[Ohio-Talk] March 28

[Richard Payne]

March 28 Event 1.1.pdf
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SAVE-THE - DATE 
Ohio Employment First and Greater 
Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Act. 
WHAT: VIRUTAL EVENT FOR THE SUBMINIMUM WAGE BILL 
WHEN: Thursday, March 28TH 
WHERE: Virtually (registration link below) 
TIME: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST. 
AGENDA: 
9:00 - 10:00 AM Representative Jarrells and Representative Lipps 
10:00 - 11:00 AM Doug Crandell, Author of the book, TWENTY-TWO CENTS An HOUR

11:00 - 12:00 AM PANEL DISCUSSION: Gary Tonks, President and CEO, the Arc of
Ohio, the states 
lead advocacy organization supporting the elimination of subminimum wage;
Julie Christensen, 
Executive Director and Policy and Advocacy Director, National APSE; Kimberly
Tissot, President and 
CEO, able South Carolina, who led the successful legislation to eliminate
subminimum wage; Brady 
Bartley, person who worked in subminimum wage; John Pekar, retired
superintendent of Vinton 
and Fairfield County, Intellectual/Developmental Disability history; Dr.
Fred Schroeder, Past 
President of World Blind Union, former commissioner of Rehabilitation
Services Administration 
(RSA) appointed by President Clinton. Dr. Schroeder ended the practice of
state vocational 
rehabilitation agencies placing individuals with disabilities in segregated
subminimum wage 
employment. 
Registration is required for this event. Proceed to the link below to
register. 
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpcO2qqzkrE9URUJ1cwx9HI4Wfhc2VPEP
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For information, please contact Ohio APSE at 
ohapse at apse.org <mailto:ohapse at apse.org> 
HB 427 
https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/135/hb427
State Representative and Assistant Minority Leader Dontavius Jarrells is
currently serving 
his second term in the Ohio General Assembly representing House District 1,
which includes Berwick, Bexley, 
Bronzeville, Downtown, Franklinton, German Village, Milo-Grogan, and the
South Side of Columbus. 
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Growing up in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Dontavius witnessed
firsthand the struggles that 
disadvantaged communities face every day. From a lack of affordable housing
to limited access to education and 
essential services, these challenges shaped Dontavius' worldview and ignited
a passion for advocacy and public 
service. After nearly a decade fighting for disadvantaged and marginalized
communities across Ohio, Rep. Jarrells is 
committed to advancing commonsense legislation to make Ohio a better place
to live, work, go to school, start a 
business, and raise a family. During his first term in office, Rep. Jarrells
passed legislation to eliminate discriminatory 
covenants from deeds during property transfers, remove derogatory language
within the state's code, designate 
January 11th as Human Trafficking Awareness Day, and brought millions back
into the district and Franklin County. 
Rep. Jarrells is committed to building an Ohio we all deserve. 
State Representative Scott Lipps is currently serving his fourth term in the
Ohio House 
of Representatives. He represents the 55th Ohio House District, which
includes northern, eastern, and southern 
portions of Warren County. A native of Southwest Ohio, Rep. Lipps was raised
in Miamisburg, Ohio. After graduating 
from Miamisburg High School, Rep. Lipps attended the College of Wooster.
After his time at Wooster, Rep. Lipps 
pursued a graduate degree at DePaul University in Chicago, Ill. Rep Lipps
has been involved in philanthropy (Masons 
and Shriners), professional organizations (NFIB State Board, Optimists and
Rotary Club, Farm Bureau, among others) 
Rep. Lipps has also been in public service, including to the disability
communities across Ohio. 
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Doug Crandell has worked for decades in employment and disability supports.
He's an 
advocate for a sibling with disabilities. In Twenty-Two Cents an Hour, he
focused on how the Disability Industrial 
Complex is often impenetrable, mired in deficit-thinking, and controlled by
the lobbying of trade groups that do little 
for people with disabilities. Doug has published eight books with publishers
including Penguin-Random House, 
Chicago Review Press. Virgin Books, and Cornell University Press. His essays
on labor, mental health, and disability 
appear regularly in the SUN magazine 
https://www.thesunmagazine.org/contributors/doug-crandell.
He directs the 
training and technical assistance center at the University of Georgia known
as 
www.advancingemployment.com <http://www.advancingemployment.com> .
Additional information is available at 
www.dougcrandell.com <http://www.dougcrandell.com> 
and 
www.abolish14c.com <http://www.abolish14c.com> ,
https://abolish14c.com/podcasts%2C-papers%2C-videos
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Dr. Schroeder is the past President of the World Blind Union (WBU). The WBU
represents 
the interests of the estimated 253 million blind and partially sighted
people around the world. It works to expand 
access to education, employment, and social integration for blind and
partially sighted people. Professionally, Dr. 
Schroeder worked for more than 20 years as a research professor with the San
Diego State University Research 
Foundation. He is a nationally recognized expert in disability employment
policy and lead training in leadership and 
