Employment First Town Hall Meetings

Employment First Town Hall Meetings Coming to Terre Haute, Bloomington, Evansville, and Muncie

Are you a self-advocate, family member, or related services staffer interested in building an employment first coalition focused on improving employment outcomes for all? If so, mark your calendars and plan to attend an Employment First Town Hall meeting coming to Terre Haute, Bloomington, Evansville, and Muncie!

These town hall meetings are designed to provide opportunities for self-advocates, family members, and support staff, to generate and share ideas around solutions to employment barriers so that everyone with a disability can work and become self-sufficient.

Meeting dates and locations include:

March 20, 2019 - Vigo County Public Library (5:00-7:00 p.m.), One Library Square, Terre Haute, IN

April 10, 2019 - Monroe Convention Center (5:00-7:00 p.m.), 302 South College Avenue, Bloomington, IN

April 24, 2019 - McCollough Library (5:00-7:00 p.m.), 5115 Washington Avenue, Evansville, IN

April 24, 2019 - Muncie Public Library (5:00-7:00 p.m.), Muncie, IN

To be scheduled:

Gary, Lafayette, Richmond, Madison

To register for any of these Town Hall Meetings, email or text Susan Rinne, 812.322.5197 or srinne60@gmail.com. Please include accommodations requests.

The Employment First Self-Advocate Coalition (EFSAC) is a project funded by the Governor’s Council for People with Disabilities to design a better system of employment supports ensuring competitive employment is an expectation of Hoosiers with Disabilities and those that support them. The EFSAC is holding town halls across the state. Through these events, self-advocates and other interested people will:

Build a cadre of people with disabilities and family members that promote Employment First;

Identify barriers to getting jobs and design a system that works for people;

Develop local initiatives to educate and dispel myths about community employment; and

Conduct a campaign known as WORK TO INCLUDE to document the success of people with disabilities working in the community.