Fred Fay Advanced Leadership Forum

In late October, BCIL hosted the first Fred Fay Advanced Leadership Forum in Boston thanks to support from the Newcastle Foundation. The purpose of the forum, named after one of BCIL’s founders and a longtime leader in national disability advocacy, was to bring current leaders of the Disability Rights movement together with the emerging generation of leaders to strategize about the future direction of the movement. The intensive weekend was also aimed at giving participants the background, training, information and expertise to return to their communities and organizations and lead successful advocacy efforts for disability rights.

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Afterwards, leaders from Washington, DC, Chicago, Atlanta, California, Texas, Michigan, Utah, Maryland and Massachusetts expressed that this was a unique cross-generational gathering that will be sure to have significant impact. Discussion centered on leadership, what makes a movement, new models for disability rights organizations and what actions should come out of the meeting. A position letter summarizing the participants’ thoughts was distributed to national disability rights organizations. Their goal is to generate continued dialogue on the issues and use the forum as a portal to bring people together to broaden the scope and impact of the disability rights movement.

Advisory Council

Elmer Bartels, Past Commissioner
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission

Marca Bristo, President & CEO
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago

Bill Henning, Executive Director
Boston Center for Independent Living

Lisa I. Iezzoni, M.D., Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Director, Institute for Health Policy
Massachusetts General Hospital

Andrew J. Imparato, President & CEO
American Association of People with Disabilities

Mark Johnson, Advocacy Director
Shepherd Center, Atlanta

John Lancaster, Executive Director
National Council on Independent Living

David Sternburg, Director of External Relations
Boston Center for Independent Living

Karen Tamley, Commissioner
Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, Chicago

Courtland Townes III, Director of PCA Program
Boston Center for Independent Living

Application Information

We are not accepting applications at this time. Information on the next Fred Fay Advanced Leadership Forum will be available in the near future. Please check back.

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For questions concerning FFALF, please contact:

David Sternburg at BCIL
617-338-6665 x223
dsternburg@bostoncil.org

Fred Fay Advanced Leadership Forum

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