• Join ADAPT for the Keys to the Community Rally!

    NCIL encourages people with disabilities, Centers for Independent Living (CILs), Statewide Independent Living Councils (SILCs), and other disability rights organizations nationwide to participate in this important demonstration of support for community living. Mothers’ Day, Sunday, May 11, 2025; 1:00 – 3:30 PM Upper Senate Park, Washington, D.C.  This powerful, family-friendly rally kicks off ADAPT’s new...

    Free
  • Leaders of Tomorrow Forum

    Youth and emerging leaders: please join NCIL for a Leaders for Tomorrow Forum. We want to hear from you!   The fight for disability justice continues, and NCIL is committed to ensuring that youth are at the forefront of this movement. Whether it’s advocacy, organizing, or shaping policies that impact our community, we want you to stay engaged and help us push...

    Free
  • Home Usability Peer Network May Meeting

    The Home Usability Peer Network is a community of peer support and resource sharing to build the capacity of Centers for Independent Living to address housing and home usability issues. The Network will connect CILs from across the country to share resources, lessons learned, and provide peer support to help in our shared mission of...

    Free
  • Coffee Chats: Executive Directors and Management-Level Staff

    First Monday of each month at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Register ASL and CART will be provided. For additional accommodation requests or questions, please contact Mary-Kate Wells at Mary-Kate@ncil.org or Jessica Podesva at Jessica@ncil.org.

    Free
  • National Conversation on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility: Exploring Equity in a Shifting Landscape

    The National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) recently convened a powerful national webinar titled A National Conversation on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility, bringing together leading voices in the disability rights movement to address the evolving definitions and implications of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in today’s sociopolitical climate. The conversation was moderated by Theo Braddy, Executive Director...

    Free
  • Coffee Chats: Emerging Leaders

    Emerging Leaders are broadly defined as people under 40 years old. Second Thursday of each month at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Register ASL and CART will be provided. For additional accommodation requests or questions, please contact Mary-Kate Wells at Mary-Kate@ncil.org or Jessica Podesva at Jessica@ncil.org.

    Free
  • Coffee Chats: Executive Directors and Management-Level Staff

    First Monday of each month at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Register ASL and CART will be provided. For additional accommodation requests or questions, please contact Mary-Kate Wells at Mary-Kate@ncil.org or Jessica Podesva at Jessica@ncil.org.

    Free
  • Coffee Chats: Emerging Leaders

    Emerging Leaders are broadly defined as people under 40 years old. Second Thursday of each month at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Register ASL and CART will be provided. For additional accommodation requests or questions, please contact Mary-Kate Wells at Mary-Kate@ncil.org or Jessica Podesva at Jessica@ncil.org.

    Free
  • Annual Conference on Independent Living 2025

    Grand Hyatt Washington 1000 H Street NW, Washington DC, DC, United States

    Registration for NCIL's 2025 Annual Conference on Independent Living is now open! The theme for this year’s Annual Conference is LEVEL UP: Building Tomorrow Together. The conference will take place July 21-24, 2025 at the Grand Hyatt Washington, DC. Visit our conference web page for more details!

  • ADA35 National March and Rally in Washington, DC

    The National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) and our partners at the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) invite YOU to join us for the 2025 National March & Rally in the heart of Washington, DC! The theme for the 2025 March and Rally is Our Lives, Our Homes, Our Communities. Together, we will march...

    Free