Peer Power Summit

 

Peer Power Summit 2024
April 26 - 28, 2024

 

 

The 2024 Peer Power Summit will take place in-person in Anchorage on Friday, April 26th to Sunday, April 28th, 2024. The topic this year is 'What is Power?' Be inspired by your peers to energize the movement of Advocacy to the I/DD community.

 

2024 Summit Keynote Speaker

Tim McCue is an advocate who experiences a developmental disability and is passionate about changing the system so that disabled individuals can follow their dreams. He has practiced self-advocacy in TAcoma from a young age, being placed in special education from the time he started school. In high school, he took advanced classes in plant biology, became a teacher's aid, and was elected the treasurer of the school's FFA (Future Farmers of America). After that, he was enrolled in the Community Based Transition Program, and he worked for two years at a local greenhouse. During that same time, he worked alongside Self Advocates of Washington (SAW) as an intern.

Once he graduated from the transition program, he was hired fully at SAW as a program manager. In the interim, he volunteered his time to multiple disability rights efforts, such as Allies, Sail, Advocacy Days, and the push for Person Centered Planning. Finally, in 2017, he was chosen as the Self Advocacy Educator for the new DD Ombuds program, where he works today.

 

In order to attend this Summit you must be at least 18 years of age or older, have an Intellectual and/or Developmental Disability (I/DD) and be interested in advocacy.

The cost to attend will be $15 for Peer Power members and $30 for non-members. Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks. Questions? Call Ric Nelson at 907-250-3742 or email [email protected].

The deadline to register is Friday, March 22, 2024.

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Disclaimer: Attendees must be 18 years of age or older, have an Intellectual and/or Developmental Disability (I/DD) and be interested in advocacy. Not all applicants will be selected to attend due to limited space available.