In honor of the ADA’s 35th Anniversary, SIL’s Young Adult Council would like to invite you to our first annual virtual
Advocacy Day!
Saturday July 26th, 2025
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Advocacy Day Schedule
| 10:00 AM | Welcome | Ella Hanley |
| 10:15 AM | What is Advocacy | Jennifer Kucera |
| 11:15 AM | Building relationships with legislators and the legislative process | Gina Wilt |
| 12:15 PM | Lunch break | |
| 12:45 PM | People First of Ohio | Michael Richards |
| 1:30 PM | Health Care Inequities | Eizabeth Brassell |
| 2:00 PM | ADA Title I Employment Protection | April Shaw |
| 2:30 PM | Closing Remarks | Michael Jung |
We’d love to have you join us all day, but feel free to come by whenever it works best for you!
Please register via email to: ashaw@sil-oh.org
(Zoom link will be emailed to you)
For more information on Advocacy Day, please contact April Shaw at ashaw@sil-oh.org or (216)389-2356
Young Adult Council is an amazing opportunity for young adults with disabilities to learn vital leadership skills, gain a host of new networking skills, increased knowledge, and confidence of how to appropriately bring forth systems change, and increased awareness of the policies affecting those of the disability community.
For more information on YAC please contact April Shaw-ashaw@sil-oh.org at 216.389-2356
Through Young Adult Council, Your Advocacy Counts!