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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone, below you will find an announcement from the Washington State Department of Health on 2 opportunities to inform policy on covid-19. These are zoom sessions and I encourage all to join if they can.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>COVID Vaccine Community Conversation (English).pdf<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Join us for a community discussion about COVID-19 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Let’s Stop COVID-19 Together <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Partners—Please join us for a community conversation about increasing access to the COVID-19 vaccine for people with disabilities. We want to understand<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>the challenges or hesitations people <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>experience, what is working well, and how funding or partnership could help your community increase access to the vaccine. Your perspectives and ideas<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>will help our cross-disability coalition decide how to focus our resources and efforts over the next several months. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There are two Zoom options for these conversations (see below). Sign Language (ASL) and Spanish interpreters will be available and other language interpretation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>will be available upon request. These meetings are open to people with disabilities, families and caregivers, service providers, and anyone else who is<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>interested in increasing COVID-19 vaccine access for people with disabilities. Please consider joining and also feel free to share this opportunity with<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>others in your community. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Date: November 9th <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Time options: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>12 to 2 PM: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Register here<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>5 to 7 PM: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Register here<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Register by November 2nd <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you need language <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>interpretation or other support <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>needs please email <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>kimberly@disabilitypride.org <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>by <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>October 26th <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>32<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>33<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>An image of a medical syringe with the COVID vaccine inside. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A picture of a sign being held up with a black hand. The sign reads COVID Vaccine for all. On both sides of this hand are four other hands with syringe<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>bottles being held up. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A photo of a woman showing her arm out and pointing to the location on her arm where she got vaccinated, Below that are the words vaccine ready stuck together<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>with a hashtag infront of the words <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A photo of the words Wearing is Caring with hearts on both sides of the words. Below that is a face mask with caring eyes on it. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hosted by Washington State Developmental Disabilities Council, Washington State Independent Living Council, Disability Rights Washington, Allies in Advocacy,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Alliance of People with disAbilities, Center for Independence, Central Washington Disability<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Resources<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>