30th Annual My City, My Place Brighter Futures Awards

4200 City Avenue,Philadelphia PA 19131

24 June, 2022

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IDS 30th Annual My City, My Place Brighter Futures Awards Ceremony Agenda 8 a.m. - Registration Opens 9 a.m. - Welcome with Kleckner Charles - Director, Philadelphia DBHIDS and Exhibit Hall Opens 9:15 a.m. - Panel Discussion w Kathy Sykes, Former Director, Philadelphia IDS 10 a.m. - Break 10:15 to 11 a.m. - Workshops * "I Go Home" - Part I (film viewing and Q&A) Lisa Tesler, Director, Developmental disAbility Council * Supported Employment: "The Past, Present and the Future" with Jane Cordero, School District of Philadelphia: Susan Schonfeld, CIS; Diane Malley, Drexel University and Andrea Consigny, SPIN * Self-Advocates: "A Voice to be heard!" Bill Krebs -President, Speaking for Ourselves; Chaz Elliot; Debbie Robinson, Executive Director, Speaking for Ourselves; Suzanne Erb, Career Link 11 to 11:15 a.m. - Break 11:15 a.m. to noon - Workshops * "I Go Home" Part II (film viewing and Q&A) Lisa Tesler, Director, Developmental disAbility Council * A Parental Perspective of Change: Vision For Equality, Doreatha Davis, Marisol Ramos, Ramona Griffiths and Margorie Anderson * LifeSharing Panel Discussion with Jevs (John Owens), KenCrest (Kathy Trumbore), Catholic Social Services (Blanche Kuyateh) and Horizon House (Renee McNeil) 12 p.m. - Luncheon * invited entertainment by the SPIN Choir *invited speakers include: Jill Bowen, PhD - Commissioner, Philadelphia DBHIDS *Invited Guests to include: Governor Tom Wolf, Mayor James Kenney, Representative Stephen Kinsey, Philadelphia Councilperson Derek Green, Kristen Ahrens - Pennsylvania Office of Developmental Programs *in Memoriam to Barbara Nattile, Patty Gross, Rashida Adams-Beander *Awards Ceremony & Recognition hosted by Loraine Ballard Morrill of iHeart Media *Dancing and Celebration