Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) and the leadership of the ACL-funded Self Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center (SARTAC) have announced the 2019-2020 SARTAC Fellowship Award recipients.
Six fellows were chosen through a competitive application process to carry out independently designed self advocacy leadership and policy-related projects. This is the third of four groups of SARTAC Fellows. Fellows are listed below with their
hometown, title and summary of their project, and host organization.
To learn more about the fellowship, these outstanding self advocates, and the previous two classes of fellows, visit: selfadvocacyinfo.org/fellows.
Jeff Johnson
Columbia, Missouri
Fellowship project: “Confronting Segregated Education and the “School to Prison Pipeline”
Hosts: People First of Boone County and Boone County Family Resources
John McCarty
Roswell, Georgia
Fellowship project: “It’s My Life - Expanding Supported Decision Making”
Host: Creative Consulting Services
Michelle Middlemiss
Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania
Fellowship project: “My Safety, My Rights”
Host: Youth Advocate Programs, Inc.
Christine Rudd
Orange Park, Florida
Fellowship project: “Sustainability Planning for Self-Advocacy Group Networks”
Host: Florida Self-Advocates Network’D (FL SAND)
Melissa Southall
Parkersburg, West Virginia
Fellowship Project: “Overcoming Transportation Barriers in Rural West Virginia”
Host: Healthy Community Coalition
Julian Wang
Fort Collins, Colorado
Fellowship Project: “Engaging the Younger Generation of Self Advocates”
Host: The Arc of Larimer County
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