Events

This calendar includes activities and events that can not be categorized in our "Opportunities" section.

If you know about more events that are not listed here, let us know by email or by using our contact form.

Disability Mentoring Day

Disability Mentoring Day promotes career development for students and job-seekers with disabilities through job shadowing and hands-on career exploration. With leadership, coordination and resource materials from AAPD, local communities around the country organize their own activities to bring students and employers together for informational sessions about career opportunities and one-on-one mentoring with volunteers at public and private places of employment. In 2006, Proyecto Visión did a complete writeup of Disability Mentoring Day. Read it in our archives. Date: October 15, 2010

Women with DisAbilities Empowerment Fair

The First Annual Women With Disabilities Empowerment Fair is sponsored by the Houston Center for Independent Living and CROWD (Center for Research on Women With Disabilities. Its mission is to create a sacred and respectful space where women with disabilities gather once a year with the purpose of generating, creating and sharing energy of Empowerment and Hope while focusing on the physical, emotional and intellectual aspects of Woman Health in the context of disability. Date: October 30, 2010

COSD FULL ACCESS Student Summit for Career Exploration, Boston, MA

Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities (COSD) is conducting its fifth FULL ACCESS Student Summit and inviting up to 60 college students and recent graduates with disabilities attending colleges and universities in the New England Region.  Students in their sophomore through senior years, graduate, post graduate, post doc and recent graduates (within 3 years of graduation) are eligible to apply.  Ten select employers are also invited from the New England area and nationally to network with the students and recent graduates. Dates: November 5-6, 2010

Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion, and Disability Annual Conference

The Multiple Perspectives On Access, Inclusion And Disability conference was created to serve as a catalyst for positive change. Each year a series of workshops provide a forum for individuals and organizations to expand their knowledge and perspectives, and an opportunity to increase community resources through the synergy of collaboration. The workshops are designed to bring a diverse audience together to discuss the full spectrum of disability issues and experiences. To ensure broad participation from the university community, business, state and local government, educators, advocacy organizations, social service agencies, and individuals with disabilities sponsors are sought each year to subsidize conference participants. Conference dates: May 3 and 4, 2010 Deadline for Proposals: November 15, 2010

Jobs Fair in Washington, DC

CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine hosts career expos for people with disabilities that brings industry and government together with people with disabilities who are entry level and professionals in all career disciplines. Their next expo will be in Washington, DC. Date: November 19, 2010

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, as well during the year-long celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, let us use “dignity and justice for all of us” as a rallying call, as these principles are far from being realized for everyone. Dignity and justice are embodied in the civil, cultural, economic, political, and social rights promoted by the Convention. Therefore, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities is a time to make a renewed commitment to the ratification and full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol.

The annual observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 3 December, aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. It also seeks to increase awareness of gains to be derived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life. The theme of the Day is based on the goal of full and equal enjoyment of human rights and participation in society by persons with disabilities, established by the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons, adopted by General Assembly in 1982. Date: December 3, 2009

Perspectives on Employment of Persons with Disabilities Conference

Get an edge in recruiting, hiring and retaining qualified federal employees with disabilities. Attend the 27th Annual Perspectives on Employment of Persons with Disabilities Conference to find the latest information on personnel policies and practices, developments in technology, legal updates, and resources that will help your agency achieve its goals. Through workshops, keynote speakers and a general session you will hear from key officials and experts knowledgeable in disability employment issues in the federal sector. Perspectives also offers a unique opportunity to learn from and network with your federal colleagues from across the nation in an informal and comfortable setting. Federal HR and EEO specialists, hiring managers, and others who manage employment matters concerning persons with disabilities should attend the Perspectives Conference! Dates: December 9-11, 2009