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In person at the State House

Join MASILC and the Independent Living Centers of Massachusetts for Independent Living Education Day 2023.  

Independent Living Centers continued to respond and adapt throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring that individuals with disabilities received services without disruption. ILCs are critical in keeping individuals with disabilities independent in the community and out of costly institutional settings.

Join Independent Living Centers and community partners from across the state in sharing successes of the past year and highlighting the barriers that still exist for the citizens of Massachusetts with disabilities to live, work and participate in civic and community life. 

CART and ASL have been requested. Please register to request additional communication access or contact the SILC Coordinator at 508-620-7452 or sadie@masilc.org.

To view the virtual event:

Hi there,

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Mar 23, 2023 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Independent Living Education Day

Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86248881411?pwd=ZGtuQ0dZUC94YUwzMWM2NEx4eFhSUT09
Passcode: 314373

Housing Matters

Virtual Event: April 14, 2022 11AM – 12:30PM

Join MASILC and the Independent Living Centers of Massachusetts for Independent Living Education Day 2022.  This year’s event will focus on housing. Safe, accessible, affordable, available housing is a foundation for community living.  This year we will share stories of success, the barriers that still exist and opportunities for the future. 

Welcome – Nancy Trzcinski MASILC Chairperson

Host and Moderator – Steve Higgins Executive Director Independence Associates

Speakers

Commissioner Toni Wolf, Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission

Senator Susan L. Moran

Noelle Balutis, Center for Living and Working

Eric Shupin, Director of Public Policy and Lily Linke, Municipal Engagement Policy Associate Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association

Shaya French, Boston Center for Independent Living and R. Feynman Disability Policy Consortium

Marcelino Guerra, Center for Living and Working Board Member

Community Sharing

REGISTER HERE

Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xYoYOOvIQUmXf_iGkJQQNQ

Massachusetts has 10 Centers for Independent Living, which together serve all 351 cities and towns in the Commonwealth. The Independent Living Movement is founded in the belief that people with disabilities, regardless of the form, have a common history and a shared struggle, that we are a community and a culture that will advance further banded together politically.

The first Center for Independent Living was founded by disability activists in California in 1972. There are now 403 Centers across the United States, providing Peer Support, Information and Referral, Individual and Systems Advocacy, Independent Living Skills Training and Transition.

Independent Living Education Day is a day to celebrate and share the success stories of IL and give voice to the barriers that still exist.  This year’s event will focus on housing. Safe, accessible, affordable, available housing is a foundation for community living.  This year we will share stories of success, the barriers that still exist and opportunities for the future.   

Enjoy these videos from Independent Living Education Day, March 31, 2021. It was not the same as being in person, but more people were able to attend, and we are able to share the event with you.

Event Zoom

Community Living

Fighting Isolation

Support from IL Staff