Michigan Disability Rights Coalition

Join one of MDRC’s leadership programs, Leaders for Inclusion (LFI), for Disability Identity & Intersectionality on Thursday, July 9. This virtual training will introduce the concept of intersectionality and explore how race, gender, disability, and other identities shape our experiences.

Participants will have time to reflect, learn from videos featuring disabled leaders, and consider how identity, community, and lived experience connect.

Event Details:
Thursday, July 9
12:00 to 1:30 p.m. ET
Virtual training
Register today: https://disabilityandintersectionality.eventbrite.com

LFI is funded by Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council.



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On June 22, 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the Olmstead decision. The Court said unnecessary segregation of disabled people is discrimination under the ADA.

Olmstead helped affirm that disabled people have the right to receive services in the community, where we live, work, learn, and build relationships. Now, how this law is interpreted is being questioned. Learn more about this history and what we can do to protect our right to live in the community. 

Our latest issue of MATP Tech Connect is chock-full of resources for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Autism and much more!

Check it out here: https://mailchi.mp/mi-at.org/matp-tech-connect-june_2026

Subscribe to our newsletter here: https://mi-at.org/ -to-newsletter

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A decorative horizontal band with disability and LGBTQIA+ pride flag colors runs across the graphic below the logo section and again along the bottom edge.

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Reminder: We're closed tomorrow. Have a restful weekend.

MDRC will be closed Friday, June 19, in recognition of Juneteenth. Juneteenth is a time to honor Black freedom, history, resilience, and the ongoing work for justice. We will reopen the next business day during our usual hours.

MDRC’s Leaders for Inclusion (LFI) program is hosting a Disability Advocacy Workshop: Preparing for Meetings with Legislators on Thursday, June 25, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. This virtual training will break down how to communicate with legislators and provide practical tools for one-on-one and group advocacy meetings. Participants will learn strategies for sharing their stories, building relationships with policymakers, and preparing for effective conversations that support community change. ASL and CART captioning will be provided.

Register here: https://disabilitylegislativeadvocacy.eventbrite.com

MDRC’s LFI program is funded by the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council.

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Join us this afternoon for Cause Advocacy: Creating More Inclusive Communities. There's still space and we'd love to see you there!

There’s still time to join MDRC’s Leaders for Inclusion program for the next two trainings in our Disability Advocacy Training Series.

These virtual trainings are designed to help participants build advocacy skills, understand systems, share their stories, and take action for community change.

Upcoming trainings:

Cause Advocacy: Creating More Inclusive Communities - Part 2
Thursday, June 18
12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Register: https://creatinginclusivecommunities2.eventbrite.com

Disability Advocacy Workshop: Preparing for Meetings with Legislators
Thursday, June 25
12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Register: https://disabilitylegislativeadvocacy.eventbrite.com

ASL and CART captioning will be provided.

MDRC’s Leaders for Inclusion program is funded by the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council.

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MDRC will be closed Friday, June 19, in recognition of Juneteenth. Juneteenth is a time to honor Black freedom, history, resilience, and the ongoing work for justice. We will reopen the next business day during our usual hours.

Pride Month is also a time to recognize living leaders who continue to shape disability justice today.

Leroy F. Moore Jr. is a Black disabled writer, activist, poet, musician, and cultural worker. Born with cerebral palsy, Moore’s work centers the experiences of Black disabled people, disabled artists, and people living at the intersections of race, disability, queerness, poverty, policing, and culture.

Moore is the founder of Krip Hop Nation, co-founder of Sins Invalid, and a founding member of the National Black Disability Coalition. His work challenges racism and ableism while creating space for disabled artists, especially Black disabled musicians and cultural workers whose contributions have too often been overlooked.

Learn more:

Leroy F. Moore Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.