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California Foundation for
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 Ted
Jackson
Community Organizing Director
California Foundation for
Independent Living Centers
DOnetwork 101:
Organizing to Build
Accessible Communities
Presented by:
Ted Jackson,
Community Organizing Director
• What is Systems Change Organizing
• What is CFILC
• History of the DOnetwork
• Our Roles In The Network
• Access Now Campaigns
• Community Organizing and Coalition Building
• Network Communications and Social Media
Individual Advocacy
Individual Advocacy helps one person change
something that is effecting them. For example, benefits,
reasonable accommodation at work, etc.
Systems Advocacy
Systems Advocacy changes an entire system or
structure from the way it currently works. For example,
new housing construction, homeless shelters,
paratransit services, voting machines, polling places,
medical facilities, schools, etc.
Let’s discuss some examples…
 Statewide
Disability Rights &
Membership Organization that services
22 of California’s Independent Living
Centers
3
Programs – DOnetwork, AT Network &
YO! Disabled & Proud
Consumer Controlled
 ILCs are run by, for and about people
with disabilities
 Mandated
to have at least 51% disabled
board and staff members
 Focused
on serving the diverse needs of
the disability community
 Information
& Referral
 Independent Living Skills Training
 Peer Counseling
 Individual Advocacy
 Systems Change Advocacy
 Assistive Technology
 Housing Assistance
 Personal Assistance Services
Teresa Favuzzi
Executive Director
Christina Mills
Deputy Director
Ted Jackson
Statewide Organizer
Kirk Aranda
Youth Advocate
www.DisabilityOrganizing.net/community
1997 Empowerment Team Leaders
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Build a network to educate and organize California’s
Disability Community
29 CFILC Empowerment Team Leaders at the ILC’s
2003 Systems Change Advocates
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Change Job Title to Systems Change Advocates
Moved Employment to the ILC’s
Network Hub (CFILC) Offers Support and Resources to
Educate, Organize and Mobilize
Statewide Advocacy Plan
2013 Disability Organizing Network
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Rebranding the Network with Website and Social Media
Tools
Broadening the Network to Include Community Members
as Active Participants
Community Driven Campaigns to Create Change and
Build Accessible Communities
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Success
• Polling Place Access
• Electronic Voting Machines
• Increased Airport Shuttle Access
• Homeless and Domestic Violence Shelter Access
• Disaster Preparedness
• Housing and Transportation
• Assistive and Durable Medical Equipment
• Airport Shuttle Access
• Voter Education
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2013 National Association of Secretaries of State
Medallion Award
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The Network Hub-Community Organizing Director
• Offer Resources and Support for Community Driven Campaigns and to
Local DOnetwork Organizers at the 28 Independent Living Centers
• Lead Reactive and Proactive Campaigns on Statewide and National
Issues

The Network Organizer
• ILC Staff: Systems Change Advocates or Community Organizers
• Offer Resources and Support to Volunteer Community Leaders to
Drive Access Now Campaigns
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Access Now Community Leaders
• Identify Regional and Local Barriers to Access and Independent Living
• Develop Access Now Campaign Plans
• Build Accessible Communities through Community Driven Access
Now Campaigns
Regional Power Summits
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To bring local ILC advocacy team members together to
share resources and develop synergy
To engage disability community members and organizations
not already associated with an ILC or local advocacy team
To develop common agendas
And four, to identify and develop campaign goals and tactics
that are community driven
San Francisco – Sacramento – Inland Empire
 Three-Year
Cycle
• Year One: Team Building and Campaign Plan
Development
• Year Two: Team Leadership Expansion and
Campaign Sustainability
• Year Three: Campaign Plan Completion and Systems
Change Evaluation
 Always: Growing
Our Team
• Bay Area
 Making Managed Care “Care”
 Civil Rights
 Community Living: Transportation and Housing
• Rural Central-North
 Access
 Transportation
 Schools Empowering Success
• Southern California
 Healthcare
 Transportation
 Access
 Convention
on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities-The Disability Treaty
 Covered
California Accessibility
 Access The Vote
• Registration
• Education
• Get Out The Vote
Now
Community Organizing
And
Coalition Building
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Who is on your team?
 Consumers
 Community Members
 Allies
Intake-Outreach: Where and How do we find people
 Postcards
 Tabling
 Coalitions
 Discussion: Where have you found new people?
Building A Larger Team
 Train Your Team To Repeat!
 Training Opportunities Open to Team Members
Talk To The Hand!
 Friends
 Family
 Neighbors
 Caregivers
 Colleagues
Handout
Skills and Techniques: Discovering motivation through
the One on One Conversation
• Who? What? Why? Why? Why?
• Probing Questions
• Transparent and Truthful
• Personal and Professional
• Round 2: The Catch Up 1 on 1 - holding accountable
Handout
Skills and Techniques: Identifying Your Commitment
The Pyramid
Leaders - like a part time job.
Volunteers who interact on a
recurring basis
Participants who interact
once or twice
Where are you…?
Handout
Skills and Techniques: Everyone Counts
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Quantitative and Qualitative Planning and
Reporting
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Take No One For Granted
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People + Numbers = Universal Language
Handout
 Strategy
Planning: Organizing For Social
Change
 Who? What? When? Where? Why?
 What’s the follow up: Plan B….Plan C…
 Organizing
and Options
 What are some different types of Community
Organizing?
 What are some different options for communicating
to decision-makers?
Sharing Your Personal Story
Educational Advocacy
 Identify
the Barrier
 Share Many Perspectives
• Talk to the Hand!
Handout
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What is a “Coalition?”
 An Organization of Organizations
 A Relationship Between Communities with a Shared Interest
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What to think about when starting Coalition
outreach?
 Unifying Issues: What are our common goals and obstacles?
 Cultural Similarities: What history do our communities have in
common?
 Differences: What barriers can we overcome to work
together?
 Friends: Who are our mutual community partners?
Handout
 What
are the guidelines to consider?
 Choose Unifying Issues
 Respect Your Partner’s Self Interest and Internal Process
 Decide Together on Decision-Making Structure and Common
Strategies
 Give Credit Fairly
 Be Reciprocal: Give and Take
 Be Strategic: Build with Purpose
 Be Consistent: Helps Build Good Personal Relationships
 Formalize Your Agreements
Handout
 The
Access Now Listserv:
accessnowcampaign@cftalk.org
• Members: Open to the Community
• Statewide Communication, Collaboration,
Networking, Information Sharing and Housekeeping
for Access Now Campaigns
• Etiquette: List Serv Guidelines
• Join: http://disabilityorganizing.net/listserv/
 Interactive Website:
www.DisabilityOrganizing.net
• Resources, Information, Alerts, Campaigns
 Facebook: www.facebook.com/donetwork.org
 Twitter: @Donetworkorg
 Questions
& Answers
Ted Jackson
Ted@cfilc.org
(916) 325-1690 ext. 337
Interactive Website:
www.DisabilityOrganizing.net
Facebook:
www.Facebook.com/DOnetwork.org
Twitter: @DOnetworkorg
San Francisco – February 2014
Sacramento – February 2014
Southern California – March 2014
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