Located in downtown Louisville’s
e-Main Street district, The Council’s Leadership Institute
(LI) was created to educate for leadership, service
and advocacy. The vision of the LI is to increase our
community’s ability to respect and respond to people
with disabilities. This will be accomplished by working
with community leaders and leaders within organizations
and systems who can have a positive influence on the
lives of people with mental retardation and other related
disabilities.
In concert with the LI Advisory Board the Council on
Developmental Disabilities approved a three-year strategic plan
that through effective leadership will focus on the
following objectives:
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Objective 1: Provide
leadership to work in collaboration with community-minded
citizens interested in developing and retaining direct
service professionals (DSP).
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Objective 2: Provide
leadership to increase employment opportunities in
the community so that individuals with disabilities
may more fully participate and strengthen the areas
workforce.
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Objective 3: Provide
leadership to improve the criminal justice system
so that it applies fairness and understanding to individuals
with mental retardation and related disabilities.
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Objective 4: Provide
leadership and support to the faith communities to
enable people with disabilities to participate fully.
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Objective 5: To promote
and develop grass root leadership skills that enables
advocates, people with disabilities and their family
members to become leaders in their communities.
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Objective 6: To promote
and ensure that quality health care services are available
to consumers of mental retardation and other related
disabilities.
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Objective 7: To heighten
the awareness of issues related to mental retardation
and other related disabilities among the civic organizations.
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Objective 8: To develop
financial, informational, and human resources in order
to fulfill the mission of the LI.
The above objectives will
be accomplished through a multitude of strategies including
collaboration among sectors and participation of diverse
groups; and a full range of competency-based training
and consulting services to community-based organizations
through workshops, seminars, speakers, consulting solutions,
and hands-on training.
An organization directed
by people who have disabilities for the purpose of self-advocacy
Meets
2nd Tuesday of every month from
7:00– 8:30 PM at the Cedar Lake Office Building on 7984 New LaGrange
Road
The Self-Advocacy Connection of Metro
Louisville, a local self-advocacy chapter, started operation in 2003 and
supports the work of the Kentucky Self-Advocates for Freedom a statewide
self-advocacy organization
Purpose
The Self-Advocacy Connection of Metro Louisville is to be actively
involved in decision-making, community education, and problem solving
for individuals with disabilities through positive advocacy.
Mission
The Self- Advocacy Connection of Metro Louisville is an organization
directed by Kentuckians with disabilities committed to working in
partnership to promote equal rights, inclusion, self-advocacy, support
and education in all realms of life.
The Self-Advocacy Connection meets on the 2nd Tuesday of every month
from 7:00– 8:30 PM at the Cedar Lake Office Building on 7984 New
LaGrange Road. For more information call Abby at (502) 587-6500.
