Voices and Choices Conference - First week of December 2020 - Hosted by Green Mountain Self-Advocates
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Hosted by
Green Mountain Self-Advocates
Voices and
Choices
Conference
First week of December 2020
Questions: gmsavt.org or topper@gmsavt.org
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The conference is Free
You do NOT have to register
It is on Zoom. Go to zoom.us
And put in 851 2965 1265
Or use your computer, tablet or phone to click on
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85129651265
If you attend
1 session every day AND
fill out a survey every day
we will mail you a free
GMSA T-shirt
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Voices and Choices 2020 - Use your computer, tablet, or smartphone to join
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85129651265
Or call 1 929 436 2866 and enter 851 2965 1265
Monday 11/30 Tuesday 12/1 Wednesday 12/2 Thursday 12/3 Friday 12/4
What the heck is
Using Supported
10:00 We will be Healthy Living VT LEND? Explore a
Decision Making
to making Turkey (or All About the ADA during the Covid-19 new opportunity -
instead of having
10:4 veggie) Pot Pie Pandemic the VT LEND
a guardian - Part 2
0 Program at UVM
Using Supported
11:00 Turning your
What is racism? Decision Making What is Ableism?
to passion into a
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11:4 small business
language) a guardian - Part 1 language)
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12:15 to 1:00 Karaoke
2:00 How to be How to Have a Great Global
to Independent with Relationship during Yoga Self-Advocacy Air Guitar Workshop
2:40 Challenges the Pandemic Summit - 1:00 to
3:30 Meet KEYNOTE
3:00 Cook Cheaters How To Bounce Back self-advocates
Chicken and Are You Ready Mike Rogers
to When Plans Fall from all around the
Broccoli Alfredo To Work? A Leader from
3:40 Through world! New York!
Relationships
Night Talent Show Dance
Show us your pets! And Trust
6:30 to 7:30 6:30 to 7:30
6:30 to 7:30 7:00 to 7:40
Monday November 30, 2020 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85129651265
We will be Since it is right after
Families
10:00 am Thanksgiving we will be making
making Turkey First
to Turkey (or veggie) Pot Pie. Learn
(or veggie) Cooking
10:40 am how to make a new dish and all
Pot Pie Class
the steps it takes to get there.
Speaking Up against racism is
What is part of fighting for disability
11:00 am rights. We have easy to read
to
Racism? Max and
booklets that explains racism. Topper
11:40 am We will discuss what we can do
in plain language
to stop it. We have got to be the
ones to change things.
Live your life fully and as
independently as possible. What
is “learned helplessness?” How
How to be April
can you take responsibility for
2:00 pm Independent the decisions in your life? You Hartley
To can use technology & good old- and
2:40 pm with fashioned communication and Jacob
organizational skills. Advocate Weber
Challenges for help when you need it &
speak up for yourself when you
can do something on your own.
Cook Cheaters Join Chad for an easy to cook
3:00 pm meal that could be split up into Chad
to Chicken and
Broccoli portions and eaten throughout Cleverly
3:40 pm
Alfredo the week!
We would love to meet your
pet at our Pet Show & Tell
6:30 pm Show Via Zoom!! Tell us about your Randy
to pet's favorite things to do. Tell Lizotte
7:30 pm
Your us how you pet brings joy into And
Pets your life. All are welcome. If you Topper
do not have a pet join us to see
your friend’s pet.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85129651265
The Americans with Disabilities
Act (“the ADA” for short) is a law
10:00 am All About that gives rights to people with Max and
to disabilities. Max will teach you Topper
10:40 am the ADA about the different parts of the
ADA, and why the ADA is so
important!
Use Supported John McCarty types to
Decision Making communicate. Watch a short
11:00 am Max and
Instead of video he made with his mother
to Topper
11:40 am
Having a about ending his guardianship.
Guardian Learn about the steps he takes
Part 1 to get help making decisions.
Christian and Jill will share on
How to Have how they met, how they make Christian
their relationship work, and how Georges
2:00 pm a Great Jill
they have fun together. COVID
To Relationship makes it harder to start and Collingwood
2:40 pm During the grow a relationship. Learn how and
to advocate for yourself in a Jacob
Pandemic Weber
relationship and work out
differences.
Life has good & tough
transitions. We will talk about
How To
3:00 pm how to deal with them as Nicole
to Bounce Back effectively and as independently
When Plans Villemaire
3:40 pm as possible. Learn about goals to
Fall Through help increase your living and
learning skills.
