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GMSA Board Meeting November 27 2023
Green Mountain Self-Advocates held a statewide meeting with our Board members on Zoom on November 27, 2023. This was an open meeting. Below is the information discussed during the meeting.…
Read MoreGMSA September 15th Comments on Conflict of Interest
In 2025, you will get a new special case manager outside of your agency. Before you get upset! Know that you can still see your service coordinator. As long as…
Read MoreCelebrate Direct Support Professional Recognition Week
Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023 Statehouse Lawn, Montpelier 10:30 a.m. Join Vermont Care Partners, with Green Mountain Self-Advocates, the Vermont Developmental DisabilitiesCouncil and more, to recognize the work of direct support…
Read MoreGMSA Teaches a Series of Free Training on Plain Language
Writing information in Plain Language is a fundamental way to include people with intellectual and developmental disabilities—as well as English language learners —in your work. Green Mountain Self-Advocates hope that…
Read MoreGMSA Mini Grants to Revitalize Self-Advocacy
Green Mountain Self-Advocates has a mini-grant project called Revitalizing Self-Advocacy. Revitalize means to put new life or energy into something. Our #1 goal is to get more people with developmental…
Read MoreTraining for Self-Advocates about Person-Centered Planning
Click Here For Homework Training is held on Wednesdays 10:00 to 12:00 (am session) and 5:00 to 7:00 (pm session) The training is held on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/905238684 Person-centered planning…
Read MoreSARTAC Zoom Sessions – Meet Self-Advocates from All Across the Country
GMSA hosts national meetings on Zoom every Monday and Thursday at 1:00 ET. We have been bringing together more than 200 self-advocates from at least 32 states. Self-advocates have said,…
Read MoreMay 25th in Memory of George Floyd continue to fight for Racial Justice
Green Mountain Self-Advocates (GMSA) is a disability rights organization in Vermont. Our leaders and members are people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. GMSA makes statements when we see something wrong…
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