Disability Business News
You Need to Know
June 2020
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We can and must do better as individuals
and as a nation.
While the foundation of our mission is built around disability inclusion, we advocate for inclusion for all. We believe in the strength of our community, now more than ever and together we stand firm in solidarity against the undeniable injustice and inequality in this country and the resulting fear, pain, and frustration that continues to surround us.
Sophie Howard, Chair
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DC Metro New Officer Election
At the Annual Meeting held on May 20,2020, the Board unanimously voted in its new slate of officers. Congratulations to all and thank you for your leadership!
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Sophie Howard, GDIT, Chair
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Chrisonna Palmer, EY, Vice Chair
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Jenn Bassett, JBG SMITH, Secretary
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Ellen de Bremond, Treasurer
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Andrea Hall, GDMS, Past Chair
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COVID-19 Resources
In the midst of COVID 19, Mental illness may very well be the secondary disability triggered by the Corona Virus. As the leading regional business on disability inclusion, it seems critical to provide our readers with important information on this topic in our newsletter.
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2020 Programming Update
"Innovative Approaches to Increasing Self-ID"
was recorded in April and will be available on our website by June 15.
In today’s fast changing pandemic crisis, the DC Metro chapter is adopting these steps to continue to offer SME education and continual learning while limiting disruption to the efforts businesses are making to focus on their concerns for health and safety.
We will continue to seek guidance from national public health and government organizations and are working closely with our DC Metro Board keeping the best interest of our members at the center of our decision making.
Now more than ever, we are committed to promoting best employment practices.
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Kevin Carpenter, Wells Fargo, NILG
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Our Mission
“Building the Business Network for Disability Inclusion.”
Our Vision
“Cultivate workforces and workplaces where talent with disabilities are recruited, included, promoted, retained and valued as both internal talent and innovative vendors.”
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Member Renewals
Need to Renew Your Membership?
Annual Membership
All local employees are members.
- Corporate - $2,000: TWO Program Passes per event.
Additional Registrations: $65
- Gold - $3,000: THREE Program Passes per event.
Additional Registrations: $65
- Diamond - $5,000: FIVE Program Passes per event.
Additional Registrations: $65
- Platinum - $10,000: Unlimited Program Registration
- Non-Profit - $750: ONE Program Pass per event.
Additional Registrations: $65
- Small Business - $800: ONE Program Pass per event.
Additional Registrations: $65
- Government - $2,300: Unlimited Program Registration
NEW! Six Month Membership
Introductory Corporate Friends
- $600: 6 month membership for up to three employees
Benefits
- An opportunity to engage with the organization and its members
- Host a virtual event
- $600 coverts at end of six months to an annual level determined by the company with $600 applied to remaining balance
- Only available to new members - corporate for profit private sector firms
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The Hon. Katherine McCary
CEO, Executive Director
President
C5 Consulting, LLC
Director of Inclusion, GRACE Global
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Board Members:
- John Annand, Marriott International
- Jennifer Bassett, Secretary, JBG SMITH Companies
- Michelle Crabtree, Hyatt
- Ellen de Bremond, Treasurer
- Anjali Desai-Margolin, Gallaudet University
- Tom Downs, Gartner
- Dan Ellerman, Boeing
- Andrea Hall, Past Chair, General Dynamics Mission Systems
- Sophie Howard, Chair, General Dynamics IT
- Eduardo Meza-Etienne, eSSENTIAL Accessibility
- Chrisonna Palmer, Vice Chair, EY
- Carrie Schroeder, PwC
- Jamel Walker, Northrop Grumman
- Myra Wilder, BAE Systems
- Emily Yee, Deloitte
Advisory Board Members:
- Orly Barbosa, Sandy Spring Bank
- Meghan Cadigan, KPMG
- Ron Drach, Drach Consulting, LLC
- Rikki Epstein, The Arc of Northern VA
- Sylvia Henri-Wonasue, Lockheed Martin
- Karen Herson, Concepts Communication
- Bryan Moseley, TCS Associates
- Rick Rodgers, The Resource Network
- Kia Silver-Hodge, C5 Consulting, LLC
- Bob Vetere, C5 Consulting, LLC
- Sue Werber, C5 Consulting, LLC
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IN THE NEWS - Articles of Interest
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The ADA at 30: Looking Back and Ahead
Despite significant progress for U.S. workers with disabilities, many barriers remain.
