Equip for Equality

Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on February 24th -- Topic: Voting Rights of People with Disabilities.

The next meeting of the Disability Rights Consortium will take place on Wednesday, February 24th from 9:30-11:00 at Equip for Equality (20 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 300, Chicago, IL).

Topic: The meeting will focus on the voting rights of people with disabilities. Since this is a Presidential election year, there will be increased interest in voting and having the latest information for the primary and general election should be very beneficial.  

Presenter
Our speakers this month will be Cheryl Jansen, Equip for Equality's Public Policy Director and Christian Diaz from Chicago Votes. Cheryl will be discussing the recently expanded opportunities to register and vote and Christian will be discussing the current campaign/efforts to enact automatic voter registration in Illinois. 

Accommodations
A captioner will be present at this meeting. If you need other accommodations to participate in the meeting, please contact Barry Taylor at barryt@equipforequality.org or at 312-895-7317 by Friday, February 19th. 

CLE Credit
Illinois attorneys attending this session will receive 1.5 hours of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit.

Webcast
Unlike past meetings, this meeting will NOT be webcast because Illinois Legal Aid Online is no longer supporting webcasts. While we explore other resources to reinstitute webcasts, we will be providing a call-in number for people who cannot attend in person. That number is (800) 910-8278 and the access code is 1940990.  

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