Jocelyn Geidt, facilitator in CLBC’s South Island CPD office, share information with guests at the Sidney Access Awareness Day Resource Fair. On June 4, CLBC’s South Island Community Planning and Development office participated for the first time in the Sidney Access Awareness Day resource fair. The fair is organized by the municipal […]
June 15th, 2016 This year Community Living BC (CLBC) marked its 10th birthday with a special anniversary web site and a 10-year progress report to honour individuals and families. Their contributions continue to help CLBC work toward a new generation of possibilities. This year is also the final year of CLBC’s current strategic plan, and […]
A round stick-person, in darkness, riding on a power wheelchair up a slight grade. In front of him is an arrow that reads “Humanity three days hence.” When we checked into our hotel in Orlando, where we went for a 6 day vacation, I had a decision to make. It’s a decision that I […]
Does it matter? Yesterday, Joe and I gassed up just south of the border of North Carolina, then, we drove straight through. We didn’t stop. We didn’t buy a single thing. They got none of our gay money. When we planned the trip, we calculated driving time and, if we stuck to our routine, we’d […]
Speaking for myself. I don’t want your thoughts and prayers. I kept hearing about your thoughts and prayers all day today as I listened to news reports of the mass slaughter of LGBTQ people at a gay club in Orlando. People of all stripes, from all parts of the political spectrum, kept sending thoughts and […]
Right now Joe is rushing around getting things packed and ready. We leave our vacation paradise today, the kids and their Mom flew out yesterday, and we leave this morning. When we got back from dropping them off at the airport, we were quiet. The ride home was eerily silent, having two kids in the […]
It was hot. It was humid. We’d already been at the park for 4 of the, what would become, 11 hour day. We came upon Moe’s Tavern, recreated from the Simpson’s television show, where they had tables, with umbrellas, set up outside. Several were vacant what with most people preferring the air conditioning inside. A […]
I was with the girls as they did a craft at an activity centre near where we were staying. The weather wasn’t great but they didn’t notice because they were having fun. The door opened and a woman rushed in with her child. She spoke to one of the women at the desk and started […]
At the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals conference I gave the closing keynote for the first day. During that talk I told a story about my time back in the early days of service, working in a small institution in Victoria called Glendale. The next day, when we were done and loading into the […]
“It’s just a surface friendliness,” she said. We had been talking about my experience yesterday in downtown Atlanta. I was describing how nice everyone was, from the people who worked in the shops and restaurants to the security guards who helped me navigate, and find, accessible entrances. I spoke with two police officers who both […]
