Community Inclusion

Originally aired on The Nonprofit Coffee Talk In a recent episode of The Nonprofit Coffee Talk, Regina Alhassan joined Libby V to discuss how nonprofit organizations can lead the charge to invite a more diverse and inclusive community to participate in donor generosity. The conversation explored some places where opportunities…

Morgan Whitlatch, Director of Supported Decision-Making Initiatives, Center for Public Representation Phone: 202–596–6116 Email: mwhitlatch@cpr-ma.org Allison Hall, CYVYC Project Director, Institution for Community Inclusion Phone: 480–677–9677 Email: allison.hall@umb.edu Quinn Barbour, Institute for Community Inclusion Phone: 617–287–4309 (office) / 857–271–6617 (mobile) Email: Quinn.Barbour@umb.edu

Ann Saybolt Phone: 703–969–2859 Email: annsaybolt@me.com Nairobi Jeanniton Phone: 917–478–2347 Email: njeannitonpr@gmail.com Quinn Barbour/Institute for Community Inclusion Phone: 617–287–4309 (office) / 857–271–6617 (mobile) Email: Quinn.Barbour@umb.edu Website: www.communityinclusion.org For immediate release: April 24, 2023 Think College Launches Public Awareness Campaign to Expand College Access for Students with Intellectual Disability

ICI’s Director for Employment Systems Change and Evaluation John Butterworth presented at the Institute on Community Integration’s 2022 State of the Science on Community Living. This event focused on engaging people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) from underserved racial, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural groups in research. …

Are you interested in disability advocacy? Apply to be an ICI Gopen or Crocker Fellow! What is the Barbara Wilensky Gopen Memorial Fellowship? The Barbara Wilensky Gopen Memorial Fellowship, or the Gopen Fellowship, is for people with developmental disabilities who are interested in disability policy, disability services, and disability advocacy…

Did you know UMass Boston offers a transition leadership certificate that focuses on the transition from high school to adult life for young people with a wide range of disabilities? The Transition Leadership Program (TLP) prepares current and prospective special educators, guidance counselors, school social workers, rehabilitation counselors, and other…

Congratulations to the 10 participants of the TOMODACHI Story Jam for Youth with Disabilities for successfully completing the program! TOMODACHI Story Jam for Youth with Disabilities is a nine-week (September–November) digital storytelling and youth leadership program that brought together 10 Japanese and American college students and young professionals with disabilities…

Salome N Gitau is a 2022 Fellow in the Professional Fellows Program on Inclusive Civic Engagement. This program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is administered by the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston in partnership…

Priscilla Mugume Kisakye is a 2022 Fellow in the Professional Fellows Program on Inclusive Civic Engagement. This program is sponsored by the U.S Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and is administered by the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston in partnership…