Announcing ASAN 2014 Webinar Series The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is excited to announce our 2014 Spring series of webinars for self-advocacy groups to learn skills in fundraising and organizational development, part of our new Pacific Alliance on Disability Self Advocacy project. Register Now! To participate, you must live in California, Oregon, Montana and Washington. A recording will be available for self advocates in other statesand captioning is availible upon request. Email Smilbern@autisticadvocacy.org with any questions or accessibility concerns. We ask participants to attend as many of the webinars as possible since the content of the trainings build on each other. For a description of each webinar, please see below. Webinar #1: How to Ask for Money: Creating a Development Strategy Part I Tuesday, Feb 25th 1PM PST Join the ASAN President and Co-Founder, Ari Ne’eman in 2-part webinar series How to Ask for Money: Creating a Fundraising Strategy. Topics Include: Different ways to raise funds, the basics of grantwriting, and fundraising tips for your self advocacy group Webinar #2: How to Ask for Money: Creating a Development Strategy Part II Tuesday, March 4th 1PM PST Join the ASAN President and Co-Founder, Ari Ne’eman for Part II of How to Ask for Money: Creating a Fundraising Strategy. Webinar #3: Getting an Insider’s View: A Conversation with Special Hope Foundation’s Executive Director Lynne O’Hara Wednesday, March 12th, 1pm PST Lynne O'Hara is the Executive Director of The Special Hope Foundation, a family foundation with a mission to promote the establishment of comprehensive health care services for adults with developmental disabilities. As the founder of the organization, she worked with a board composed of family and community members to build funding capacity and increase effective grant making. She is a member of the Disability Funders Network and Association of Small Foundations where she has presented on Strengthening Organizational Infrastructure. Lynne will give self-advocates tips for approaching foundations. Note: There will be a lengthy Q&A session. Priority for questions will be given to self advocates who attended How to Ask for Money: Creating a Fundraising Strategy. Webinar #4: Beyond the ADA: Accessibility & Neurodiversity in Our Movements Tuesday, April 15th, 1PM PST When many people think of accessibility, the ADA checklist is often referenced. Recently, more disability-based organizations like ASAN seek to open up dialogue on how we can expand accessibility to include neurodiversity and adopt a more universally designed approach.This webinar will train self-advocates in how to make their groups more accessible. Webinar #5: “When Your Allies Aren’t Your Allies” Tuesday, April 22nd, 1 PM PST This webinar will explore the roles for allies within self-advocacy organizations. The following questions will be addressed: What do we mean by ‘allyship?’ What are the roles of allies within self-advocacy organizations? What happens when ‘allies’ do not listen to our requests? Power dynamics and conflict resolution within self-advocacy groups and organizations. How do we ensure self-advocates voices and experiences are centralized? Webinar #6: Creating A Media Strategy That Works Tuesday, April 29th, 1 PM PST This webinar will specifically focus on responding to and countering misrepresentations of disability in the news media, effective messaging, and building effective strategies for getting and keeping media attention as part of an advocacy plan. 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We request that you make your access needs known at least 72 hours before the webinar. Please select the webinars you would like to register for. Check as many as desired. How to Ask for Money: Creating a Fundraising Strategy, Part I, Feb 25th, 1pm PST How to Ask for Money: Creating a Fundraising Strategy, Part II March 4th, 1pm PST Getting an Insider’s View: A Conversation with Special Hope Foundation’s Executive Director Lynne O’Hara March 12th, 1pm PST Accessibility and Neurodiversity, April 15th, 1pm PST When Your Allies Aren’t Your Allies, April 22nd, 1pm PST Confronting Media Misrepresentations of Disability, April 22nd, 1pm PST
