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SUMMARY:Train the Trainer: Amplifying Parent Advocate Voices
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE! \nDesigned exclusively for ORPC Parent Advocates\, this hands-on training is all about building confidence\, sharpening presentation skills\, and empowering you to share your story and expertise in impactful\, sustainable ways. Whether you’re presenting at a training\, speaking on a panel\, testifying at a legislative hearing\, or participating in committee work\, your voice matters—and this training will help you use it to create change. \nThrough engaging sessions and peer collaboration\, participants will explore strategies to connect with diverse audiences\, adapt content for different learning styles\, and use storytelling as a tool for advocacy and systems change. We’ll also dive into the emotional labor of sharing lived experience\, including how to present personal stories powerfully without retraumatizing yourself or giving more than you want to. \n\nTopics May Include:\n\n\nPrinciples of adult learning and how to engage diverse learners \n\n\nCreating materials that reach visual\, auditory\, and experiential learners \n\n\nPublic speaking strategies for confidence and clarity \n\n\nUsing your lived experience strategically: storytelling for systems impact \n\n\nManaging the emotional impact of presenting personal or traumatic experiences \n\n\nBuilding presence in professional and policy settings \n\n\n\nThis training honors the lived expertise Parent Advocates bring to every table\, and supports you in showing up with strength\, clarity\, and purpose. \n***In-Person Attendance Only*** \nREGISTER HERE!
URL:https://coloradoorpc.org/event/train-the-trainer-amplifying-parent-advocate-voices/
LOCATION:Penrose House Conference Center\, 1661 Mesa Avenue\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80906\, United States
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SUMMARY:7th Annual Carrie Ann Lucas Civil Rights Training
DESCRIPTION:***In-Person and Virtual Attendance Available*** \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us to honor the life and legacy of Carrie Ann Lucas\, a pioneering disability rights attorney and fierce advocate for parents with disabilities. Carrie’s tireless work helped change Colorado law to ensure that a parent’s disability can never be the sole reason for denial of custody\, adoption\, foster care\, or guardianship—and that all parents receive the accommodations they need to stay connected to their children. \nHeld annually\, this training carries forward Carrie’s mission of justice and access for all families. \n\nAbout the Training\nThis collaborative\, multi-disciplinary training is designed for child welfare professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of how bias affects decision-making and outcomes for families. \nThrough interactive discussions and expert-led sessions\, participants will learn practical tools to identify\, challenge\, and prevent discrimination in their daily work\, ensuring all children and families receive equitable treatment and support. \n\nKey Topics Include:\n\nColorado’s Judicial Officer Outreach Program Lead\, Nga Vương-Sandoval\, on engaging with immigrant and refugee families in court systems\n\nWorking effectively with families impacted by invisible and visible disabilities \n\n\nUnderstanding and applying ADA laws and regulations protecting parents and children with disabilities \n\n\nUsing constitutional and federal laws to combat systemic and ground-level oppression \n\n\n\nTogether\, we can create a more just and inclusive child welfare system—one that upholds the rights and dignity of every parent and child. \n\nDraft agenda can be found in this folder.\n\nREGISTER HERE!
URL:https://coloradoorpc.org/event/7th-annual-carrie-ann-lucas-civil-rights-training/
LOCATION:Penrose House Conference Center\, 1661 Mesa Avenue\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80906\, United States
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SUMMARY:6th Annual Carrie Ann Lucas Training
DESCRIPTION:Join us online or in person at the Penrose House Conference in Colorado Springs to celebrate Carrie’s amazing life and accomplishments for parents across the country. In past years\, the Carrie Ann Lucas training has been dedicated to advocacy around disability rights. For our 6th installment\, The Office of Respondent Parents’ Counsel is expanding the scope of this training to address oppression in all capacities\, including oppression that may be based on a person’s actual or perceived disability. \nTopics covered: \n\nFacilitated discussion about what oppression is and how it shows up in Dependency & Neglect\nCompassion and connection as antidotes to oppression and tools for providing trauma-informed representation\nConstitutional and other Federal law as tools to combat oppression\nSpotlight on the ADA and its application to Substance Use Disorder (SUD)\, particularly as relates to discrimination on the basis of SUD\n\nAgenda\, and other training info\, can be found in this folder!\n\nRegister HERE!
URL:https://coloradoorpc.org/event/6th-annual-carrie-ann-lucas-training/
LOCATION:Penrose House Conference Center\, 1661 Mesa Avenue\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80906\, United States
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