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Outreach Event 2/28/2009

posted Aug 4, 2009 9:24 PM by Michele Aoki

Outreach to the Community 

LifeSPAN Presented:

A Good Life: A Life Changing Opportunity!

Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Salty’s on Alki in Seattle, WA
1936 Harbor Ave SW  Seattle, WA 98126

We discussed how we can reduce the isolation and loneliness of people who are often excluded, and ensure that the gifts and contributions of all members of a community are welcomed – the essence of a “good life." Featured presenters:
 

Al Etmanski, President and Co-Founder of PLAN
 		 Vickie Cammack, Executive Director of PLAN Institute of Citizenship & Disability
 
Al Etmanski Vickie Cammack

Human connections can heal our world.

Vital, resilient communities are enriched by the participation of people with disabilities and their families.

Inspiring leaders, Al and Vickie have had a worldwide influence on caring citizenship.


Tickets

The ticket price of $60 included:

  • Salty’s delicious signature brunch
  • Al and Vickie’s inspiring presentation
  • A copy of the extraordinary book, The Company of Others: Stories of Belonging


For More Information

If you have questions, contact us by phone at LifeSPAN  425.883.9867  or by email life.span@verizon.net.

LifeSPAN’s Mission: Supporting families to plan safe, secure futures for relatives with disabilities.

LifeSPAN (Lifetime Secure Personal Assistance Network) is the first and only U.S. affiliate of PLAN Canada™.

Reaching Out Tour 11/4/2006

posted Aug 4, 2009 9:18 PM by Michele Aoki   [ updated Aug 4, 2009 9:25 PM ]

Outreach to the Community 

LifeSPAN and the PLAN Institute for Caring Citizenship for the Washington Reaching Out Tour...

Love is a Dance of Holding On and Letting Go
Future Planning Workshop

November 4, 2006 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
(registration at 8:30 am)
University of Washington, Kane Hall Walker-Ames Room

  Brought to you by: Image of LifeSPAN Logo with dancing figure     Logo of PLAN Institute of Canada
  www.lifespan-wa.org    www.planinstitute.ca/  

Featuring a special screening of:

  • “The Ties That Bind” by the National Film Board of Canada.
  • “Beyond The Ties That Bind” a production of KCTS Television.
Accompanied by a future planning workshop:
The workshop will introduce concrete steps to help families begin the process of planning a safe and secure future – a good life – for their loved one with a disability.
 
 

Part I

Photo of Chris, the main person in "The Ties That Bind" Documentary, with family members

* As seen on KCTS
in January 2006.

"The Ties That Bind" Documentary

At 28, Chris, who lives with multiple disabilities, longs for independence and dreams of the day when he will move out of the family home, as he has watched his brother and sister do. Chris is also determined to live apart from his aging parents, Kathleen and Bill, despite still being deeply dependent on them.

Most parents have mixed feelings when faced with the prospect of their children leaving home. But Bill and Kathleen are being called on to do something most families never have to consider. They must intentionally build a long-term network of support that may allow their son the stability to live on his own; a circle of support that will eventually replace them.

In "The Ties That Bind," award-winning documentary filmmaker John Ritchie takes a first-hand look at a family's struggle to let go, when every instinct compels them to hang on. Ritchie follows the Jordan family –Kathleen, Bill, Chris and his two siblings – for almost three years. The result is an extraordinarily intimate film that reveals, with raw emotion and surprising humor, the complexity around one young man's transition toward a more independent life.
 

 

The KCTS Studio Discussion:

"Beyond the Ties That Bind" –

Award-winning KCTS moderator, Enrique Cerna, continues the discussion with film participants, family members, individuals with disabilities, and others from Washington state and British Columbia.
 

Part II

The Workshop

The workshop will provide a forum for constructive discussion around issues that surface in the film and will introduce concrete steps to help families begin the process of planning a safe and secure future – a good life – for their loved one with a disability.

  1. Creating Your Vision
  2. Supported Decision Making
  3. You Are Not Alone
  4. Creating Your Will and Estate Plan
  5. Personal Support Networks
  6. Healthy Skepticism and the Struggle to Believe
  7. It’s Not Easy
  8. Seeing is Believing
  9. Contribution
  10. Housing
  11. Letting Go
  12. Securing Your Plan

 

Co-Sponsors

Lifetime Secure Personal Assistance Network (LifeSPAN) of Washington is an independent non-profit that is affiliated with and modeled after The Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN) of Vancouver, British Columbia. Representatives from both organizations will lead the workshop.

Our two organizations are led by family members who have relatives with disabilities. Our shared mission is to support families in planning safe and secure futures for their relative with a disability. In addition to future planning workshops, we help families build social relationships and personal networks of support focused on realizing the hopes and dreams of individuals with disabilities.

 

Community Co-Hosts:

We would like to thank the following organizations for sharing news of the workshop in the community. Note: Click on the name to visit each organization's website.

We also thank the University of Washington Center on Human Development and Disability for their support of this event.

Personal Networks of Support work on many levels. We are pleased to be an active part of a large and vibrant community of individuals and organizations who strive to offer support from many perspectives to those of us who have disabilities.

 

| Attachments: Kane_Hall_Jan17.pdf LifeSPAN_Family_Resource_Packet.doc LifeSPAN_Family_Resource_Packet.pdf Ties_That_Bind_Postcard.doc Ties_That_Bind_Postcard.pdf

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