[Vabs] Fwd: Attention Disability Colleagues!! FTA Civil Rights Training, Washington, DC - December 2-4, 2009. Disability Organizations are strongly encouraged to register only for day 1 - ADA Day.

[Carol Castellano]

Dave,
I received this notice from a disability 
organization in VA.  Would you please forward to 
any lists that you think might be interested.
Thanks,
Carol

Carol Castellano, President
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.nfb.org/nopbc

Subject: Attention Disability Colleagues!! FTA Civil Rights Training,
>  Washington, DC - December 2-4, 2009. Disability Organizations are strongly
>  encouraged to register only for day 1 -  ADA Day.
>Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:25:26 -0400
>From: "Konoka Izumi" <KonokaI at ecnv.org>
>To: "Konoka Izumi" <KonokaI at ecnv.org>
>
>[]
>  Federal Transit Administration
>Office of Civil Rights
>
>
>Civil Rights Training
>December 2 - 4, 2009
>Washington, DC
>
>[]
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>[]
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>The Federal Transit Administration’s Office of 
>Civil Rights invites its grant recipients and 
>other interested stakeholders in all FTA Regions 
>to attend a three-day training on FTA’s civil 
>rights requirements and guidance.  The training 
>will review federal laws, regulations, executive 
>orders, and guidance covering the Americans with 
>Disabilities Act, Title VI of the Civil Rights 
>Act of 1964, and the U.S. Department of 
>Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business 
>Enterprise (DBE) Program.  This training will 
>also discuss recently implemented and proposed 
>updates to existing FTA civil rights directives and guidelines.
>
>This training will help practitioners better 
>understand the importance of civil rights 
>considerations in transportation and transit 
>planning, project development, investment, and 
>operations.  Participants will be able to apply 
>the content learned during this course to their 
>daily work activities and local environment.
>
>Participants will also have the opportunity to 
>provide the FTA with feedback on challenges and 
>opportunities that they have experienced in 
>implementing Federal civil rights directives and 
>to share examples of effective or promising 
>practices that could be adopted by state, 
>regional, and local agencies or community-based organizations.
>
>Scholarships for travel expenses are available!
>
>This training will be held at the Westin 
>Arlington Gateway located at 801 North Glebe 
>Road, Arlington, VA 22203. Hotel rooms are 
>available on a first-come first-serve basis. To 
>reserve a room at the group discount rate of 
>$207/night, call 1-888-627-7076 or 703-717-6200 
>and mention the FTA Workshop.  The room 
>registration cut-off date is November 13, 2009.
>Reservation Deadline: Workshop reservations must 
>be made by November 13, 2009 while all 
>scholarship requests must be made by November 6, 2009.
>
>FTA Civil Rights Training
>Preliminary Agenda
>
>
>Wednesday ­ December 2, 2009
>
>Morning       Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)
>                    Overview and Updates
>Afternoon    ADA Fixed Route Self Assessment
>                    Complementary Paratransit Self-Assessment
>                    ADA Trivia!
>
>Thursday ­ December 3, 2009
>
>Morning       Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Overview
>                    Overview of New Title VI Circular
>                    Title VI Video “Divided Highways”
>Afternoon    Environmental Justice
>                    Exercise: City of Metropolis
>                    DOJ Video “Language Barriers”
>                    Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
>
>Friday ­ December 4, 2009
>
>Morning       Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (DBE) Overview
>                    DBE Goal Methodology
>Afternoon    DBE Fraud
>                    DBE Certification
>
>Layo Osiyemi
>Endependence Center of Northern Virginia, Inc. (ECNV)
>2300 Clarendon Blvd. Suite 305
>Arlington, VA 22201
>(703) 525-3268 Ext 8005 (V)
>(703) 525-3553 (TTY)
>(703) 525-3585 (Fax)
><http://www.ecnv.org>www.ecnv.org
>
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