SHRM Interview with Ron Drach on the
30th Anniversary of the ADA
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Events - NOTE: Upcoming Events May Change
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Live Webinar:
The ADA Generation: New Perspectives on
Employment and College Graduates with Disabilities
June 3, 2020 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm ET
Thirty years after the ADA, approximately 12% of college graduates are individuals with disabilities, but what do we know about their college experiences and their success in the workplace? Our experts will share what they have learned from the 4,500 recent college graduates, with and without disabilities, who participated in this survey.
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Please join us for our next Global Disability + Disaster Town Hall meeting
Thursday, June 4 from 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm EDT/4:00pm-5:30pm UTC
This webinar will serve as a community forum for sharing and storytelling as we, the global disability community, reframe the debate on disability inclusion in disaster planning, response, recovery, and mitigation. Please sign up to speak via our speaker sign up form – we will be prioritizing voices from diverse locations, multiply-marginalized people with disabilities, disability-led organizations, and those who did not speak at our last session.
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Open NDMC Meeting
When:
June 5th, 1-2pm EDT
Password:
inclusion4all
Peer Mentoring Models of the Workforce Innovation Center.
- Steve Allen, President and CEO of PolicyWorks, Inc.
- Sue Abel, Independence Works
Peer Mentoring includes the development and use of peer mentoring networks for young people with disabilities to help them transition from secondary education to postsecondary education and employment through the power and influence of high expectations, self-determination and the development of self-advocacy skills. Research has shown that mentors, especially peer mentors, can positively affect the movement of individuals with disabilities towards self-sufficiency through the establishment of high expectations, support and empowerment.
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Virtual
The 2nd Annual Digital Accessibility Legal Summit
Updates, Best Practices & Core‑Concept Training
Online Summit Program in Brief
(Three two-hour afternoon sessions remain)
Session 2: Practice, Inclusion (Thursday June 4, 1-3 ET)
Problems (and solutions) in making a good start: Plaintiffs, Defendants, and Consultants
- Minh N. Vu, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP, Eve Hill, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, and Karl Groves, Accessibility Consultant, Tenon
The Leading Edge: How Global Disruptions and Technology is Changing Inclusion, Inclusive Design and Accessibility
- Debra Ruh & LaMondré Pough, Ruh Global IMPACT
Session 3: Preparing for the Future (Tuesday June 9, 1-3 ET)
Cognitive disabilities, Legal Practice, and Digital Accessibility
- Prof. Robert Dinerstein, American University Washington College of Law
The Implications of Future Technology on Digital Accessibility
- Jon Avila, Level Access & Jennifer Chadwick, Siteimprove
Closing Session 4 (Thursday June 11, 1-3 ET)
Canadian regulatory and practice developments in the digital accessibility space
- Pina D'Intino, Jennifer Chadwick & Karen Peltz Strauss
As an ‘I’, I make a difference, and as a ‘WE’, we are unstoppable
- Marcie Lipsitt, Education Advocate
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Gallaudet University Career Center Webinar
Strategies in Working with Deaf/Hard of Hearing Emplo
yees
June 11, 2020 - 9:00 to 11:30 am EST
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46th Annual AAAED National Virtual Summit
June 23, 2020
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Join in on June 23
rd
to hear from disability leaders discussing the 30
th
ADA Anniversary – from envisioning the future of the ADA, embracing culture change and intersectionality, the role of accommodations and the business leader perspective on disability inclusion. Our panel includes individuals with apparent and non-apparent disabilities as well as organizations that support and advocate for individuals with disabilities in the workforce.
