Chicagoland Disability Leadership Network

07/13/2025

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02/06/2025

Of all Illinois jails, Madison County has the most incidents of restraint lasting longer than 10 hours–the upper limit set by the chair manufacturer. The jail said they’re not equipped to care for so many mentally ill detainees.

12/26/2024

10/15/2024

Dates:
Monday, October 21, 2024 from 2 - 3:30 PM Central Time
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 from 6 - 7:30 PM Central Time
Friday, October 25, 2024 from 6 - 7:30 PM Central Time
Location: On Zoom; register at https://go.uic.edu/2024_NationalDEAM_WebinarSeries

In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, self-advocates and financial wellness trainers Chuy Campuzano and T.J. Gordon will present to self-advocates and allies the following topics:

Budgeting (Monday, October 21)
How to Open and Maintain an Illinois ABLE Account (Wednesday, October 23)
Work and Self-Employment Benefits (Friday, October 25)

Live captioning will be provided for each session; we will also record the sessions and post them (with captions) on Chicagoland Disabled People of Color Coalition’s social media later.

This webinar series is brought to you by the National Disability Institute, the Institute on Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois Chicago, Illinois LEND, and the Chicagoland Disabled People of Color Coalition.

10/11/2024

Are you ready !!!!!!!

I hope you are ready. Starting October 21st I along with my friend and brother from another mother Timotheus Gordon Jr will be teaching Financial Wellness. I will be focused on budgeting and talk about my experience with my able account. He also will be focused on able account and talk about employment Wellness. Hope you are able to attend these three webinars of course you must register to attend. Hope that you are able to make it speaking of these three webinars I'm also working on trying to translate Financial Wellness to Spanish that way I am willing to give these classes in Spanish. Be able to look out for that but for now if you want to attend these three webinars here is the information below feel free and share it far and wide

08/25/2024

Who's ready to head to the beach? Well I know I am. A beach party that is. Every year an amazing organization host a beach party for those who have disabilities and family and friends and others. This year it's the same. Beyond the waters beach party is today. To avoid the long line make sure you register online. This is an event that many organizations come out and promoter organizations and also provide resources to the disability community. But this is also an event where if you want to try out cycling in many different forms you can. Here's a fire that explains more instead of me just explaining. Remember register online and avoid the long line. I hope you do. I already did.

Check out "Check out "2024 Beyond the Waters Beach Party" on Eventbrite!"!
2024 Beyond the Waters Beach Party

Date: Sun, Aug 25 • 12:00 PM CDT

Location: 5800 North DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60660

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-beyond-the-waters-beach-party-tickets-945807554857?aff=ebdsshsms&utm_share_source=listing_android

08/16/2024

Attention Pace Passengers
Metra, Pace, and CTA offering free rides for K-12 students on August 26
Offer good for all the region’s elementary and high school students
Elementary and high school students from across the region will also be able to ride the CTA, Metra, and Pace for free on Monday, August 26, the first day of school for Chicago Public Schools and many suburban schools.

This is the third year in a row that Metra and Pace are offering free rides to students on the first day of classes. The CTA has traditionally offered free rides for elementary and high school students on the first day of public school in Chicago. On all three transit services, K-12 students attending any public or private school, as well as an accompanying adult, can ride buses and trains for free from 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on August 26.

In addition to this special offer for the first day of classes, full-time students enrolled in grade school or high school can purchase reduced fare tickets for all travel. When using a reduced fare ticket, students must present a valid school ID or valid letter of certification from their school on school stationery (both are valid through the end of the calendar year) bearing the student’s name, school name and authorized signature. Children aged 7-11 are also eligible for reduced fares, and children 7 or under ride free with a fare-paying adult.

For more information, visit Students Ride Free on August 26th.

07/26/2024

Way too many people mental illness have been killed by people in law enforcement who shouldn't have a weapon in the first place. I'm paying to be out there tomorrow I hope to see you then

07/15/2024

Good morning everyone. Today is Monday July 15th 2024.
Today I want to talking about a great friend. A good friend that would do anything for the people who knew and the the love he had for life. I want to talk to you about my friend Justin Cooper . As I said before Justin was not only a friend I consider him like a brother. A brother that if I needed something he was always there to help in any way possible and if he couldn't help he would guide me and the right direction. Yesterday I made a donation to the cost of his funeral and burial. Today I am here to ask you if you can find it in your heart to give even if it's just $5 it will be greatly appreciated. The cost of a funeral goes up every year. Here is the link so you can make a donation as you wish. Hope you take the time and donate as always please and thank you

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