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Resource Center

Welcome to Uniting for Change's resource center. We have included links, organizations, videos, and more that we hope you find helpful when advocating for the life you want.

Self-Advocacy

U4C Self-Advocacy Handbook

This handbook can be used as a teaching tool for those interested in expanding the grassroots self-advocacy network across the State of Georgia.

Five Valued Accomplishments 

This handout, based on the Five Valued Accomplishments & Experiences by John and Connie O'Brien was developed to help self-advocates think about what more is possible for their lives to truly belong in their communities.

Tips for Supporting Self-Advocacy

This guide was developed for family members and allies and supporters about how to support the self-advocacy movement in Georgia.

know your rights

In order to advocate for what you want, it is important to first know your human rights. These are your rights all the time and they follow you wherever you go. Check out this video of the U4C Leadership Collective explaining the human rights of people with disabilities. 

supported decision-making

Uniting for Change believes in self-determination and the power of making your own decisions. Supported Decision-Making, an alternative to guardianship, is the process of appointing trusted people to help you make your own choices.

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The Center on Youth Voice Youth Choice (CYVYC) is a resource center for youth with disabilities, their families and supporters. They do research, advocacy, and education on alternatives to guardianship. 

Rita Young interviews Darien Todd about SDM on Real Talk with Rita, asking questions about how SDM works and how people with disabilities can be supported using SDM as an alternative to legal guardianship or other more restrictive practices.

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The Center for Public Representation (CPR), based in Massachusetts, focuses on enforcing and expanding the rights of people with disabilities. CPR has a robust online resource library of stories, articles, and more information on SDM. 

Advocacy

Find a Town Hall Near You!

The Town Hall Project is an initiative aimed at fostering democratic engagement by connecting constituents to events held by elected officials in the community. It seeks to create spaces for open dialogue, ensuring that politicians remain accountable to their constituents. Through town halls, the project empowers communities to voice concerns, ask questions, and influence decision-making at the local, state, and national levels. Click the button below to find a local town hall event near you!

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Emergency Preparedness Toolkit

Exceptional Living 101, with support from the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, developed a plain language Emergency Preparedness Toolkit to help folks prepare for emergency situations. This toolkit serves as an in-depth guide and includes a Preparedness Checklist, designed as a step-by-step

aid in developing an emergency plan. Click the button below to download the Emergency Preparedness Toolkit. 

Voting

Visit our Voting Resources Page for helpful information and tools to help self-advocates participate in the elections process and make your voice heard!

U4C Voting Google Drive

Visit our Google Drive folder that has helpful links, slides, graphics and recordings from our three-part voting workshop series, "Our Voice, Our Vote," and other  important information about voting.

We encourage all Georgians with disabilities to influence change and speak out by exercising their right to vote. As self-advocates, it is important that we communicate what support we need in order to participate in the voting process. 

Uniting for Change is supported by Sangha Unity Network, Inc., a non-profit organization in Winder, Georgia that received the Expanding Self-Advocacy grant from the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities. This project was supported, in part by grant number 2001GASCDD-03, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.

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