Hosts & Collaborators

Paul W. Spooner Generational Leadership Summit 2024

Host Organizations

The idea behind this summit came when Dan Shannon from the MDDC, Bill Henning from BCIL and Charles Carr from DPC continued the discussions that have been ongoing among disability advocacy leaders for the past few years. At the memorial service for Paul W. Spooner, it was agreed that the time was here to move forward with a transitional leadership summit. With the help of staff from each organization, the summit became a reality in 2023.

Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council (MDDC)

The MDDC is an independent agency, funded by the federal government, dedicated to empowering people with developmental disabilities (DD) and their families to enjoy full productive lives by promoting self-sufficiency, community inclusion, and opportunity.

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Boston Center for Independent Living (BCIL)

The Boston Center for Independent Living is a frontline civil rights organization led by people with disabilities that advocates to eliminate discrimination, isolation and segregation by providing advocacy, information and referral, peer support, skills training, PCA services, and transitional services in order to enhance the independence of people with disabilities.

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Disability Policy Consortium

DPC's credo is "About Us, By Us": the belief that when decisions are made about people with disabilities, people with disabilities must play a lead role in making them. Our mission is to ensure the voice of people with disabilities is heard on key issues, to support the health of our community through participatory research and expert policy analysis, to and empower grassroots disability leaders to tr ansform their communities.

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Collaborators

Thank you to the following organizations for contributing to the planning, promotion and execution of the 2024 Generational Leadership Summit!

The Arc of Massachusetts
Mass Advocates Standing Strong (MASS)
MassFamilies
Massachusetts Permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities

Photo: Sue Rorke