Funded by: HSRI
The Grassroots Project’s National Advocacy and Action Coalition comprises of national disability organizations representing ACL-funded disability programs.
Together we will position the next generation of cross-disability, cross-generational and culturally diverse grassroots advocates as leaders and catalysts of systems change that hold states and / or providers accountable and responsive to input. The project will support state and local advocacy and action coalitions in leveraging the ACL disability networks in each state and territory to advance quality community living.
NCIL is centering its project to support CILs, and IL network to improve engagement and services to marginalized and underserved communities (including Black Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), LGBTQ+, and cross-disability). NCIL aims to empower and build BIPOC and marginalized coalitions and advocates’ capacity to engage in systems change. NCIL will also support the development of statewide cross-disability activities.
- Project Lead: Jessica Podesva, Director of Advocacy and Public Policy (Jessica@ncil.org); Mary-Kate Wells, Program Director (Mary-Kate@ncil.org)