This session is moderated by the Disability:IN DC Metro, an employer led non-profit that brings the business and educational community together to learn and share information about the value of including people with disabilities in the workforce. It provides education, training programs and resources so that employers learn how to proactively include people with disabilities in the workforce, marketplace and supplier diversity. Disability:IN DC Metro is part of Disability:IN national that includes more than 30 chapters across the US.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the business value of inclusion and culture change
- Learn about intersectionality and the role it plays in disability inclusion
- Leadership as a priority
- Find support systems that work
- Resources for successful inclusion
Panelists:
- Matt Glowacki, A Revolutionary
- Chris Worth, It’s Worth Organizing Consulting Group
- Zakiya Mabery, B Global D&I Strategic Planning
- Melanie Whetzel, Job Accommodation Network
- Andrea Hall, General Dynamics and DC Metro Chair
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Disability:IN 2020 Annual Conference
July 13-16, 2020
Disability:IN is pleased to announce that the 2020 Annual Conference agenda is now live. From the
Inclusion Awards
&
Disability Equality Index Top Scorers
, to breakout sessions spanning seven immersive tracks, don't miss out.
Deadline
: July 6, 2020
- Virtual Conference Experience $600
- Job Accommodations Network (JAN) Academy $100
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NILG 2020 offering FREE Webinar series
The NILG 2020 National Conference Planning Committee and the NILG Board is pleased to announce a series of FREE webinars to the contractor community in July and August. Programming is underway and we can confirm OFCCP’s Director Craig Leen will open the Virtual Conference. Email communications will be shared in the next few weeks,
visit this website
for updated information on the webinar series and how to register.
Join the
NILG 2021
National Conference
Sunday, August 1 – Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Omni Hotel in Nashville, TN.
Please save the date and plan to attend!
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Save the date for the Mid-Atlantic ADA Conference 2020!
27th Annual Conference on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Presented by TransCen, Inc. and the Mid-Atlantic ADA Center
September 9 - 11, 2020
Alexandria, Virginia
To join the list to receive information about the 2020 Mid-Atlantic ADA Conference send a message to
ADAtraining@transcen.org
.
Questions about the Mid-Atlantic ADA Conference, contact:
Mid-Atlantic ADA Center
1-800-949-4232 V/TTY in DC
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The M-Enabling Summit Conference and Showcase is dedicated to promoting accessible and assistive technology for senior citizens and users of all abilities.
It is an annual meeting place for all who implement digital accessibility strategies or develop enabling ICT products, services for workplaces, learning environments or consumer markets. With its theme of “Digital Inclusion Strategies: A Catalyst for Action”, the 2020 M-Enabling Summit will highlight how organizations can successfully leverage innovative enabling technologies to make their digital workplaces, learning environments and product and services accessible to users of all abilities.
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Our focus is on Culture Change!
Our organization,
formerly the DC Metro Business Leadership Network,
is the largest regional member network of a variety of industry employers advocating for inclusion of individuals with disabilities in today's workforce, marketplace and supply chain. A non-profit business-led network established in 2006, our purpose is to bring the business community together in a dialog through education, training and resources with a focus on removing attitudinal and organizational barriers by exchanging best practices to ensure that the inclusion of individuals with disabilities as smart business.
Our Members and Guests have access to resources, programs and partners to strengthen the disability inclusion efforts and outcomes.
- Thought leadership
- Business to business networking
- Introductions to community partners
- Access to talent
- Hot topic programming led by Subject Matter Experts
- Webinars
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Our Staff
The Hon. Katherine McCary, President, C5 Consulting, LLC serves as CEO and Executive Director. Katherine served as founding chair of the USBLN (now Disability:IN) for nine years, the founding chair of the VA BLN (Now Virginia Ability) for 13 years and has launched more than 11 chapters. She received the USBLN Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. She recently joined
GRACE Global Fund
as Director of Inclusion.
C5 is a global disability inclusion strategy consultancy comprised exclusively of private sector disability leaders,
experienced disability from a variety of areas; as individuals, as caregivers, and as parents of individuals with disabilities. W
ith more than 50 years combined expertise and a deep knowledge of culture change developed through customized business strategies. C5 is the pioneer of disability inclusion
"for business by business"
with just in time training Disability Inclusion IQ designed for enterprise wide learning.
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