Minutes from July 12, 2017 IPC Teleconference
Minutes from July 12, 2017 IPC Teleconference Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm EDT Host: Chioma Oruh, Parent Advocate for the Inclusive Prosperity Coalition Attendees: Mansoor Abdur-Rahman Angelo Telesford Hashim Coward Minutes: Chioma Unable to host meeting and will return next week. Mansoor filled in to moderate for her this week. Chioma is serving as the camp director […]
Minutes from July 5, 2017 IPC Teleconference
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm EDT Host: Chioma Oruh, Parent Advocate for the Inclusive Prosperity Coalition Here are some quick recaps: Attendees: Mansoor Chioma Oruh Discussion Survey will be created and sent to individual members Create strategic plans for the following: A Group Scheduled OUC Tour Organized Play Dates Regular Trainings for Parents Transitioning from […]
What Happens Next in DC Child Find Policies is Up to Parents and Allies of Children with Disabilities
After a weekend of much needed rest and reflection, I have had some time to think not just about what independence means to me but what it means for my children. Frederick Douglass was not only a hero in the anti-slavery movement, he was also prolific in articulating great ideas expressed in speeches such as […]
Minutes from June 28, 2017 IPC Teleconference
What: Highlights and notes from the Inclusive Prosperity Coalition (IPC) teleconference Date: June 28, 2017 Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm EDT Host: Chioma Oruh, Parent Advocate Rolex replica for the Inclusive Prosperity Coalition Attendees: Guest Speaker Attorney Todd Gluckman of Terris Pravlik & Millian, LLP Angelo Telesford Hashim Coward Chioma Oruh Yolanda Corbett Mansoor Abdur-Rahman Ronda White […]
Medicaid and Me
It is wonderful news to hear that the vote on the massive tax-cut for the wealthy bill (disguised as a health care bill) has been postponed for at least another week and a half. Yet as a mother and head of Audeamrs Piguet replica household of two young children with autism whose quality of care […]
Minutes from June 14, 2017 IPC Teleconference
Minutes from June 14, 2017 IPC Teleconference
Minutes from June 7, 2017 IPC Teleconference
Minutes from June 7, 2017 IPC Teleconference
Minutes from June 21, 2017 IPC Teleconference
Minutes from June 21, 2017 IPC Teleconference
Part 2: What is Basic Income
In the last post on Basic Income, I alluded to the pilot program that was just approved in Hawaii as well as the project in Ontario, Canada sponsored by the Poverty Reduction Strategy Office (PRSO). I had the pleasure of meeting Karen Glass, the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Ontario PRSO, who is a willing […]
Part 1: (IDEA/Child Find)+ Basic Income = Equity
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to present at the Sixteenth (16th) Annual North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. It was such a positive and uplifting event with a variety of people of many political persuasions and representing different industries that all came together to talk strategy on how to make Basic Income a reality in the United State.