Youth Activist Forum

Citizens with Disabilities-Ontario in partnership with The Council of Canadians with Disabilities presents:

The Youth Activist Forum (YAF)

Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
June 3- 5, 2011

Calling on all youth between the ages of 16 to 30! You are invited to attend an exciting three-day event in Ottawa.

Travel made possible by the kind folk at

Why should you participate in the fun and interactive YAF?

At the Forum you will:

Meet new friends with and without disabilities from across Ontario!
Learn about a variety of disability issues and advocacy methods
And of course, have tons of fun participating in games and activities!

Schedule

Tentative schedule, subject to change

Friday, June 3:

3:00 -3:30 Registration

3:30-4:30 Ice breaker games

4:30-5:30 Steve Estey, Council of Canadians with Disabilities

5:30-7:00 Supper

7:00-9:00 Performances:

Double Exposure,

Propeller Dance

Co-Directors Renata Soutter & Shara Weaver;

Performers: Bella Bowes, Rob Chartier, Jessie Huggett, Moni Hoffman, Liz Winkelaar

Musician: Dominique Saint-Pierre

Comedy with Attitude

Alan Shain “Comedy with Attitude"

Smashing Stereotypes Productions, Ottawa, Canada

Leslie Freeman

Coney Island, USA

Saturday, June 4:

9:30– 10:45 Betsy Valnes, Executive Director, National Youth Leadership Netork

10:45–11:00 Break

11:00– 12:15 Power Shifts: Historic and Current Uses of Non-violent Direct Action in the

Disability Rights Movement in the United States
Joe Stramondo , Disability Community Organizer with ADAPT Michigan

12:15–1:30 Lunch

1:30 – 3:30 Workshops:

Alan Shain: Stand-Up Comedy
Jeff Preston: Comic Books
Propeller Dance: Dance Workshop

3:30– 3:45 Break

3:45 – 5:15 Finding OUR COMPASS: A Documentary Screening about LGBTQ Youth with Intellectual Disabilities

Tess Vo, Supervisor, Griffin Centre's ReachOUT program

Onyii Udegbe, Project Coordinator, ReachOUT's sprOUT project

Rainbow Hunt, Scriptwriter and Actor, Our Compass video documentary

Josh Palmer, Scriptwriter and Actor, Our Compass video documentary

5:30 – 6:45 Supper

7:00 – 9:00 Coffee House Performances

Kim Kilpatrick, Story Teller
Jes Sasche

Sunday, June 5:

9:30 – 10:45 Jeffrey Preston, MA

Writer, Cripz: A Webcomic

www.cripzthecomic.com

10:45- 11:00 Break

11:15–12:30 Jes Sachse

Artist

12:30– 1:45 Lunch

1:45 -2:45 Jason Dunkerly, Paralympian athlete and medal winner

with Jane Arkell, Executive Director of the Active Living Alliance

2:45-3:45 : Roundtable lead by DAMN 2025

3:45-4:00: Closing comments

Terry Green

Chair of Citizens with Disabilities-Ontario

JOIN US! Don't miss out on your chance to participate in this awesome event!

Registration Fee: FREE!!!!!

Overnight Accommodations and meals

We will be staying in Frontenac House Residence at Carleton University. We will cover the cost of your stay, based on double-occupancy

Meals will be provided

Travel Arrangements

If you are travelling by VIA Rail (www.viarail.ca), we have a special arrangement and can cover the cost of your trip. Please do not book your travel until you have contacted Christine Kelly (ckelly3@connect.carleton.ca)

Wheelchair accessible transportation to and from Carleton provided by Paratranspo. Please contact Dale Stevenson (dalealanstevenson@gmail.com) to make your bookings.

For those of you using other means of transportation, please keep all receipts and we will try to cover a substantial portion of your costs.

For applicants with Cerebral Palsy, please check out the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy's (OFCP) Funding Program: http://www.ofcp.ca/day.php

Note: While all youth are welcome to apply, at least 50% of the spaces are reserved for those who self-identify as having a disability.

Registration

Registration is closed for YAF 2011.

NOTE: The Youth Activist Forum is also a participatory research project
funded by the Canadian Centre on Disability Studies that explores youth
involvement in disability politics in Ontario. Names of Youth Participants
will not be revealed in final reports or papers. You will receive more info
about the research with your application form.

"TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER!"