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Partners in Policymaking
Partners Activities and Highlights

Partners in Policymaking Class 43: Session One

Congratulations to Class 43 of Partners in Policymaking for a successful kickoff weekend.

This session focused on History, the History of the Parent Movement, the History of the Independent Living Movement, and the History of the Self-Advocacy Movement. The weekend was capped off with a discussion of person-centered and person-directed supports. Thank you to faculty members Katie McDermott, Mary Raasch, Bonnie Jean Smith, and Colleen Wieck.

On Friday evening, a panel of past Partners graduates shared their experiences with the class. Kathy Ware, Crystal Anderson, Sumukha Terakanambi, and Reid Scheller described their activities since graduating from Partners.

Class 43 September Session - Group activity

Class 43 September Session - stringing pledges

Class 43 September Session – group of three doing activity

Class 43 September Session - Group activity

Class 43 September Session – participant studies publication

Class 43 September Session - activity poster

Class 43 September Session - paricipant puts up poster

Class 43 September Session - A4R pledge slide

Class 43 September Session paricipants taking notes

Class 43 participants study poster

Class 43 September Session group discussion

Class 43 September Session speaker shares poster

Class 43 September Session participant using wheelchair smiling

Class 43 September Session presernter shares slide

Class 43 kindness pledge activity

Class 43 kindness pledge activity

Class 43 kindness pledge activity

Class 43 kindness pledge activity

Class 43 kindness pledge activity

Class 43 kindness pledge activity

Class 43 kindness pledge activity

Class 43 kindness pledge activity

Class 43 September Session graduate panel

Class 43 September Session graduate panel

Class 43 September Session graduate panel presenter

Class 43 September Session – discussion

Class 43 September Session graduate panelist

Class 43 September Session – discussion

Class 43 September Session – discussion

Class 43 September Session Bonnie Jean Smith

Partners Online Courses (5 Free Courses)
With an Eye to the Past
Parallels In Time (A History of Disabilities)
With an Eye to the Future (Minnesota History from the 2000 to Present)
A History of Human Services (Wolf Wolfensberger – 10 Hours of Lecture)
Disability Justice Resource Center (A Resource Center for Students, Lawyers and Advocates)
Hadamar: The Forgotten Holocaust a documentary detailing Hitler's extermination of people with disabilities
The DD Act (A History of the Developmental Disabilities Act from 1970 to Present)
Bending the Arc of Disability History Presented by Allan Bergman

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