We are excited to announce that APRIL will once again be in person for the 2022 Conference on October 13-14, 2022, with our youth and pre-conference day being October 12th all at the Rosen Center. Please check our website regularly as we begin to fill in more details as they unfold:
APRIL Conference Page
This year we are very excited about our theme, something that is really near and dear to APRIL and encompasses what we are all about.
Reunited: The Power of Peer Support
We are excited to feature you all during our conferences, as peer experts on many different topics in the field. We could not make these great learning opportunities happen without your support, willingness to share your knowledge and expertise, and your enthusiasm for ensuring people with disabilities have the right and opportunity to live, work, play, and love in the communities of their choice.
Please fill out the following proposal form to the best of your ability by
June 27th, 2022. Our committee will be working diligently to get responses back to folks by
July 15th, 2022 so that you can begin preparing your travel arrangements. If you have any questions, you can always reach out
mwillard@april-rural.org
We look forward to learning more about you and your expertise area!
Some of our areas of interest this year include:
- Disability Rights/Disability Justice/ Independent Living Movement: Teaching disability rights, disability justice and the independent living philosophy.
- Outreach to and building programs for rural service areas
- Transition from Congregate Settings: (Such as incarceration/prisons, addiction treatment centers, mental health/PFT centers, nursing homes, etc.)
- Transportation programs and resources
- Building Peer Support programs
- Youth Services
- Fee for service/ fund diversification opportunities
- Creative ways SILCS can build state relationships, strengthen IL networks, grow IL funds for the network
- Human Resources (such as Motivating people, staff retention/morale, finding/hiring/training new staff, office communication styles, dealing with difficult employees, hybrid office strategies, staff oversite, building a culture of teamwork etc.)
- Equity and Diversity
- Long Haul Covid