• Disability Employment – Insights and Experiences from Independent Living

    How do you navigate the employment market when you have a disability? Should you disclose your disability to your employer? What does it take to maintain a job after you start working? To learn more, register for NCIL’s upcoming webinar! October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and NCIL has created an intersectional and intergenerational...

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  • Elevate 2021 – Harnessing Your Power to Advocate for Change

    Archive: October 28, 2021; 1:00 to 2:30 PM Eastern Trainer: Dom Kelly, Senior Fundraising Manager and Disability Council Lead at Fair Fight Action Guest Speaker: Vilissa Thompson, Founder and CEO of Ramp Your Voice Change doesn’t just happen after Election Day; whether you’re running for office, working or volunteering on a campaign, or are at...

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  • Elevate 2021 – Fundamentals of Digital Media

    Archive: Trainer: Loryn Wilson Carter, Principal, Jefferson Park Consulting Guest Speaker: Tory Cross, Senior Policy Advisor at Be A Hero This training will cover best practices for using social media tools to mobilize voters, tell your story, and move supporters from online to offline. During this session, our guest speaker will be Tory Cross, an...

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  • Elevate 2021 – Campaign Outreach Methods: Paid, Earned and Owned Media, Direct Mail, and Email Marketing

    Archive: November 4, 2021; 1:00 to 2:30 PM Eastern Trainers: Paid, Earned, and Owned Media: Stuart Rosenberg, Principal and Account Lead, Foundation Blue Media Direct Mail: Kara Turrentine, Founder, Turrency Political Email Marketing: Phil Perry, Vice President of Client Services, Woolf Strategy During this training, we will hear from three experts in the fields of...

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  • Webinar: Campaigning with a Disability

    We need more people with disabilities representing our communities in elected positions. But the process of running for an elected position can be inaccessible, intimidating, and unclear. Join this webinar to learn about the process of campaigning from people with disabilities who have done it! This webinar is co-hosted by the REV UP Voting Campaign at...

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  • Community Living Summit

    Archive: The University of Kansas Research and Training Center on Independent Living in partnership with the National Council on Independent Living, will be presenting a Community Living Summit. This webinar summit will be a presentation and forum providing information about Community Living Programs, how Centers for Independent Living can use the programs, and other important...

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  • 5 for 5: Independent Living Budget Increase Campaign Launch

    Archive: Join NCIL as we launch our new advocacy campaign, 5 for 5! We are asking Congress for $500 million to support Independent Living Services. Join us to hear more about this effort and how you can help! Agenda Visit 5for5campaign.com or reach out to jessica@ncil.org for more information.

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  • NCIL Listening Session on the End of COVID Federal State of Emergency

    Archive: With the Biden Administration’s announcement that the COVID state of emergency is scheduled to end on May 11, 2023, we want to hear from Centers for Independent Living and Statewide Independent Living Councils how your state is preparing for this and how they are working with you to inform and plan with your consumers...

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  • Rally to Protect Medicaid

    Archive NCIL and other organizations have been meeting with Congressional offices telling them to back off Medicaid, but we need your help! The U.S. House of Representatives’ bill passed on April 26 includes radical work requirements for Medicaid enrollees ages 19 to 55 in exchange for lifting the debt ceiling. We need to tell Congress to...

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