We encourage you to use the month of October as a time to celebrate, raise awareness and inspire a world where everyone belongs. BCACL is encouraging activities and events that highlight our key priorities of Inclusive Education, Employment, Income Security, Supports to Families, or Disability Supports.
Within these areas we encourage activities that:
Build Knowledge and Skills: Activities that build the capacity of individuals, families, organizations and community members to increase our ability to include and support people with developmental disabilities. Such activities could include training, workshops and conferences.
Influence the System: Activities that change the policies, practices, and culture to improve the system and society at large by creating inclusive communities. Activities could include organizing events with community members to identify common issues of concern and seek collective solutions.
Get together with friends, co-workers and community partners to gather different ideas for events and activities, and to generate enthusiasm. With these ideas, host an activity that raises awareness about community living for all. If you or your organization have had a strong and long-held activity, we encourage you to continue it; however, if you need a refreshment or new ideas for an activity, here are some lists of activities around our five priority areas:
Send us information on Community Living Month events or celebrations in your area so that we can post them on our Community Living Month Event Calendar. Just download our Event Info Form, fill it out and email back to Denise Lau at BCACL at dlau@bcacl.org.
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