1)      CILA - Wednesday September 14, 2011

2)      StrengthsQuest – Those who signed up are: Dina, Cecilia, Esha, Jenny, Tan, Kelly M., Tomoko, Katie, Marisa, Jordan, and Olivia.

• Annie Piatt will be coming from Career Services on October 12 to give a presentation.

3)      Diversity Summit – November 8-10.

• We have a few options here. We can either set up a panel or present a part of our Interactive Theater Project. This will depend on how far along we are on the ITP. We will decide on a plan of action soon and will organize groups for panels if needed.

• We also want to have a table with business cards, fun info and etiquette/awareness. Tables are easy to run and we need someone there at all times!!

4)      Interactive Theater Project (so far: Priscilla, Amy, Kelly M., Dina, Esha and Mercedes)

• We are still working on ITP to get a performance lined up. If we can be ready by November, we would like to present a part of the performance at the Diversity Summit. This means we need more people in our meetings, either as advisors and storytellers or as potential actors. Meetings are tentatively planned for Fridays.

• Rebecca Brown Adelman will be coming September 28 to talk about the progress of the group.

5)      Boulder Polar Plunge in February

• The organization is looking for volunteers for the Plunge that will take place in February. The Plunge offers aid to Alzheimer’s research and CILA would like to show a strong support of the organization. Anyone interested?

6)      Panel for SLHS 1010 – Thursday October 6 3:30 – 4:45pm

• During panels we like to discuss our various relationships with disabilities and impacts that they have in our lives. Conversations gravitate around proper etiquette around the disabled, disabled lifestyles and CILA goals. These panels are open to anyone that can attend (not just those with disabilities!), and the more that come, the easier it is for everyone.
• Those who would like to be a part of the panel are: Jenny, Tomoko, Kelly M., Stephanie, and Marcus.

7)      EXPAND paralympic event – 1^st meeting is Thurs, Sept 22 from 8:30-9:30am in Rec Center’s Glass Conference Room.  Those interested so far: Amy, Jordan, Esha, Kelly M., Marisa, Jenny L. 

8)      Ropes Course – Esha on planning

9)      Epilepsy Awareness Project – Jenny L.

10)  Big Buffs, Little Buffs – developments from Esha and Kelly M.

• Anyone who is interested in helping should speak up! We could use the help! Glenda from Disability Services will be helping with this project.

11)  CMA Ableism Awareness workshop – Wednesday September 21 at 6pm

• Priscilla will be planning workshop, which will be taking place in the CMA room N320 in the C4C building. Anyone interested?

12)  People Project

• This is a project John Meister and the group began to develop last semester. The idea is to have 4-5 individuals on campus highlighted in the hallway of DS. We want to have a picture, a small bio, and a summary of this individual’s support of the disabled community. We need help in choosing who we want to showcase and in photography, writing, etc for the bio.

13)  Presenting ZBT with plaque – Last semester ZBT fraternity helped CILA with fundraising.  Annabel said she might be able to get a plaque, but if she can’t find one, does anyone know of a good place for a plaque?

14)  FUN SOCIAL EVENT?! – We want to have some kind of fun event for the whole group. Ideas?

15) Fundraising ideas - We are thinking of doing a bake sale of some sort as well as a silent auction. 

16) Jenny L. is new secretary!!! YAY!

Beginning of the Fall 2011 Semester!

August 31, 2011

At the meeting we welcomed everyone, old and new, to the group. Introductions and great stories filled most of the time, which is never a bad thing! We discussed plans and hopes for this new semester, so these are the items that will be on this semester's agenda

• Ropes Course for Leadership - with Esha
• Big Buffs, Little Buffs - a community outreach project including Esha and Kelly M. They hope to help disabled children in the community by showing them the possibilities of being disabled.
• StrengthsQuest - Amy will send an email soon asking for participants. The "quest" is an online test that determines your leadership qualities and how you can use them in becoming a better leader. Annie Piatt, from Career Services, will be running the discussion.
• Paralympics on Campus - We will need people participating in event creation and in the events themselves!
• Diversity Summit - Of the 30,000 students on campus, CILA is the only group dedicated to disabilities. We will be running a table and spreading the word on campus.
• Interactive Theater Project - Priscilla, Amy, Kelly M. and others have been working on this project. We want situations involving disabilities to be proposed to the audience to see how they would respond. This project can use actors and storytellers.

