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!
Rhode Island's 3rd Virtual DD Community Forum took place on Wednesday, August 17th!
More than 100 people registered for the quarterly event, with additional guests who joined us on Facebook Live.
CLICK HERE to visit the DD Forum page to the recording and resource links that were shared.
While you're there, you can also Register for the Next Community Forum, which is scheduled for
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022, from 3:00-4:30pm.
Congratulations to this Year's Graduates:
Becky Bernard
Mark Boss
Lydia Dubois
Michael Eddy
Christian Gallagher-Peacock
Kathy Gudmundson
Ellee Kenyon
Tim Marcoux
Connor Obrien
Delmarie Rivera
Joe Stone
and
John Williams
The Super Talented, Extra Caring and Beyond Incredible Leadership Series Class of 2022!!!
Thanks for Joining Us at Reach for the Stars,
Rhode Island's 2022 Statewide Self-Advocacy Conference!
This FREE virtual event took place on Thursday, June 16th and Friday, June 17th
CLICK HERE to visit our 2022 Conference Page for recordings and resources from this year's event
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!
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.
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
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
As a non-profit organization, we're happy to have the support of donors such as QuestionPro, which we use to create online surveys, applicatoins, and other tools!
CLICK HERE to visit their site and check out the collection of FREE survey templates!
