Category Archives: Local Self Advocacy Groups

Kamloops Speaking Up for Self-Advocacy Awareness (SUSA)

  SUSA is focused on being a team, encouraging, supporting, and standing up foreach other; to have a voice and take charge of our lives to achieve ourgoals and dreams; to be understood in all aspects of our lives and tocreate awareness and a better world Contact SUSA: email: speakupkamloops@gmail.com   To contact us please […]

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Inclusion Langley Self-Advocates Group

Inclusion Langley Self-Advocates Group About us Self- Advocate Committee Since 2009, Inclusion Langley has supported the Self-Advocate Committee to ensure that the voices of self-advocates are heard and included in the work of the organization. Inclusion Langley supports self-advocates to be involved in local and provincial conferences to increase their knowledge in the self-advocacy movement. […]

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Self Advocates Leadership Network

Please check out  Self Advocate Leadership Network (SALN) website for all information leading to the groups activities Contact the group use their email info@salnbc.com [advanced_iframe id=”iframe1″ name=”iframe1″ width=”100%” height=”920″]https://salnbc.com/[/advanced_iframe] Become an SALN Member     These groups came together to learn and support each other. These groups also came together so they can share and […]

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Okanagan Accessibility Group

Contact us Email okanagan.accessibility@gmail.com Phone Katie Moore Group Organizer 250 306 7326 And  the Okanagan Accessibility Group can be reached  go to our Facebook page  [advanced_iframe id=”iframe1″ name=”iframe1″ width=”100%” height=”980″]https://www.okanaganaccessibility.ca/?fbclid=IwAR1ZtuJ3woCQL7xGzAAht_hXvMXfz9bgNRjINNuLVcVQ9MBiTnerzwry7K0[/advanced_iframe]   Events: of Okanagan Accessibility Group    

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Mission Self-Advocacy Group

Without us, It Doesn’t Work         The Mission Self Advocacy Group believes that all people can contribute in meaningful ways to their communities.   And Mission, nestled on a a southern coastal mountain slope, overlooking the lush valley of the mighty Fraser River, is home to a population of 38,000 residents.   […]

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Kamloops Speaking Up Self-Advocacy Awareness Group!

  Hello! We are the Kamloops Speaking Up Self-Advocacy Awareness (SUSA) Group.   Our group is focused on: being a team, to encourage, support, and stand up for each other; to have a voice and take charge of our lives to achieve our goals and dreams; to be understood in all aspects of our lives […]

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THE CHILLIWACK PEOPLE FIRST GROUP

The Chilliwack People First group is a group for self advocates to get together, share our stories and experiences, stay informed and support one another. We are friends who help each other. The group started in 1992 when Mike and Connie Newton got together with Julie Flumerfelt as an advisor and started inviting others to […]

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Sooke Self Advocacy Group

  Robyn Appleton was a member of People First in Mission before moving out to the island. She has been living in Sooke, on Vancouver Island, for about five years now and misses the activities she participated in when she was in People First. To this end she has decided to set up a Self […]

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Revelstoke Self Advocacy Group

A bit about ourselves………. Our group was started in 2014 when Robert Tippe (founder) was looking into whether Revelstoke had a group running at that time. Rob found that there had been a group but due to staffing/volunteer changes the group fell between the cracks and wasn’t continued. Living with a disability he understood the […]

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Self Advocates for a Brighter Future – SABF

    Self Advocates for a Brighter Future   Self Advocates for a Brighter Future (commonly known as “SABF”) was started June 6, 2007, by self-advocates and support persons of BeConnected Support Services and Kardel Consulting.  SABF is an open group, which means anybody is able to join. In early 2015 SABF opened up a […]

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