Remember, this was our first meeting and we are still trying to get all the info compiled for each event. The blog and your emails will keep you regularly updated on all events. Welcome back CILA!!!

March 30 Agenda

March 30, 2011 CILA meeting

 Welcome back! 

 People’s Project with John Meister

• We will have nomination forms for this year’s People’s Project.

• Nomination Parameters: Students, Faculty and Staff involved in disabled community on campus. Nominees should promote 2 of the following qualities: inclusive, proactive, leader, involved, engaged.

• The People’s Project group will decide from nominees the final picks. Nominations are due by April 15^th. Nomination parameters will be sent via email. Remember, we want these nominees to have an impact on the disabled community of Boulder, which is not limited to only the disabled and only people on campus. Be creative in your nominations.

Student Symposium on Friday afternoon April 15.

• We need a few students to describe our group and what we do on campus and in the community. The symposium will be in an informal setup where students can walk by and talk to each student group about what they do. The time of this symposium will be posted later.

Nominations

• For Secretary and Treasurer

• Annabel was elected as Secretary and newcomer Natalie S. was elected as Treasurer! These will be our new executives for next year!

 StrengthsQuest test for anyone interested

• Those people that want to learn about their strengths Amy will email the code for the test.  We will have people from Career Services come in to discuss each of our results at the next meeting. Make sure you complete the online test by the next meeting on April 13^th. This is optional but we suggest that everyone participates.

 Co-sponsored Concert with Ethan Johnston on Saturday April 16, 2011 from 8-11pm

• We need help spreading out fliers, chalking and other broadcasting opportunities. We also need people running tables and helping with funding applications.

• Performance by Lion Souljahs! Performance will be in Math 100. We are planning to spread the word on the concert through Radio 1190, the radio station on campus. Listen in and tell your friends about the concert. $7 for students and $10 for community members.

Fundraising Letters

• If you do not have any letters ready today, please create as many as you can. Email them to Amy by Friday at 2pm. You can also send emails if you have the addresses. Send them to Amy.Rivera@colorado.edu

• There were suggestions to have silent auctions in the fall to kick off the new semester. Just something to think about.

ZBT’s “On the Ball” Fundraiser

• Email Kieran (dunstank@colorado.edu) with any businesses or individuals you think that would sponsor the fundraiser.   We NEED options!!!!!!!!!!!

• Rolling the ball around campus the week before finals

Interactive Theater Project

• Next meeting is this week! Friday April 1 at 3pm at the Dennis Small Cultural Center (4^th floor UMC). For the actual performance, we are hoping to have a recording to show at Disability Services for incoming students and parents.

Next meeting is Wednesday April 13 at 5pm. ONE MEETING LEFT FOR THE SEMESTER!

• Ø  There may be treats…  Ice Cream Bar??? Maybe…

Bake Sale: An official SUCCESS

CILA cupcakes were cute AND yummy!

Hey, everyone!!!  I just wanted to say a BIG thank you to all who contributed to today's bake sale success.  It may have gotten off to a bumpy start, and we definitely learned a lot about the process... but once we got going, we did really well! 

WE MADE OVER $100!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Again, a BIG thank you to Annabel, who coordinated this, as well as Olivia, Sarah, Gabby, Amanda, Molly, and Kieran.  If I'm missing somebody who also helped or came by to buy some goodies, please let me know.

Alright... that's all for now.  See ya at the next meeting: Wed, March 16th, at 5pm.  We have a guest speaker coming in to talk about Values in our lives.

