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Welcome to Our Website!

Advocates in Action RI is Rhode Island's Statewide Self-Advocacy organization. An an independent, 501(c)3 organization, our mission is to empower people who have a developmental disability to advocate for themselves and others, to support and strengthen the Self‐Advocacy movement and to raise awareness about disability issues in the community. We strive to help people become educated about their options, aware of available resources, able to make informed decisions, in control of their own lives, and involved within the community.

Check out the menu on the left to view the various ways that we've worked towards these goals over the years. This is just a small sample of the resources in our collection. If you're looking for a specific topic, have any questions, or would like to suggest additional content for our site, send an email and let us know. We welcome your input and ideas, and we're always happy to help if we can!

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Reach for the stars! Rhode Island's 2022 Statewide Self-Advocacy Conference

Get Ready to Reach for the Stars with Us at

Rhode Island's 2022 Statewide Self-Advocacy Conference!

This FREE virtual event takes place on Thursday, June 16th and Friday, June 17th

CLICK HERE to visit our 2022 Conference Page

Click Here to visit the Graduate Academy Page

Calling All Graduates!

Our new Leadership Graduate Academy is an opportunity for graduates of the Leadership Series and Partners-RI to continue their learning experience with us.

CLICK HERE to visit our Graduate Academy page and find out more!

Photo collage of the 2022 Leadership Series Class on Zoom.

Say Hello to the Leadership Series Class of 2022!!!

2022 Class Members: CLICK HERE to enter our private class page

Hot Topics and Cool Ideas Conference Encores!!!

Conference Encores Series

Hot Topics and Cool Ideas was Rhode Island's first virtual Statewide Self-Advocacy Conference, and it was a huge success. In fact, the feedback was so positive that we decided to repeat some of the workshop presentations in our Conference Encores Series, which took place monthy from December, 2021 - March, 2022.

We've shared the recordings from those presentations, along with additional information and resources about each of the topics that were discussed.

CLICK HERE to visit the Conference Encores page and find out more.

previous events

Couldn't make it to one of our previous events? CLICK HERE to visit our recordings page and see what you missed!

This page was updated on Monday, May 16, 2022

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