BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
BUILDING A GREAT LIFE Season 2
Our first session of this season’s Building a Great Life series is “Building A Great Life - No Matter Who You Are”
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
JUSTINE “Justice” SHORTER
Justice Shorter is a Disability Justice advocate and Black Disabled Lives Matter amplifier. She is a national
expert on disability inclusive disaster protections, emergency management and humanitarian
crises/conflicts. Justice has authored three separate inclusion guides for the U.S. State Department and produced multiple people-centered projects via internships with The Hunger Project, World Learning and Women Enabled International. Justice also interned within the White House Office of Public Engagement &
Intergovernmental Affairs where she focused on disability outreach efforts, social inclusion policies and federal agency engagement. Justice is currently the National Disaster Protection Advisor for the National Disability Rights Network where she advises the 57 federally mandated Protection & Advocacy agencies on any issues related to pandemics, fires, disasters and other emergencies.
This session will focus on creating welcoming,
inclusive communities for all people with disabilities
Thursday, March 3, 2022
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Register through Eventbrite and a Zoom link will be sent to you before the webinar.
This session will be a one hour presentation
followed by 30 minutes of questions and discussion.
If you require a sign language interpreter or other accommodations, please contact Molly Cole at molly@ctsilc.org.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-a-great-life-no-matter-who-you-are-tickets-265209708377
Sponsored by the CT State Independent Living Council and The University of Connecticut Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities