Central Coast Center for Independent Living

Hello Advocates! Ana Acton (FREED’s Executive Director) will be interviewing our DOnetwork Statewide Community Organizer, Allie Cannington on Disability Rap tomorrow (Friday, January 4th) at 12:05PM. LINK: https://www.kvmr.org/player/... Allie’s bio below: Allie Cannington is STATEWIDE COMMUNITY ORGANIZER of the Disability Organizing (DO) Network, a program of the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers. From the Bay Area, Allie Cannington is a white, Queer, Disabled community advocate and educator. For over nine years, Allie has led and organized youth with disabilities on local, state, national and international levels, always centering Disabled youth with multiple marginalized identities- including Queer and Trans, low/no income, houseless, and youth of color. Allie is honored to serve as the Statewide Community Organizer. In fact, Allie's journey into disability identity, community, and advocacy began with CFILC, as Allie was one of the first YO Disabled & Proud youth organizers. Allie is humbled to partner with organizers and advocates across the state to mobilize and elevate the power of the Disability community. Allie honors the legacy of the Independent Living Movement and will use intersectionality, equity and #DisabilitySolidarity as guideposts for success.Ultimately, Allie's work is dedicated to unveiling everyone's proximity to disability and to fueling justice movements that are intersectional, sustainable, and intergenerational. Happy New Year!

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Hello Advocates! Ana Acton (FREED’s Executive Director) will be interviewing our DOnetwork Statewide Community Organizer, Allie Cannington on Disability Rap tomorrow (Friday, January 4th) at 12:05PM. LINK: https://www.kvmr.org/player/... Allie’s bio below: Allie Cannington is STATEWIDE COMMUNITY ORGANIZER of the Disability Organizing (DO) Network, a program of the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers. From the Bay Area, Allie Cannington is a white, Queer, Disabled community advocate and educator. For over nine years, Allie has led and organized youth with disabilities on local, state, national and international levels, always centering Disabled youth with multiple marginalized identities- including Queer and Trans, low/no income, houseless, and youth of color. Allie is honored to serve as the Statewide Community Organizer. In fact, Allie's journey into disability identity, community, and advocacy began with CFILC, as Allie was one of the first YO Disabled & Proud youth organizers. Allie is humbled to partner with organizers and advocates across the state to mobilize and elevate the power of the Disability community. Allie honors the legacy of the Independent Living Movement and will use intersectionality, equity and #DisabilitySolidarity as guideposts for success.Ultimately, Allie's work is dedicated to unveiling everyone's proximity to disability and to fueling justice movements that are intersectional, sustainable, and intergenerational. Happy New Year!

A moment with our Disability Organizing Network’s (DOnetwork) Statewide Community Organizer, Allie Cannington on Disability Rap tomorrow (Friday, January 4th) at 12:05 PM.

Lets hear from a parent of a child with Autism discussing her thoughts on the use of physical restrains in schools.

Great news!! In collaboration with the City of Moterey, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Surfriders, Sustainable Monterey, Portola Hotel, and caring community members; the Monterey City Council unanimously passed the plastic straw ordinance that will help protect the environment while being respectful of the needs of the community with disabilities. CCCIL had 4 community members speak specifically about the need for allowing the opportunity for people with disabilities to reque...st a plastic straw if needed. Their personal stories underscored the importance of having this exemption. Of the 4 speakers, we had 2 parents who recently finished a 7-part series Parent Leadership workshop that help develop the skills and abilities in being advocates for their children. Our 2 parent graduates spoke to a legislative body for the first time. Thanks to their courage in speaking up and telling their stories to decision makers, Monterey is now a better place for the community with disabilities. Thank you to worked quickly to help advocate the rights of our community with disabilities: > Johnny Morales, CCCIL Board member and consumer > Sandy Nyles, mother of Joseph Escalante, CCCIL consumer > Teresa Zamudio, Parent Leadership graduate >Melissa Salazar, Parent Leadership graduate You may see the City of Monterey City Council meeting 11/20/2018 rebroadcast at: https://monterey.org//The/Council-Meetings-Video-on-Demand

Personal Assistants (PA’s) wanted for CCCIL’s PA registry. Are you a Personal Assistant, Personal Home Care Worker, CAN, LVN, etc. and would like to work for people with disabilities? If the answer is YES, then give us a call at (831) 757-2968.

