Monday, April 15, 2024

ABLE SC, Advocacy Day, April 16th

 

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Burnt orange illustration of an open lock with the state of South Carolina as the keyhole followed by large orange text that reads, 'Advocacy Day for Access & Independence'

10th Anniversary Event!
Advocacy Day for Access & Independence
Tuesday, April 16, 10 AM - 12 PM

Follow the links at the below to be taken to our YouTube livestream page where you'll find the live link for Advocacy Day starting just before 10 am on Tuesday, April 16, as well as other helpful info:

Watch Livestream: YouTube Channel Link

Learn about the event: Link to official Website

Coming in person? Know where to park: Link to Parking & Shuttle Info

Advocacy Day for Access & Independence

Date: April 16

Time: 10 am to 12 pm

Open: 9:45 am

What should you expect?

· Free event t-shirts will be given out until we run out! Stop by info table in front of the statehouse under blue tents for t-shirt, mini flag, button, and other swag.

· An accommodations table will be open to provide accommodations as needed:

·         Sun-shade umbrellas (must be returned at end of day)

·         QR code and direct link to access closed captioning on your personal device

· Make your own event poster table

·         Make a poster to hold during the event or by Gervais Street to show cars as they pass by!

· Write about what Employment, Housing, Transportation, and Community Living issues look like for you on a postcard.

·         Hang your postcard on one of the 4 pillars that will be at the event representing these issue areas. We are calling these our pillars of truth!

·         We will take your postcard and give them to lawmakers after the event.

 

Advocacy Day for Access & Independence is brought to you by our South Carolina Access & Independence Network Stakeholders:

· Able South Carolina

· AccessAbility

· Babcock Center

· Beyond BASIC Life Skills

· Billion Strong

· Brain Injury Association of South Carolina

· Carolina LIFE

· Clemson LIFE

· Coastal LIFE

· Columbia Urban League

· Columbia YMCA

· The COMET

· Converge Collective

· Delta Alpha Pi

· Dominion Energy

· Disability Next Door

· Disability Rights SC

· Equip Leadership Group

· Family Connection of SC

· Gullah GeeChee Chamber of Commerce

· Harriet Hancock Center

· Hire Me SC

· Lions Vision Services

· Mental Health America, SC

· McGuireWoods Consulting

· National MS Society

· Palmetto Animal Assisted Life Services

· Pacer LIFE

· Palmetto Council of the Blind

· REACH College of Charleston

· SC Arts Commission

· SC Assistive Technology Program

· SC Association of the Deaf

· SC Commission for Minority Affairs

· SC Department of Justice

· SC Department on Aging

· SC Developmental Disabilities Council

· SC Inclusive Post-Secondary Education Consortium

· SC NAACP

· SC School for the Deaf and Blind

· SC Spinal Cord Injury Association

· SC State Museum

· SC Statewide Independent Living Council

· SC Youth Leadership Forum

· Thrive Upstate

· Together SC

· University of South Carolina Aphasia Lab

· University of South Carolina School of Medicine- Center for Disability Resources

· Upstate SC LGBT Chamber of Commerce

· Walton Options for Independent Living

· Women's Rights and Empowerment Network

· Work in Progress Inc.

· York CAN

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720 Gracern Road Suite 106 | Columbia, South Carolina 29210
803.779.5121 | advocacy@able-sc.org

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