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ADA Employment Series Audio-Conferences / Distance
Learning
Coordinated by NEADA http://adaptiveenvironments.org/neada/site/home
Promoted
by the RI Governor’s Commission on Disabilities
Professional Development: 1.5 SHRM & CRC credits are available for
each session
March 21, 2006 - Planning for Emergencies in
the workplace: Inclusion of people with disabilities; registration
deadline: March 16
April 18, 2006 - Survey of Employer Resources Regarding the ADA; registration deadline: April 13
For session descriptions visit:
http://adaptiveenvironments.org/neada/site/training_audio_conferences#next
Sessions begin at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time and are
90 minutes long (2 - 3:30 pm)
Each session is delivered via telephone
conference call. Each session is also real-time captioned on the Great
Lakes web site (www.adagreatlakes.org/).
Registration, Locations & Accommodation Requests
FREE -- You may pre-register
and attend training locally at:
The RI Governors Commission
on Disabilities (space limited)
41 Cherry Dale Court, Cranston, RI
To pre-register contact: Christine Rancourt, (401) 462-0107, crancourt@gcd.ri.gov
We ask that you use unscented personal care products - that you not wear perfumes or scents to
an environmental illness accessible event. Please realize that what may seem to you to be a mild
fragrance can constitute a toxic exposure for a person with environmental illness.
Accommodation Requests: To request a reasonable accommodation or material in an alternate format,
contact Christine Rancourt, (401) 462-0107 by the registration deadline. Requests made after that
date may not be filled.
Apply to subsidize teleconference broadcast at your place
of business
For more information contact Chris Rancourt, Assistant
State ADA Coordinator – Employment,
(401) 462-0107, crancourt@gcd.ri.gov OR
register directly on-line:
http://adaptiveenvironments.org/neada/site/training_audio_conferences#next
Cost: Non-Profit* $25 (single session) Business $40 (single session)
*The non-profit discount is available to education, government and service agencies operating on a not-for-profit status
Transcripts - Can’t Attend? Transcripts are available online. For previous session transcripts (both written and audio),
and related resource materials go to the Session Archives
(www.adagreatlakes.org/PnServices/AudioConferencing/Archives)
at the Great Lakes Center's site.
ABLE TOO - Employment Series
Shows air on Cox Cable Channel 15
Friday at 8:00 pm and Sunday at 2:30 pm
Growing Industries in RI
3/3/06 , 3/5/06 , 3/10/06 , 3/12/06
Charles Kenyon
Lauren Slocum Central RI Chamber of Commerce
Maria Ferreira, RI DLT-LMI
Maintaining Employment
3/17/06 , 3/19/06 , 3/24/06 , 3/26/06
Gary Brandyberry, Michael Beatrice - Home Depot/North Kingston
Lauren Slocum - Central RI Chamber of Commerce
Sue Shapiro, DHS-ORS (retired)
Youth Leadership Forum
3/31/06 , 4/02/06 , 4/07/06 , 4/09/06
Kim Juday, Jim McDade
Sue Shapiro, DHS-ORS (retired)
Workers Compensation
4/14/06 , 4/16/06 , 4/21/06 , 4/23/06
Margie Rieske - Citizens Bank
Judi Drew - Vocworks
Kathleen
Sohar - Donley Center
Career Development
4/28/06 , 4/30/06 , 5/5/06 , 5/7/06
Alex Gomes
Judi Drew - Vocworks
Joe Potenza – Crossroads RI
Support for this programming comes from the HRIC and NEADA Technical Assistance
and Information Technology Center
New Supported Employment Program for Disabled Veterans in Rhode Island and
Southeastern Massachusetts
by Tom Caulfield, Vocational Specialist, U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs
The V.A. has started a new Supported Employment program to
assist disabled veterans within the State of Rhode Island and
Southeastern Massachusetts find and keep competative employment in the
community. The program represents
veterans that are seeking employment and to re-engage in the community.
The U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs offers significant support for both
the veteran and the employer.
The V.A. will provide initial on-site job coaching and continued support,
and will be available to both the veteran and employer should any
problems arise. Any veteran hired must be able to perform the duties
assigned by the employer successfully (with supports provided by the
V.A. as needed) and meet the needs of the employer.
This is a great opportunity to become a partner with the
U.S.
Dept of Veterans Affairs and provide employment to veterans who have
honorably served their country.
If you would like to learn more about this program, contact:
Thomas Caulfield
Phone:
(401) 273-7100 ext. 3491
E-mail :
thomas.caulfield1@va.gov
U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Veterans
Resource Center
830 Chalkstone Avenue
Providence, RI 02908
Press Release Southport,
CT, December 15, 2005
Power of Choice: Diversity Businesses Vote on Top
Corporations
Source: DiversityBusiness.com
Southport, CT, Dec 15, 2005 Lockheed Martin
was today declared as the Top Corporation for Multicultural Business
Opportunities of 2005 by over 500,000 diversity business owners.
The honor extends to another forty-nine major corporations and
is collectively called the
Div50.
The 6th annual list was produced by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading
multicultural B2B online The voting businessownersbased their decisions on such factors
as the volume, consistency and quality of business opportunities granted to women and
minority-owned companies. Other large companies at the top of the list are Office
Max, BellSouth, Bank of America, Dell, Toyota and Wal-Mart.
Top Honors for Top Corporations
While other awards and "top" lists crown companies for overall economic
growth, returns to shareholders and similar metrics, the Div50 is an indicator
of which organizations provide the best and the most business for diversity-owned
companies. In a marketplace that is increasingly as sensitive to diversity as it
is to revenues, recognizing the top buyers of multicultural products and services is
becoming a natural part of the new socioeconomic food chain. " Those organizations
that buy the most products and services, most consistently, from diversity businesses,
and that sustain the most mutually beneficial business relationships with
their multicultural suppliers, should be recognized not only by the suppliers but
also by the general public," said Kenton Clarke, CEO of DiversityBusiness.com.
The Business Power of Diversity
As minorities gain more buying power and their lifestyles become more affluent,
multicultural markets are growing in economic muscle. This in turn attracts more
corporations, as they compete for market share in minority communities. The Div50
list has become, by virtue of association, a consumer guide of sorts for women and
minority consumers. "As a diversity business owner, I appreciate the business
we receive from corporate buyers; and in turn, when I buy products and services, either
as a company or as a private individual, I am much more likely to buy from the same
companies that are supporting my business, or that I know are supporting businesses
like mine," said Sush Tripati, owner of IT-Source headquartered in Southbury, CT.
The list is circulated to over 1,000 organizations that distribute it to their
members and associates; it thus reaches millions of consumers every year. In 6
short years, it has become a highly valued metric of corporate excellence in the
diversity space.
The Div50
The Div50 is a listing of the top 50 corporate and organizational
buyers of diversity products and services throughout the country. It represents the
voices of over 500,000 diversity-owned (women, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Indian
and other minority groups) businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology,
manufacturing, food service and professional services. The Div50 is produced
annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet
portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.
Over 500,000 women and minority owned businesses had the opportunity to vote in
the 2005 online election. The winning companies will be honored at a special awards
ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s 6th Annual Multicultural Business Conference,
taking place March 29 – March 31, 2006 at the MGM Mirage in Las Vegas.
Press Contact:
Odetta Rogers, Director of
Communications
Complete
list of the Div50 winners
Honorable
mention list - top organizations for multicultural business opportunities
Top
diversity-owned businesses in Rhode Island
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