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The Council Promotes Social Capital from Within

At The Council, we are committed to enhancing the quality of lives for people with disabilities. We are experts at educating organizations on ways they can integrate the people they support into community life and increase their social capital. We realized that now it is time for us to step back and evaluate our own social capital. How can we connect to others in the community? What personal experience can we offer? We recognize that each and every staff member has something to contribute and could be a valuable resource for social capital ideas. So beginning in 2004, The Council has made the commitment to helping our employees increase their own social capital by offering paid days off to participate in volunteer activities.

Liz Obermayer kicked off our new employee initiative by donating her time to a project being undertaken by several organizations, including The Arc of the United States, TASH, and the Center on Human Policy. In response to the claim by some that people with significant disabilities can't and shouldn't be able to live in natural community settings, these advocacy organizations have assembled to develop a "toolkit" of arguments rallying for social integration. This "toolkit" is in the very early stages, but it will include personal stories of transition from institutions to the community and articles supporting community living.

If you would like more information regarding the new toolkit, contact Bonnie Shoultz at the Center on Human Policy, bshoultz@syr.edu or 315-443-4323.

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