BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-AUCD VERSION:1.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DCREATED:20240329T124418 LAST-MODIFIED:20240329T124418 DTSTART:20111210T050000Z SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Arab American Communities and Disabilities: Getting to Know You, Getting to Know Us LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Somerset, NJ DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:=0D=0A=0D=0AThe Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, working in collaboration with its NJ ADD partners, Disability Rights New Jersey and the New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities, other statewide disability organizations, including NJ Division of Developmental Disabilities, the NJ Division of Disability Services, and the Statewide Parent Advocacy Network, is sponsoring the third in a series of cultural awareness conferences. The first two conferences focused on Latino and South Asian communities, respectively.=0D=0A=0D=0AThis conference, Arab American Communities and Disabilities: Getting to Know You, Getting to Know Us, is being planned in collaboration with the leadership of a variety of Arab American networks and organizations in New Jersey. As the name implies, its purpose is two-fold: (1) strengthening the awareness and capacity of disability service providers, support networks, and advocacy organizations to provide supports and services with Arab American individuals, families, and organizations, and (2) strengthening the knowledge within Arab American communities of the services and supports available to them as residents of New Jersey.=0D=0A=0D=0A"Planning the conference has been a wonderful process," notes Bill Gaventa, Committee Coordinator. "The response from Arab American networks and organizations has been overwhelmingly positive. We have already learned a lot as sponsoring organizations." =0D=0A=0D=0AThe conference will be held on December 10, 2011 in Somerset, New Jersey. =0D=0AFor more information, visit The Boggs Center's web site at: http://rwjms.umdnj.edu/boggscenter/conferences/CulturalAwarenessConference.html=0D=0A PRIORITY:3 URL:http://www.aucd.org/template/event.cfm?event_id=2719&id=965 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR