RHODE ISLAND'S 2014 STATEWIDE SELF-ADVOCACY CONFERENCE
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Rhode Island's 2014 Statewide Self-Advocacy Conference is called Power UP. This will be Rhode Island's 19th Annual Statewide Self-Advocacy Conference!
Power UP takes place on Thursday October 30th at the Crown Plaza, 801 Greenwich Ave in Warwick.
CLICK HERE to download a one page flyer with more information about the conference. Please help us SPREAD THE WORD by sharing this with others!
** The deadline to register expired on Friday, October 24th **
CLICK HERE to view the CONFERENCE AGENDA!
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Registration check-in runs from 8:15am-9:15am.
** Be sure to arrive before 8:45am for a chance to enter our Early Bird Raffle and win some great prizes during the Luncheon Awards Ceremony!
** Opening Ceremonies run 9:30am-10:45am
** The morning workshop runs 11:00am-12:00noon. CLICK HERE to see the 6 PRESENTATIONS available at this time.
** Lunch is at 12:15pm-1:30pm
** Afternoon workshops run from 1:45pm-2:45pm. CLICK HERE to see the 6 PRESENTATIONS available at this time.
** The "Power Hour Plus" runs from 3:00pm-5:00pm. CLICK HERE to see what's going on during POWER HOUR PLUS!
For those who are registered for the conference day, we hope you will make plans to stay until 5:00pm and join us for Power Hour Plus, which
includes interactive and entertaining worshops, free resources, dancing, face painting, games and afternoon refreshments
** The Evening Dinner Dance and Costume Pary runs from 6:00pm-10:00pm. Tickets for the dance must be purchased in advance. Those who have purchased tickets for the evening only may check-in to register at 5:30pm.
** CLICK HERE to see the FULL CONFERENCE PROGRAM (this is a large PDF file - 12MB)**
Power UP is hosted by Advocates in Action Rhode Island, in partnership with
the Center for Excellence & Advocacy, and made possible with the generous support of our Sponsors. Sponsors will be listed on our website and also thanked in conference materials and on the day of the event.
CLICK HERE to see our current list of Sponsors and find out how to become a POWER UP Sponsor.
CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW TO VIEW AND DOWNLOAD CONFERENCE MATERIALS
These are PDF files and you will need a program like Adobe Acrobat Reader to open them. Click here to send us an email if you need any help with the forms.
We have some AWESOME shirts on sale this year! They are long-sleeve, 6.1oz cotton, tagless Ts by Hanes. They are embroidered with the logo: "Powered by Self-Advocacy". Get yours for the reduced price of $14 per shirt, ANY SIZE at Powered Up. Shirts regularly cost $15 each, plus shipping and handling for mail orders.
If you're not able to attend or purchase your shirt at this year's conference, you can also CLICK HERE to download the shirt order form.
PRESENTER PROPOSALS
CLICK HERE to see the workshops that are being offered at this year's event conference!!
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This theme of this year is about being empowered and empowering others. Join people who have a developmental disability, families, support staff, students, teachers, advocates and allies to talk, learn and share about what it means to be EMPOWERED.
SOME OF THE TOPICS FOR THE DAY INCLUDE: Informed Decision Making, Real Jobs, Voting, Public Transportation, Hiring and Supervising Staff, Assertiveness, Being Safe, Interpersonal Skills, Individual Support Plans, Tokenism, How to Say "NO", Respect, Voices and Choices, Personal Stories of Empowerment.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
The deadline to register was Friday, October 24th. Registration check-in runs from 8:15am-9:15am.
Be sure to arrive before 8:45am for a chance to enter our Early Bird Raffle and win some great prizes during the Luncheon Awards Ceremony!
Please Note: Everyone who is attending the conference must register and send in a separate form so we receive one form per person. If you are coming to the conference and bringing a support person with you, you should send us a registration form and your support person should also send us a form. Please do not use just one form to register both of you! Thanks for your help with this!
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
Hotel Registrations were due Thursday, October 9th. For those of you who are staying at the hotel, note that the check-in time is 4:00pm. Advocates in Action RI CANNOT STORE YOUR LUGGAGE FOR YOU!
Please call the Crowne Plaza reservation desk at 401-732-6000 if you need to, and/or make other plans to store your luggage until the 4:00pm check-in.
2014 SELF-ADVOCACY AWARDS
Nominations were due by Thursday, September 25th. Congratulations to this year's winners!
This Page was updated on:
October 27, 2014
