Disability Justice Leaders Collaborative |
1. WELCOME
Thank you for your interest in the Disability Justice Leaders Collaborative. Before submitting your application, please review the information below. We encourage you to contact NWHF Staff before you apply to answer any questions you may have.
NWHF STAFF CONTACTS
Please contact any of these staff with questions or feedback:
Please contact any of these staff with questions or feedback:
- Michael Reyes Andrillon, Community Engagement Officer, 971-230-1291, michael@northwesthealth.org
- Jen Matheson, Community Engagement Officer, 971-230-1292, jen@northwesthealth.org
- Eduardo Moreno, Health and Education Officer, 971-230-1293, eduardo@northwesthealth.org
DEADLINE TO APPLY
Northwest Health Foundation is accepting applications for the Disability Justice Leaders Collaborative now through August 31, 2017, 12:00 PM, Pacific Standard Time.
HOW TO APPLY - multiple options!
This is the online application. There is also a Word document you can use to prepare your responses and submit via email. You can find it on our website: http://www.northwesthealth.org/disability-justice. If you need this application in another format, please let us know.
We are happy to accept responses in writing, as video or audio recordings, over the phone, or in any other way needed. Please contact NWHF staff to make arrangements.
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
Everyone who meets the requirements below is welcome to apply. Northwest Health Foundation intends to select leaders with disabilities who come from across our region and reflect our equity priorities of race/ethnicity, including immigrant and refugee status, and geography.
We welcome applicants of all ages, from youth to elders.
Applicants must:
- Self-identify with disability, whether physical, mental, developmental or any other type of disability.
- Demonstrate experience as a community leader. For example, an applicant may have taken a leadership training course, volunteered or worked for a nonprofit or community group, participated in a political campaign, or something else.
- Be interested in discussing and learning more about disability justice.
- Live in Oregon (any county) or Southwest Washington (Clark, Cowlitz, Pacific, Skamania or Wahkiakum County).
- Commit to attending all four Disability Justice Leaders Collaborative meetings. The first meeting will take place between November 1 and 15, 2017. After that, participants will decide when to have the next three meetings.