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Disability Concerns Series: Everybody Belongs, Serving Together
Our October series focused on our newest resource, Everybody Belongs, Serving Together, is now available to view!
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August 17, 2021
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Disability Concerns Leadership Training Event 2021 Recap
On August 11 and 12, Disability Concerns hosted its annual leadership event. Here you'll find slide presentations, recommended books, meditations, and more!
August 10, 2021
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We Are All God’s Children
In this editorial, Elly VanAlten reflects on decades of discrimination against Indigenous communities in Canada, asking: What is our next step forward together?
June 29, 2021
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Calling All Young People: Join the Disability Advocacy Journey!
Are you between the ages of 18 and 30? Do you have a passion for justice and advocacy work? Apply now to be a part of the Disability Advocacy Journey!
June 1, 2021
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Safe Church and Disability Concerns Coordinator (Classis Lake Erie)
Position opening for Classis Lake Erie Safe Church and Disability Concerns Coordinator with a $1,500 annual stipend.
May 5, 2021
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Getting to Know Our Advocates… Introducing Cara Milne
Meet Cara Milne, our Disability Concerns Regional Advocate for Classis Alberta South and Saskatchewan.
May 5, 2021
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Book Review: "Noticed, Known and Missed" by Cara Milne
Cara Milne's book Noticed, Known and Missed focuses on building community for people with disabilities.
May 5, 2021
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Introducing our Re-imagined Disability Concerns Canada Newsletter! Spring 2021
Meet the Disability Concerns regional advocates for each classis in Canada in our re-imagined Canadian content newsletter.
May 5, 2021
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Save the Date! "Everybody Belongs, Serving Together": Launching the Newest Resource for Supporting People with Disabilities in Faith Communities
Join Disability Concerns Canada every week in October for our 2021 annual training event. Residents of Canada and the U.S. are welcome to attend.
April 30, 2021
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Conscience Rights for Physicians
Here are some resources that Canadians can use in advocating to protect the conscience of healthcare workers when there are requests for assisted death (MAID).
April 24, 2021
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A Big Thank You to Our Volunteers!
To all Disability Concerns volunteers—regional advocates, church advocates, advisory committee/guiding coalition members, and so many more of you that support our ministry in many ways—we want to pause and say thank you.
February 22, 2021
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An Advocate for Life: Remembering Betty Van Deemter
Today we remember advocate Betty Van Deemter, revisiting an article written awhile ago by her friend and fellow advocate, Hank Kuntz.
December 23, 2020
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Roadmap for Church Disability Advocates: From the First Step To Success!
This article outlines the role of the church advocate and provides the steps from considering being a church advocate to working within the role.
December 21, 2020
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Roadmap for Regional Disability Advocates: From the First Step to Success!
Regional Advocates are invaluable to our work in Disability Concerns. Interested in learning more about the role? This roadmap should provide you with the answers!
November 16, 2020
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'Zoom Into Friendship' Fridays at 1:00 PM
'Zoom Into Friendship!' meets every Friday at 1:00 pm Eastern. We invite everyone to join us for a time of faith, fun, and friendship!
November 2, 2020
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A Participant's Reflection on the 2020 Disability Concerns Leadership Training
For a congregation to show agility in accommodating their congregants with disabilities means they cannot continue to do things the way they always did.
October 22, 2020
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October Caregiver Series: Walking Alongside Caregivers (Recap)
Over the course of October, we invited five speakers to come together to discuss caregiving. Each one brought a unique perspective to the conversation!
September 23, 2020
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Remembering Our Friend Barb Newman
On June 23 of this year, Barb sent us a message that began, “I heard someone say that there are times in life when you are driving on this great road and you hit a patch of black ice. All of a sudden, life seems quite out of control."
August 29, 2020
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Disability Concerns Leadership Training Event 2020 Recap
Disability Concerns hosted their first fully online Leadership Training event this year! It was a very successful event that focused on the theme of agility.
July 31, 2020
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At the Intersection of Racism and Ableism
Social distancing has not stopped many of us from speaking out for an end to the killing of unarmed black men and women by police. Did you know that 30 to 80 percent of those killed have been persons with some type of disability?
July 13, 2020
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One Response to Racism and Ableism
People of color and people with disabilities both are harmed by long-held parallel beliefs or practices that devalue, discriminate, and oppress them because of their identity.
July 2, 2020
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Terry DeYoung Receives Henri Nouwen Award
Disability Concerns Ministry congratulates Terry DeYoung, coordinator of the Disability Concerns ministry for the RCA, on receiving the 2020 Henri Nouwen Award.
June 23, 2020
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Resources for Disability Week and Disability Sunday 2020
People with disabilities tend to be highly agile because they must navigate physical and social structures that are created by and for people who do not have disabilities.
May 12, 2020
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Understanding Advocacy and Access for People Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision
Every church should be a place where everyone belongs and everyone serves, but often people with disabilities are inadvertently overlooked and not able to participate fully in the life of the church.
April 29, 2020
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Like Swimming in a Petri Dish
Crisis planning for COVID-19 to hit, and hit hard, is sobering work. We and congregate settings everywhere stand in need of your faithful prayer.