Polls open from 7AM - 8PM PST. Find your nearest polling station Know your voting rights with Disability Rights California.... Check out this Easy Voter Guide! Not Registered? YOU CAN STILL VOTE! https://www.sos.ca.gov//voter-regis/conditional-voter-reg/ Disability Rights California Voter Hotline: (888) 569-7955 / TTY (800) 719-5798 California Secretary of State Voter Hotline: (800) 345-VOTE / TTY (800) 833-8683

Are you registered to Vote? Have you voted in the 2018 General Election? Share with us why you Vote... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIX1KFGIhvQ&t=2s

The California Foundation for Independent Living Centers (CFILC) announces new Device Lending and Demonstration Center (DLDC) contract awardees for December 1, 2018 through September 30, 2021 contract period. A total of $717,750 will be awarded through CFILC contracts for the contract period. Funding for these contracts is provided by the Department of Rehabilitation through the federal Assistive Technology Act and is based on continued federal funding. For additional informa...tion on this program, please visit http://abilitytools.org. October 29, 2018 The California Foundation for Independent Living Centers (CFILC) is pleased to announce the 2018 Device Lending and Demonstration Center contract awardees. CFILC currently administers eleven contracts that provide funding to non-profits that serve people with disabilities to provide short-term loans of Assistive Technology (AT) and demonstrations of AT to residents of California. This contract period, CFILC has awarded eleven contracts to the following organizations: Central Coast Center for Independent Living (CCCIL), located in Salinas, CA Central Coast Assistive Technology Center, United Cerebral Palsy of San Luis Obispo (CCATC), located in San Luis Obispo, CA Community Resources for Independent Living (CRIL), located in Hayward, CA Disability Resource Center, Inc. (DRC), located in Long Beach, CA FREED Center for Independent Living (FREED), located in Grass Valley, CA Goodwill Industries of Orange County, California DBA Assistive Technology Exchange Center (ATEC), located in Santa Ana, CA Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco (ILRCSF), located in San Francisco, CA Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation, Center for Applied Rehabilitation Technology (CART), located in Downey, CA Resources for Independent Living (RIL), located in Sacramento, CA Silicon Valley Independent Living Center (SVILC), located in San Jose, CA United Cerebral Palsy Association of San Diego County (UCP-SD), located in San Diego, CA. The centers named above have been awarded the Device Lending and Demonstration Center (DLDC) contract that will provide assistance for people with disabilities of any age and/or location through the state in obtaining a short-term loan of Assistive Technology (AT) for up to a thirty day period. The lending centers in the state of California have over four thousand items available for loan. In addition, the DLDCs will also provide demonstrations and give referrals on different types of AT. The DLDCs will also provide monthly outreach to the disability community. For additional information on what AT the lending library has to offer, please visit: https://exchange.abilitytools.org/welcome.aspx. Consumers with any questions may also call CCCIL at (831) 757-2968 or Ability Tools at (800) 390-2699.

The Central Coast Center for Independent Living, California Foundation for Independent Living Centers - CFILC & the DOnetwork have partnered with the Monterey B...ay Aquarium to educate each other on the straw issues. The Aquarium has generously provided us with 100 alternative straw kits to test and provide a disability perspective feedback on. The first round of tests will take place this weekend at the DOnet Organizing Summit. #StrawAdvocacy #DisabilityAccess #DOsummit #ILCAdvocacy #PowerInPartnering Photo: Monterey Bay Aquarium Straw toolkits.