Have a great weekend!
Priscilla  :)

March 2 Agenda

1)    Welcome everyone!
Attendees: Kelly M., Annabel, Kieran, Teresa, Molly, Hilary, Amy, Colin, Eliot, Daniel, Gabby, and some new members: Jessica, Alex, Amanda, Ally, Sarah, Olivia, Michaela, Jennifer, Emily, and Kenji 

2)    Community Health: Teresa Wroe and Julie Volckens

Bystander Intervention – Letter to the Editor, What can we do to be effective? How do you offer help that is effective and not offensive?
Anyone who wants more information or would like to help with the Bystander Intervention Program can contact Teresa (Teresa.Wroe@colorado.edu) or Julie (julie.volckens@colorado.edu)

3)    Teresa’s Event Planning

a)     Do we want to volunteer? Have a team building get together?
E  Everyone agreed that volunteering for a crafts project at Denver Children's Hospital was a good idea.  Teresa will contact the hospital, Priscilla will work on trying to arrange a bus to get us all there.  If not, some can carpool.

4)    Fundraising

a)     Letters with Hilary

We have a draft that is going to Disability Services to be approved. Start compiling your list of friends and family to send the letters.  If anyone has any suggestions on the letter, please let her know before the next meeting.  Priscilla will send a draft to everyone, as well as to John M. to confirm it is okay and to find out if we can use university letterhead or what the appropriate protocol is.

b)    Partnership with ZBT and Kieran

Anyone who has contact with business owners, please contact Priscilla who can pass that information on to Kieran.  He also needs a letter with our mission, what we do, and what we hope to accomplish.  Priscilla will send that to him.

c)     Fundraising Committee – Annabel

We want to get started with bake sales for recruitment and fundraising. We will be shooting for sometime next week. (Mardi Gras goodies).  She's thinking Tuesday and passed around a list for people to sign up with who is interested in helping.  Annabel also wants to do some sidewalk chalking.

5)    Interactive Theater Project – Kelly Mitchell

“This is all you see” – Friday 3pm Dennis Small Cultural Center (4^th floor).  Hopefully we'll have it done by sometime in April.
New opportunity

Blind Café – Waiters and consumers had to participate in complete darkness to spread awareness about visual impairments. The success of this single project makes us want to create more “Blind Cafes” for people all over campus to participate in. Contact Kelly Mitchell for more information.
People who were interested were: Colin, Alex, Ally, Sarah, Olivia, Hilary, & Gabby

6)    People Project – John Meister

7)    Volunteering Opportunities – Annabel

New Vista High School wants a panel to talk about transitions from high school to college for their disabled students. More information will be coming from Annabel.  Priscilla asked Annabel to have someone from New Vista come in and talk with the group.  She will ask them.

8)    Cindy Donahue’s “Disability in Society” panel results

a)     SUCCESS!

9)    Resource Library

10)           Banner???

Brian Rivera will be working on that.

11)           Co-Sponsoring a concert with Ethan Johnston

Possible locations and bands are open now. Please contact Priscilla if you have ideas.
Ally knows a person who could perform, Amanda has contacts with the Diverse Musicians Association, so they will check on that.  Possible locations were brought up: Club 156 in the UMC, Amanda will check into the Black Box Theater in Atlas, and Teresa will check into the Fox Theater. 
12)     Next meeting: Wednesday, March 16th, at 5pm in the same conference room (N215A) next to Disability Services in the C4C building.  We'll be having a guest speaker to talk with us about Values!

Interesting Letter to the Editor about Bystander Interventions

Here is a link to the Daily Camera. Professor Kraft wrote a compelling letter to the editor about his experiences in Boulder. When he was in obvious distress, no one offered him help.

http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_17504449?IADID=Search-www.dailycamera.com-www.dailycamera.com&IADID=Search-www.dailycamera.com-www.dailycamera.com

The Community Health Board has asked for our input in response to this and other Bystander Intervention related experiences. Please look this over and think of how a bystander should act to make a bad situation better.

