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Massachusetts Annual Independent Living Education Day

Where: Grand Staircase, State House
When: Wednesday, March 22, 2017
From 11:00am to 3:00pm
Why: Funding for Independent Living benefits all citizens of the Commonwealth
What should you do: Call your legislators today and set a time to visit with them in their offices between 1:00 and 3:00 pm while you are at the State House. Invite them to join us for lunch and the presentations.
2017 Priorities:
Align MA AAB regulations with the ADA
Support Independent Living Centers
Increase funding for AHVP Vouchers
Access to Health Care

For more information, please email info@masilc.org. A bagged lunch will be provided to all participants. This event is supported by the SILC Public Education and Information Committee, Massachusetts 11 Independent Living Centers, MRC State Rehab Council and Disability Consortium.

Annual Legislative Forum

The Merrimack Valley and ADRC Partners NILP & ESMV invite you to join in the Annual Legislative Forum on Friday, March 24, 2017. 9:00am-12:00noon Mass School of Law. 500 Federal Street. Andover, MA. A Continental Breakfast will be provided. “Provider Cultural Competence & Healthcare Disparity.” Attendees include: Consumers, State Senators and representatives and local officials. Please refrain from wearing scented products.

RSVP by March 10th to guarantee reasonable accommodation(s).
Name:
Agency name:
Address:
Phone #:
# of people attending:
Email:

Please indicate if you need the following *reasonable accommodation(s):
____ Transportation ___ W/C Accessible Transportation
____ Spanish interpreter ____ CART ____ ASL ____ PCA
____ Other _______ (please specify)
* Return by March 10th to:
Northeast Independent Living Program, Inc. (NILP)
Attn: Sheila Hegarty
Email: shegarty@nilp.org or call (978)-687-4288 ext. 162
20 Ballard Road, Lawrence, MA 01843
www.nilp.org

NILP: Saint Patrick’s Day Parade

Northeast independent living program, inc. invites you to join the Saint Patrick’s day Parade in Lawrence Saturday, March 11th at 11:00 am.
If you would like to march with NILP or assist with decorating the Van please contact Sheila Hegarty. shegarty@nilp.org.
Meet at the NILP Office- 20 Ballard Road, Lawrence, MA at 9:30 am.
Parade will start at the intersections of Amesbury & Essex Streets & will end at Osgood & Market Streets by Pizza King.

LUNAFEST Film Festival

Budget Buddies helps low-income women become more economically self-sufficient and transform their lives by teaching them core money-management skills and pairing them with personal financial coaches.

Budget Buddies partners with local social service agencies and community volunteers to provide individualized training in basic money management.

Since launching Budget Buddies in 2010, they have implemented 40 customized programs in partnership with 21 community agencies and trained over 375 coaches to mentor more than 450 low-income women.

On Friday, March 3rd 2017, Budget Buddies will host LUNAFEST® at UTEC in Lowell. LUNAFEST is a national film festival that features short films by, for and about women.  The event will feature a reception and silent auction, followed by the film screening. Click Here for Tickets

Digital Health Hawkathon

This 24-hour event provides UMass Lowell students from all disciplines an opportunity to develop and pitch a digital solution to a pressing health care and service problem.  Students will convene on Friday evening, discuss potential problems and solutions, will group in small teams, and then have 24 hours to “hack” together a digital health solution. Participants might propose a novel medical device, a new way to share medical records, a better method to record bedside care, programs for improved diagnostic accuracy, and so much more.

Digital Health Hawkathon

This 24-hour event provides UMass Lowell students from all disciplines an opportunity to develop and pitch a digital solution to a pressing health care and service problem.  Students will convene on Friday evening, discuss potential problems and solutions, will group in small teams, and then have 24 hours to “hack” together a digital health solution. Participants might propose a novel medical device, a new way to share medical records, a better method to record bedside care, programs for improved diagnostic accuracy, and so much more.

Corner Store Working Group Initiation

An initiation will be held on Friday, for those who are volunteering on behalf of the healthy corner stores initiative. The goals and objectives of the initiative will be reviewed, and the working group will continue to discuss the logistics of the initiative further.

‘Defies Measurement’ Film Screening: Presented by Lowell Education Justice Alliance (LEJA)

The LEJA presents a FREE screening of “Defies Measurement”, a documentary that takes a fresh, hard look at what happens when the wrong people make decisions for our schools. The one-hour film is followed by a discussion of the impact of high-stakes standardized testing on our schools and the changes parents, students and teachers would like to see to ensure a rich and engaging learning environment for all children.

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