights, and the Center on Disability & Community Inclusion want to hear from people with disabilities, mental health conditions, the Deaf community, and allies on February 3, 2023 from 2:30-4:30pm Please join us for our second session! The goal of this listening session will be to get a sense of what our communities need to better support and serve individuals so that there is equal access and opportunities for all Vermonters. ASL interpreters and Captioning provided. What does your community need? What vision do you have for the future? Housing? Transportation? School? Internet? Access to services? Come join us and let us know! Register here: http://go.uvm.edu/listening-session If you need help registering or want to participate in another way, please contact: Nick at nick@vcil.org or 1-802-224-1824 by @vtcil

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VCIL's Youth Transition program and HireAbility will have four fantastic self-advocates talking about the role of self-advocacy in the civil rights movement and the disability rights movement on Monday, January 16th at 6:30pm.

No pre-registration required and this event will have ASL interpretation!

Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85911598045...
Meeting ID: 859 1159 8045
Passcode: 177227

For more information please contact Sefakor at sefakor@vcil.org or call 1-802-224-1806 before January 16th Alt text: The Role of Self-Advocacy in Civil Rights Movement and Disability Rights Movement. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." Martin Luther King. Join us as we hear from these panelists what Martin Luther King's legacy and disability rights mean to them. Who: photographs of self-advocates Lauren Austin, Justin MH Salisbury, Nicole Villemaire (VCIL Youth Transition intern) and Thomas Caswell. Why: Because "oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself." Martin Luther King Jr. For more information please contact Sefakor at sefakor@vcil.org or call 1-802-224-1806 before January 16th. taken in Zoom Online by @vtcil

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Valerie Hughes, VCIL Deaf Independence Program Coordinator, describes how to register for the upcoming Disability Rights Vermont/Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights Listening session this Thursday, October 27th from 2-4pm. There will be Deaf and Hearing Interpreters and live captioning. To register, click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpd-GgqzosGNaP5b_0PS_WQ3gzLx7nmBNr
If you need assistance with registering, please call Val at 802-275-0099 (VP) or email val@vcil.org by @vtcil

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VCIL and VT SILC's Congressional Forum is now up on Youtube and ORCA's website with closed captioning and ASL interpretation! This video only has the forum portion of our big day on July 26th, but we will update when the video of the ADA Celebration is available as well! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuPQYBeup1Y A screenshot of journalist Peter Hirschfeld of Vermont Public at a podium with a smaller video camera focused on an ASL interpreter by @vtcil

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