"Disability in Society" Panel

Yesterday, Priscilla, Molly, Annabel, Eliot and Jordan went to Cindy Donahue's class on "Disability in Society" to discuss each of their relationships with disabilities. The class was very receptive and asked a lot of meaningful questions for the panelists. With every day comes an opportunity to spread disability awareness and March 1 was a successful day!

Meeting March 2

Hey everyone,

I'm sorry I've been slacking on this blog lately. However, we have a great agenda planned for tomorrow evening, including a visit from one of the founding members of CILA, Tricia Downing! I hope you all can make it. Same time, same place.

Amy

Agenda - February 16, 2011

1. Welcome
Attendees: Priscilla, Amy, Hilary, John M., Daniel, Amanda Stewart (from the CU Foundation), Colin, Teresa, Kelly M., Kieran (from ZBT)
2. Guest Speaker: Amanda from the CU Foundation
Amanda spoke with us about a way to raise money for CILA by starting with a letter-writing campaign.        

Hilary is working on creating a template for personal letters for contacts. The idea is that each member can send out about 10 letters asking for donations from personal contacts so that we can fund future events.
2nd guest speaker: Kieran Dunstan from the ZBT fraternity
His fraternity wants to help with fundraising for CILA and other volunteer opportunities.  We'll also help with his "On the Ball" fundraising event.
3. Recurring Agenda Items
        Fund-raising Committee - Annabel, Meghan, Eliot, Hilary, Kelly M., Kelly K. and Gabby
        People Project - John Meister, Gerard, Amy, Kelly K., Annabel, Meghan and Priscilla
        Interactive Theater Project - Priscilla, Kelly K., Amy, Molly and Meghan
                Meeting - Friday at 3pm in the Dennis Small Cultural Center of the UMC (4th floor).
        Volunteering Opportunities - Annabel
        Under-represented Student Group (CUSG) 
                We elected Daniel to represent CILA at this group and we hope to organize future events or projects together to spread awareness on campus about our group.
Daniel raised a concern about he is not given voting status on CUSG because he is considered a part-time student due to medical reasons, but since part-time students are largely under-represented on this campus, this raises another issue.  
* Will talk to Cindy and John about it.
4. Cindy Donahue's "Disability in Society" panel - Priscilla, Annabel and Eliot
        Tuesday, March 1st from 12:30 to 1:45
Teresa will do it and Amy will check to see if she can get out of her class which is at that time
5. We're co-sponsoring a concert with Ethan Johnston, former CILA member and CU student
        Hopefully mid-April, already have a band
        Talk to Priscilla if you are interested in planning
Kelly M. will also be assisting with that
6. Final logo
7. New website http://www.colorado.edu/studentgroups/cila/CILA/Home.html includes blog - thanks to Gerard!
8. Resource Library
8.5 Something fun!
Teresa has volunteered to plan an event that is fun for the group
9. Next meeting - March 2

Feb 2 - Agenda and Minutes

1. Welcome and Introduce Members                 

Attendees: Kelly K., Annabel, Gerard, Daniel, John M., Eliot, Gabby, Suzy (from Career Services), Kelly M., Amy, & Priscilla

2. Hand out remaining certificates

3. Guest Speaker: Derrick Watson – Following Your Passion    

It was a great presentation by Derrick.  He talked about this was an active process and that it needed to be about YOU.  Know your skills and talents and don't be afraid to THINK BIG!!!!

Thanks again, Derrick!

~ Part of that passion or finding out what you want to do can be facilitated by those at Career Services.  Suzy Shotts from CS was here to talk about those options, which include workshops, help with resumes and interviewing, and a listing of internships & career opportunities.  They are free and open to all students.  Go to the Career Services website.

4. People Project – John Meister

A photo project where we showcase people at CU Boulder and possibly in the community, disabled or not, student, faculty, staff, or community member, and highlighted them.  We need to form a committee to come up with the criteria, nomination & selection process, someone to interview the person and write their bio, as well as someone to photograph them.  Then we will frame and mat those pics and bios to be hung in the Disability Services hallway.
Those interested in participating are: Gerard, Amy, Kelly K., Annabel, Meghan, & Priscilla.
First meeting will be next Wed (Feb 9) in this room at 5.
 