public policy for senior level executives of state vocational rehabilitation
programs. President Clinton appointed Dr. 
Schroeder commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration within
the U.S. Department of Education. As 
commissioner, Dr. Schroeder ended the practice of state vocational
rehabilitation agencies placing individuals with 
disabilities in segregated subminimum wage employment. 
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Kimberly Tissot proudly serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of 
Able SC where she guides the staff in applying the philosophy of independent
living to real situations. Kimberly 
believes in the value of individualized and community-based empowerment as
she wants people to recognize their 
full potential. Under Kimberly's leadership, Able SC has experienced years
of growth, success and has become a 
nationally recognized Center for Independent Living. Kimberly's road to
disability rights began at an early age, after 
having her leg amputated from a rare childhood cancer, Alveolar
rhabdomyosarcoma. Kimberly began deciding her 
style of mobility, becoming the first soccer player with a disability in her
town, and speaking up anytime she was 
treated differently. Kimberly has over 20 years of experience advocating for
disability inclusion on a local, state, and 
federal level, and internationally! Kimberly led the efforts in the passing
of progressive legislation in South Carolina, 
"Persons with Disabilities Right to Parent Act" and in 2018, and in 2022,
ending subminimum wage in South 
Carolina. Kimberly mentors other Centers for Independent Living across the
nation due to her marked success in the 
field. 
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Brady Bartley is an experienced warehouse worker that has been a lead, and
team 
member. Brady works at a manufacturing company, making parts for open heart
surgery all the way to dynamite. 
His new job accommodates his needs. They don't mind if you need a break and
go chill out for a while. His current 
job pays a competitive wage, something he hasn't gotten at other jobs. When
he was 18 and fresh out of high 
school, he was getting about $4.00 an hour until he could take a
productivity test to find out how much he was 
worth. That number often fell well below minimum wage, most of the time.
Brady said his hands were tied in that 
situation, he needed to make money to eat, so he had to work. Brady said the
people there are one of the few 
people that go into work because they want to be there. But that doesn't
change the fact that you can take 
advantage of them and pay them less than what our minimum standard is. Brady
believes that you can't exclude a 
group of people just because we think they're worth less. In his free time,
Brady spends time parenting his dog and 
paying video games. 
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Gary Tonks is the President/Chief Executive Officer of The Arc of Ohio. Gary
has served in 
Ohio since 1997. Prior to that, he was The Arc's Executive Director in
California and Alabama. He also served as a 
local chapter Executive Director in Pennsylvania. Gary has been a teacher,
case manager, direct service staff person, 
a program director, a community residential director and advocate. He was
one of the authors of Ohio's Medicaid 
Redesign legislation, HB 94, and represents individuals and their families
in all negotiations related to Ohio's current 
developmental disabilities system. He has been recognized in Ohio and
nationally for his professional achievement 
as an Advocate and leader within the disability community most recently with
a national lifetime achievement award. 
Gary initially joined The Arc as a member of Youth ARC and has been an
active member of The Arc for over 49 
years. Gary has a master's degree in special education Supervision. 
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John Pekar retired from the developmental disabilities field in 2022 after
fifty years. 
Starting his career as a residential assistant at the first group home in
Akron in 1973, John served as the CEO of 
Siffrin, Inc., a not-for-profit organization in northeast Ohio. He also
served as deputy director of the Ohio 
Department of Developmental Disabilities, and spent the last half of his
career as the Superintendent/CEO of the 
Fairfield County Board of DD and the Vinton County Board of DD. 
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Julie J. Christensen, MSW, PhD, is the Executive Director and Director of
Policy & 
Advocacy at the 
Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE).
She also currently serves as the Senior 
Disability Policy Advisor for the Harkin Institute at Drake University.
Prior to joining APSE, Dr. Christensen was the 
Director of Iowa's University Center for Excellence in Developmental
Disabilities (UCEDD) at the University of Iowa, 
where she held a research faculty appointment in the Carver College of
Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Dr. 
Christensen received her undergraduate degrees in advertising and music from
Syracuse University, and a master's 
in social work from Roberts Wesleyan College and her Ph.D. in Health
Practice Research at the University of 
Rochester. 
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Richard Payne,  President
National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
937/829/3368
Rchpay7 at gmail.com <mailto:Rchpay7 at gmail.com> 
The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.


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