HomeMy WebLinkAbout071525 email - Disability Pride Month OfferingsJuly is Disability Pride Month <https://thearc.org/blog/why-and-how-to-celebrate-disability-pride-month/> !
Here are three ways Jefferson County is observing:
* Jefferson County Historical Society Exhibit: Patient No More: People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights <https://www.jchsmuseum.org/post/patient-no-more>
* Olympic Neighbors Summer Bash on July 27 <https://www.olympicneighbors.org/events>
* The Jefferson County Beacon: Opinion Section: Disability Pride Month: Envisioning a World That Can Hold Us All <https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/all-news/disability-pride-month-envisioning-a-world-that
-can-hold-us-all#comments-6875bac9e2b8063b59bdc72f=>
Young Adult Readers: Disability Pride Month reading list <https://jeffcolibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/1034962127/2573835589> . Note this is the Jefferson County Library in
Colorado. Was such a good list though, still wanted to share.
Here’s an alphabetical list of nonprofits based in Jefferson County whose primary focus is to serve people with long-term disabilities. (Please let me know what I’ve missed!)
* Camp Beausite Northwest <https://campbeausitenw.org/>
* Disability Awareness Starts Here <https://dashproject.org/information/>
* Gatheringplace Port Townsend <https://www.gppt.org/>
* Port Townsend Kiwanis <https://ptkiwanis.org/> Aktion Club (email me for more info)
* Olympic Neighbors <https://www.olympicneighbors.org/events>
* People First of Washington <https://www.peoplefirstofwashington.org/index> , Jefferson County Chapter (email me for more info)
* Special Olympics of Washington <https://specialolympicswashington.org/area/peninsula/> -Peninsula/Jefferson County (email me for more info)
Thank you!
Bonnie Obremski she/they
Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Coordinator
Jefferson County Public Health <https://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/455/Developmental-Disabilities>
Direct: (360) 385-9410
Confidential Fax: (360) 385-3878
bonnieo@co.jefferson.wa.us
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