5. Follow-up Items:

·         Interactive Theater Project 

·         Volunteering Opportunities - Annabel has some and we need to email Rachel

 

6. Fundraising Committee

·         Need a chair/point person

           Need to work on a plan to start within the month

·         Best Buddies, Vendors?

      Priscilla nominated Annabel and all voted in favor.  Annabel is the chair of the fundraising committee.  She will email those on the committee a time when they will meet.

7. Resource Library

·         What should be in it?

We skipped this item because we ran out of  time 

Other quick notes - Logo rough draft and website by Gerard, both are almost done

Cindy Donahue asked for some participants for a panel in her Disability in Society class on March 1 (Tues) at 12:30pm.  Those who volunteered were Priscilla, Eliot, Annabel, & Gabby.

8. Next meeting

·         Feb. 16, 2011

See back of page for “Thank You” notes to see how what you do is appreciated!!

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January 27, 2011

Good evening Karen,

On behalf of my students and I, a hearty thank you to you and your students for sharing their perspectives and experiences with regard to the built campus environment. I could tell students were truly inspired by their authentic narratives and their great sense of humor.

I hope this will be the beginning of a integral relationship between the Office of Disability Services and the College of Architecture and Planning.

With much appreciation and sincerity!
Stephanie

Dr. Stephanie L. H. Krusemark, Post-Doc Fellow
College of Architecture & Planning

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January 31, 2011

Priscilla,
I just wanted to thank you all SO much for coming in to our meeting yesterday, I
think it went incredibly well and we all learned a lot!  We are for sure going to
make a more conscious effort to me inclusive in everything we do!!!
Thanks again and have a GREAT week! (PS -- would you mind passing on the
thanks to Meghan and Teresa?)
Hillary Montague-Asp

Mosaic Youth Chorus Council Member
Queer Initiative Officer
Co-Chair GLBT Resource Center Student Advisory Board
GLBT Resource Center Peer Education Coordinator

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January 25, 2011 Agenda, Minutes, and Important Follow-Ups

v  CILA – January 25, 2011 à Agenda & Minutes

Attendees: Priscilla Carlson, Teresa Nguyen, Amy Rivera, Hilary Bowdey, Eliot Glairon, Gerard Dillehay, Daniel Ong, Kelly Mitchell, Meghan Foley, Annabel Ray

Ø   Welcome Back Everyone

Ø  Welcome New Members

·       There were none this week

Ø  Last Semester’s Leadership Certificates 

·       Certificates were given out to attending members who met the requirements (all at this meeting coincidentally had), but there were a few missing (Hilary, Gerard, Daniel, & Kelly M., as well as some members who were not here today) – Need follow-up

v  Student Involvement Fair Results

·       Good turn-out, got some people to sign up on our email list and some positive vibes.  BUT, since we had to cancel that night’s meeting due to weather, we’re hoping we didn’t lose new member momentum

v  Future Events

Ø  Designing Without Barriers course – Thursday January 27, 3:30 – 5pm

§  Presentation with Karen R.

§  Kelly M., Nijat, and Priscilla

·       We’ll be talking about the importance of access on campus, what works and what doesn’t. – Counts as an event.

v  People Project – John Meister

·       Put on hold until we get more info from John himself – will be put on next agenda

v  Interactive Theater Project

Ø  Still need volunteers to help with ideas and development

·       Meghan and Kelly M. are still interested.  We’re waiting on a follow-up email from ITP director Rebecca Adelman-Brown. – follow-up with Rebecca

v  Volunteer Opportunities

Ø  GLBT volunteering partnership

·       Sunday at 10am – GLBT invited us to a discussion on disability etiquette/awareness and how to be inclusive.  Priscilla, Teresa, & Meghan volunteered to lead that discussion. – Counts as an event.

·       Other opportunities:

¨   Priscilla – CPWD in Boulder gave us 4 volunteer apps.  Can do a variety of positions.

