GCDD Welcomes New Real Communities Projects
The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is pleased to announce two new projects have been added into its Real Communities Initiative, a cutting edge initiative to partner with local groups working to build more just communities and purposefully connect people with and without developmental disabilities in collaborative projects.
GCDD's New Real Communities Partners
Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty – The State of Georgia has twice tried to execute Warren Hill, a 52-year-old man with an intellectual disability. Hill faces execution because of Georgia's incredibly high burden of proof for defendants with intellectual disabilities. There was much collaboration from the Anti-death Penalty and the Disability Justice Rights community around Hill's case, and GCDD believes this partnership can be strengthened through its Real Communities Initiative. The vision is to create local alliances and/or coalitions and support community builders in three key communities (Atlanta, Columbus and Dawson) with the development and implementation of local projects to bring people with and without disabilities together to address mass incarceration and the death penalty.
Women on the Rise – Women on the Rise works to create a space where everyone, including the most marginalized, can bring their whole selves, be seen for the gifts they possess, contribute to the collective and practice being in radically different relationships with one another other than what mainstream society teaches. The goal is to build on the resilience that people and communities have already developed and enhance their capacity to live and work together in deep connection. As a Real Communities Initiative, Women on the Rise will hold monthly transformative leadership development and community-building gatherings to foster relationship-building and identify community needs, strategies and solutions.
GCDD Introduces the Making a Difference Cartoon Gallery
The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is proud to introduce its new Making a Difference Cartoon Gallery on the GCDD website, which features a collection of the cartoons published in GCDD's Making a Difference magazines since 2005. Each cartoon reflects the theme highlighted in each issue and offers light comic relief on some of the most pressing issues in Georgia's disability community. To view GCDD's collection of cartoons in the gallery, visit https://gcdd.org/news-a-media/photos/1-cartoons-3.html
