Real Communities

Real Communities is a cutting edge initiative launched state-wide in 2010 by the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) to partner with local groups working to build more just communities. It's a thoughtful, action learning approach that equips community members, people, at the local, grassroots level to work together toward common goals to improve their own community using person-centered supports, community-centered connections, and persistent and reflective learning. Purposefully involving people with and without developmental disabilities in collaborative projects is pivotal to the framework of Real Communities. We seek to support communities who welcome and utilize the gifts of everyone, including those who have been historically marginalized, and create avenues toward reciprocity, interdependence, and social change.