Saturday afternoon, five members of Centenary United Methodist Church of Macon and I boarded a plane from Atlanta to visit with members of Broadway United Methodist Church in Indianapolis, Indiana. Why this trip? First, Centenary is one of the eight communities now a part of GCDD’s Real...
GCDD has created a series of public awareness video clips to mark the 40th Anniversary of the DD Bill of Rights Act of 1971 called “Voices Beyond the Mirror.” The video series provides a thoughtful look into the everyday realities of living with different types of disabilities. The video series...
Day two in Indianapolis proved to be as packed and exciting as day one. Much of today focused on how to meet the people in your community, identify their gifts and talents and then connect people to others with similar gifts and talents or similar concerns in the neighborhood. Broadway United...
Kat Walker, a community volunteer, reports on last week's launch of the Milton Real Communities Initiative's mini-grant program, Better Together.
Better Together Kickoff We had a great time at the kick-off for Better Together, which was held in Crabapple, the historic district of Milton, GA....
Each year GCDD hosts an Annual Making a Difference Appreciation Ceremony to honor the many leaders who make outstanding advocacy efforts on behalf of Georgia's disability community throughout the year. At this year's ceremony on July 21, 2011, guests were treated to a musical performance by a...
Each week we are offering a different clip from our "Voices Beyond the Mirror" public awareness video series to spark more conversation and spread knowledge about community living and disability. Last week we highlighted a video short with a father and son reflecting on their relationship. The...
Over the past few weeks, we have been offering a different clip from our “Voices Beyond the Mirror” public awareness video series to spark more conversation and spread knowledge about community living and disabilities. Earlier this week, we highlighted a video short of a recent college graduate...
For the past few weeks, we have been offering a different clip from our “Voices Beyond the Mirror” public awareness video series to spark more conversation and spread knowledge about community living and disabilities. The previous video clip we highlighted was a video short of a transportation...
During the past few weeks, we have been offering a different clip from our “Voices Beyond the Mirror” public awareness video series to spark more conversation and spread knowledge about community living and disabilities. The previous video clip we highlighted was a video short of a university...
Learning Journey to Kalamazoo The Georgia Delegation from GCDD and the Korean Coalition ventured to Kalamazoo, MI on Sunday, Nov 27th for a learning journey on inclusive youth programs. Arcadia Institute is the organization that hosted our group. They have been the driving force behind...
