Legislative Breakfast

     For the second consecutive year, the Berkshire Disability Pride Day committee  hosted a legislative breakfast. Empowerment and Advocacy for People with Disabilities at the ITAM Lodge on Friday, March 15, 2002. 
   The event gave county representatives to state government a chance to explain their policies and positions on issues pertinent to people with disabilities.  People in atten

dance  had a chance to see and hear their representatives face to face. This recognition, along with knowing each representative's position, makes advocating for the disabled through direct contact much more effective.
  To prepare the audience for the legislators' remarks, trainers at each table demonstrated to participants how to become more effective advocates for themselves.         

   We were fortunate to have every Berkshire County legislator at the breakfast. State Senator Andrea Nuciforo and Representatives Daniel Bosley,  North

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Berkshire Disability Pride Day

      On Saturday, March 9, 2002, hundreds of volunteers, vendors, advocates and disabled and non-disabled community members flocked to the Berkshire Mall in

vocate and Board President of United Cerebral Palsy. She had envisioned an event that both celebrated the diversity of people with disabilities and edu

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Lanesboro for the Fifth Annual Berkshire Disability Pride Day celebration.
     This event is the brainchild of Pat Sheely, a disability ad