[Mn-abs] Fwd: Leadership Development Initiative

[David Andrews]

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> >>> Chuk Hamilton 2/20/2008 9:46 AM >>>
>The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) 
>through the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) is 
>sponsoring a Leadership Development Initiative. Under this 
>initiative, Rocky Mountain Technical Assistance and Consulting 
>Center (RMTACC) and Dan Hopkins & Associates, Inc., (DHA), through a 
>grant with RSA, will organize and conduct a National Training 
>Workshop for New Leadership Development for individuals with 
>disabilities in culturally diverse communities. The workshop will 
>train a cadre of grass root individuals, who themselves have 
>disabilities, to work with representatives of culturally diverse 
>entities on issues concerning people with disabilities. The trainees 
>will also work with community-based organizations serving 
>individuals with disabilities from underserved populations. 
>Subsequent to the training, the workshop participants will be 
>expected to perform assertive outreach and advocacy in their 
>communities to increase the interest and involvement of culturally 
>diverse entities as active participants in the rehabilitation system 
>and with competitions for grants, contracts and cooperative 
>agreements funded under Titles I through VII of the Rehabilitation Act.
>
>Please circulate this email and attachment far and wide. We as well 
>as other organizations have been asked nominate eligible individuals 
>for this initiative. Individuals who wish to be nominated should 
>contact me. Thanks!
>
>Chuk Hamilton, Director
>Minnesota State Services for the Blind
>2200 University Avenue W. #240
>St. Paul, MN 55114-1840
>Phone (651) 642-0512
>Toll free (800) 652-9000
>Fax (651) 649-5927
>E-mail: <mailto:chuk.hamilton at state.mn.us>chuk.hamilton at state.mn.us
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