''     Annabel – Boulder High & Step One Teaching (Broomfield Elementary)

¨     Amy – Ft. Collins Elementary

¨     Oliver – Boulder Valley (Lousiville Elementary)

¨     Meghan – Easter Seals camp.  She will get more info but a lot of interest was expressed in this particular one, especially by Annabel & Teresa.

¨     Rachel H. – I spoke with her and she is passing on our info to the volunteer coordinator for Denver Children’s & St. Jude’s hospitals

·       Follow-up on individual opportunities, get contact names and numbers

·       Follow-up: For school discussions and panels, we need to put together a workshop or library or  something that we will have as a reference to do or for future members to look back on

                 ·       Follow-up: Start another page on website and blog that we’ll dedicate to volunteer opportunities

v  Fundraising

Ø  Vendor ideas?

§  Amy will ask her mom about Village Inn – need follow up

§  Suggestions: donation letters requesting funds, silent auction with prizes donated by local businesses so that they could gain exposure and we could gain funds, selling chocolate bars donated by a company such as Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, selling snacks or a bake sale, selling soup or cider or hot chocolate on a cold day, T-shirts (Hot Stuff/Soup on a Cold Day or Hot Stuff for Sale)  J

Ø  Best Buddies

§  Everyone agreed we should partner up with them

Ø  Fundraising Committee

§  Those interested were: Meghan, Eliot, Hilary, Annabel, & Kelly M.

§  Follow-up: Need to send an email or ask who to put as coordinator of committee

v  Scholarships through Membership

v  Direction of CILA

Ø  What do we want to see happen? What do we want to be a part of?

§  Continue with guest speakers and workshops at bi-weekly meetings, but make sure they go first in case some members have to leave early

§  1 ½-hour meetings, don’t go longer

§  Recruitment is important but should not be a primary focus – build a steady solid membership with current members

§  Follow-up: For recruitment, ask Events & Planning if we are charged to have a table in the UMC advertising our events or giving out bookmarks.  Also, forward the email about chalking guidelines to Annabel & Meghan (who volunteered to chalk for events to try to gain more members)

§  Suggestions for future guest speakers – Courtney previously spoke with me about a yoga instructor who could teach some meditation/anti-stress techniques.  Daniel suggested a quick 30-60 minute crash course on basic sign language phrases and things to know.

v  Logo – Gerard

§  We all agreed on hands, done in a 2x2 block of pop art with the letters C I L A in each block. 

§  Follow-up: Gerard to see if he has an artist commissioned to do this.  Amy to see if her brother Brian has some ideas.

v  Upcoming Meeting Dates

Ø  Wednesday, February 2 at 5pm

§  Workshop to Find Your Inner Passion with Derrick Watson

New semester, clean-up, first meeting, and an event already!!

Hey, All!  Happy New Year!  Hope you are all well-rested and ready to start the new semester.  Personally, I could use some more break!!!  :)  Oh well, time to go anyways!

With the new year, I've decided to do a little clean-up...on our email list.  SO.... If you have not attended ANY of our meetings or events AND you do not respond to this email, I will remove your name from the email list.  I hate getting unwanted emails, so I want to be conscientious of who I'm emailing.  If you are a regular member and attend events, you will not be removed.

Ok... Our first meeting will be held Wednesday, Jan. 19th, at 5pm.  It will be in the conference next to Disability Services in the C4C building, the same place we've always had it.  Thank you to our faculty support, John Meister, for booking our room for us for the semester!  :)  There will be no guest speaker, as I would like to just get back together and discuss what we accomplished last semester and what we, as a group, hope to accomplish this semester.

We already have an event!!!!  Since it is before our first meeting, I need to do an online sign-up.

Who can help sit at the table for this one?

2011 Spring Student Involvement

AND

Volunteer Fair! 

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

11am-2pm

Glenn Miller Ballroom and UMC 235

2nd floor, UMC

It's the same thing we did last semester.  We sit at a table and talk about what our group does and why it's cool to be a member!  :)

Please let me know if you are able to participate! 

Thanks,

Priscilla