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Individual headshots of Matan Koch, Ariella Barker, Bobby Silverstein and Matthew Dietz smiling. Text: Training: How to Ensure Legal Rights and Compliance Obligations

Training: “How to Ensure Legal Rights and Compliance Obligations”

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While our main focus is on doing inclusion right, at some point your organization may need to know little bit about its legal rights and obligations. This session will cover those topics, including the special sensitivities and limitations applying to religious organizations.

Panelists Include

Moderator: Matan Koch – Director of RespectAbility California and Jewish Leadership
Ariella Barker – Former RespectAbility Fellow
Robert “Bobby” Silverstein – Principal, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC
Matthew W. Dietz, Esq. – Litigation Director, Disability Independence Group, Inc.

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Headshots of Linda Burger, Dorsey Massey and Sally Weber. Text: Training: How to Create and Implement Successful Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Training: “How to Create and Implement Successful Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives”

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We shared how to take your deep commitment to Diversity and Inclusion and make it a reality. Learn from some truly successful leaders as they share the secret of their Diversity and Inclusion success, exploring the successful disability initiatives of which they’ve been apart, and looking at their intersection with other initiatives in the diversity space, including LGBTQ+ and beyond.

Panelists Include

Moderator: Linda Burger, MSSW – RespectAbility Board of Directors Treasurer and Jewish Family Services Houston
Dorsey Massey, LMSW – JCC Manhattan
Sally Weber, LCSW – Program Consultant

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#ADA30 Summit 2020

RespectAbility Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Over the course of five days – Monday, July 27 – Friday, July 31 – we hosted daily webinars that were free and fully accessible, with an ASL interpreter and live captions. This program was made possible with support by Comcast NBCUniversal, Murray/Reese Foundation, Sony Pictures Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company.

RespectAbility Staff and Fellows with Rep. Steve Bartlett smiling in front of the RespectAbility banner. Text: #ADA30 Summit 2020: Leadership: Making a Difference for the Future

#ADA30 Summit: Leadership: Making A Difference for the Future

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Five people with and without disabilities around a picnic table outside, with one man using a tablet. Text: #ADA30 Summit 2020: The Future of Work for People with Disabilities

#ADA30 Summit: The Future of Work for People with Disabilities

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Six people with disabilities smile together in a hallway. Text: #ADA30 Summit 2020: Fighting Stigmas with Hollywood

#ADA30 Summit: Fighting Stigmas with Hollywood

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Seven people with and without disabilities in an office looking at papers on a table together. Text: #ADA30 Summit 2020: Ensuring Inclusive Communities

#ADA30 Summit: Ensuring Inclusive Communities

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Three people with and without disabilities in a classroom around a table. Text: #ADA30 Summit 2020: Education and Skills for a Better Future

#ADA30 Summit: Education and Skills for a Better Future

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Headshots of Tatiana Lee, Sharon Rosenblatt and River McMican. Text: Training: How to Ensure a Welcoming Lexicon, Accessible Websites and Social Media and Inclusive Photos

Training: “How to Ensure a Welcoming Lexicon, Accessible Websites and Social Media and Inclusive Photos”

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Today’s website is the front lobby of an organization, and social media is fast supplanting the more traditional ways that our organizations connect with the public. We can’t help you decorate your lobby, but we can make sure that it is warm and welcoming for Jews of all kinds, including Jews with disabilities. Learn from our dynamic and expert team everything you need to know to open your digital door to all!

Panelists Include

Moderator: Tatiana Lee – Hollywood Inclusion Associate at RespectAbility
Sharon Rosenblatt – Accessibility Partners
River McMican – Keshet: For LGBTQ equality in Jewish life

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Headshots of Dori Kirshner, Rebecca Wanatick and Lauren Appelbaum. Text: Training: How to Ensure Accessible Events: Both Live and Virtual Across All Platforms

Training: “How to Ensure Accessible Events: Both Live and Virtual Across All Platforms”

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Making your event accessible is easier than you think. This session gave a simple accessibility checklist, as well as the processes and confidence that you need to make all of your events accessible, both virtual, and in person!

Panelists Include

Moderator: Dori Kirshner – Matan
Rebecca Wanatick – Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ
Lauren Appelbaum – RespectAbility Vice President, Communications

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