Relationships We will discuss healthy vs. an
and Trust Taylor
unhealthy relationship. This is an
Terry
7:00 pm opportunity to talk about how
Eugene
to you want to be treated in a
Johnson
7:40 pm relationship. We will explore how
and
communication plays a big role in
Karen
relationships and developing
Noone
trust.
Wednesday December 2, 2020 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85129651265
Healthy Living during Covid-19 Take care of your body, mind,
Danielle
spirit during social distancing.
Viau,
Try activities that put our ideas
10:00 am Marje
into action. See how fun it is to:
to Burns
move, eat healthy and practice
10:40 am and
meditation skills. Get our
Jacob
handout with simple guidelines
Weber
on living a healthy lifestyle.
Karaoke Gianessa
12:15 Pirro
to Hosted by Global Campus And
1:00 Use the link below only for Karaoke Marshall
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/534227252 Denutt
Yoga
40 minutes of mindful easy
movements, standing yoga
2:00 pm Families
postures, easy floor stretches,
To First Yoga
restorative poses, and deep
2:40 pm Class
breathing to cultivate flexibility,
strength and deep relaxation.
Let’s get ready to get that job
before you go for your first Families
3:00 pm Are You interview. Come learn what we
to believe are tips and tricks that First Job
Ready
3:40 pm will help you land the job you Club
To Work? are going for and how to follow
up from your interview.
Grab Your 3 Minutes of Fame. Show us your
6:30 pm
artwork, read a poem you wrote, play an
to Talent
instrument, sing a song and much more!
7:30 pm Show Space is limited. Sign Up by December 1st to
get on the list.
Thursday December 3, 2020 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85129651265
Use Supported
John McCarty types to
Decision Making
communicate. Watch a short
10:00 am Instead of Max and
video he made with his mother
to Topper
Having a about ending his guardianship.
10:40 am
Learn about the steps he takes
Guardian
to get help making decisions.
Part 2
WHAT IS ABLEISM?
Ableism is like sexism and racism.
What is It means people with disabilities
11:00 am Max and
Ableism? are treated unfairly because of
to Topper
our disabilities. Ableism is wrong.
11:40 am
in plain language No one should leave us out. Find
out what you can do to stop
ableism.
The Self-Advocacy Summit is for self-
Join self-advocates from around advocates from around the world to meet
the world for an online summit and talk about the important things.
The Self-Advocacy Summit is:
1:00 pm ● Free
To ● For self-advocates
3:00 pm ● On Zoom
● About 2 hours’ long
You need to sign up!
Click here to register
Zoom Dance Party!
6:30 pm
Stay Home Together!
To
7:30 pm Prizes for the best moves
Prizes for the most enthusiasm
Friday December 4, 2020 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85129651265
Do you want to learn how to be
What the Heck a better leader? Do you want to Stirling
learn more about disability,
is VT LEND? Peebles
working as a team, policy,
Explore a new racism, ableism, person- Mary Alice
10:00 am
Favro
to Opportunity – centered care and how to work And
10:40 am better with people from
the VT LEND Skye
different cultures? Come and
Program at learn more about VT LEND. It is Peebles
UVM a disability Leadership Training
program at UVM
Do you have a hobby? Do you
sew, paint or build beautiful
11:00 am Turning things? David has always had a David
to your passion passion for collecting antiques. Frye
11:40 am into business Find out how he turned his
hobby into a business that
makes money.
Join BSAC for a good ol’ rocking
roll jam session! Make and
bring your own guitar or use a
BSAC
classic “air” guitar to play and
2:00 pm Air Burlington
dance along. We have some
To Self
Guitar classic songs picked out and
2:40 pm Advocacy
want to hear your picks too.
Club
We encourage you to wear
your best rocking-out hairstyle,
makeup, and outfit!
Mike Rogers is a
Regional Organizer
3:00 pm KEYNOTE for the Self-Advocacy
Association of New
to Mike York State. He is one
3:40 pm of today’s great
Rogers leaders of the self-
advocacy movement!
Self-advocacy is…
speaking up for yourself and others
getting to know yourself, being proud
and feeling good
getting to know the people around you, making friends
realizing you are not alone, that there are other people
just like you
learning new things, solving problems, making
your case, negotiating for what you want
making your own decisions and knowing your
responsibilities
thinking of all the other civil rights
movements and preserving your rights
being part of your community
Self-advocacy is teamwork...
listening to people’s ideas and respecting their opinions
NOT judging people because of the way they look or speak
meeting politicians and telling them like it is
spreading the word and getting others involved in
self-advocacy, especially teens.
helping others become leaders. Feel the Power!
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