SPEAK UP ARKANSAS: Disability Visibility in Public Policy airs TONIGHT on KABF 88.3
The Arkansas Alliance for Disability Advocacy is a new program of Disability Rights Arkansas, aimed at increasing disability visibility in public policy. The Alliance educates and empowers disability advocates, increases community awareness and support of disability-related issues, and fosters collaboration between advocacy programs to give self-advocates, peer advocates, parent advocates, and legislative leaders the tools […]
An Open Letter to HR Departments…
Hello there! I see your signs in the windows and ads online that you are looking for people to fill open positions within your business. I figure it must be hard to find someone with the right qualifications for the work required – and I understand. Ability to perform a job well is very important […]
NEW SPEAK UP ARKANSAS EPISODE: Disability Employment Awareness Month
October is Disability Employment Awareness Month. On this week’s episode of Speak Up Arkansas, we have two of our favorite guests, DRA’s Jen Goodwin and Mollie Hernandez, back with us. Jen, a staff attorney, and Mollie, a rehabilitation counselor, work together every day to help people with disabilities find and maintain competitive, integrated employment. They […]
Senate Public Health Committee Meeting Notice – TOMORROW, Friday, Oct. 1
UPDATE: The agenda for tomorrow’s meeting is up. Click here to view the agenda. Tomorrow, Friday, October 1 at 8:30 a.m., the Senate Public Health Committee will be meeting in room 272 at the State Capitol. The committee will discuss several bills at this meeting. These bills deal with the state’s response to COVID vaccine […]
SPEAK UP ARKANSAS: Redistricting, your voting rights, and why the maps matter
Every state is required to re-draw their legislative district lines after each census, to ensure that districts correspond with the changes in population as reflected by the most recent Census data. The process by which this happens is known as “redistricting.” In a few weeks, the Arkansas legislature will reconvene to take up the issue […]