Respect-Ability Coalition

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The Mission of the RespectAbility
Coalition
is to implement and carry forward the Goals and Objectives of the Disability Rights Agenda and to ensure that the Disability Rights Agenda continues to represent the needs of the California disability community and to reflect the political, social, and other external factors influencing the California disability community.

Our Primary Responsibilities:
Identifying strategies to implement the Disability Rights Agenda, appointing members to take responsibility for carrying out those strategies, being responsible and accountable for carrying out those strategies
Organizing periodic RespectAbility Conferences to bring the California disability community together, to update the goals and objectives of the Disability Rights Agenda, and to promote and strengthen the disability community’s commitment to disability rights
Developing, articulating, and publicizing agree upon positions, as a coalition, on matters directly affecting the Disability Rights Agenda in legislative, regulatory, policy, media, and community forums
Communicating with member organizations, interested nonmember organizations, and interested individuals about the RespectAbility Coalition’s activities, positions, and programs.