Welcome to Meet The Need NC’s monthly newsletter featuring what the initiative is up to and how you can join our efforts to meet the needs of North Carolinians with I/DD and their families. The newsletters, which began in February 2023, are listed below.
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September 2023: Climbing the Same Mountain Together
September 26, 2023
In this month’s edition of Meet The Need NC eNews: Message from LAND, the Backbone of Meet The Need NC September Lunch & Learn Wrap Up: Help Wanted! The I/DD Workforce Crisis – Part 1 Register for the October’s HEAR.
August 2023: Climbing the Same Mountain Together
August 30, 2023
In this month’s edition of Meet The Need NC eNews: Message from LAND, the Backbone of Meet The Need NC August Lunch & Learn Wrap Up: I/DD and Health Disparities Family Partners Needed! Register for the September’s HEAR. SHARE. Act.
July 2023: Climbing the Same Mountain Together
July 26, 2023
In this month’s edition of Meet The Need NC eNews: Message from LAND, the Backbone of Meet The Need NC July Lunch & Learn Wrap Up Register for the August Lunch & Learn Webinar! LENS: Lived Experience Network Speaks Blog
June 2023: Climbing the Same Mountain Together
June 28, 2023
In this month’s edition of MEET THE NEED NC ENEWS: Message from LAND, the Backbone of Meet The Need NC June Lunch & Learn Wrap Up Register for the July Lunch & Learn Webinar! LENS: Lived Experience Network Speaks Blog
May 2023: Climbing the Same Mountain Together
May 30, 2023
In this month’s edition of MEET THE NEED NC ENEWS: Message from Meet The Need NC May Lunch & Learn Wrap Up Register for the June Lunch & Learn! LENS: Lived Experience Network Speaks Blog Public Policy Update Did you
April 2023: CLIMBING THE SAME MOUNTAIN TOGETHER
May 3, 2023
Stand back! Our Meet The Need NC movement is about inclusion, choice, and joining together as a diverse I/DD (intellectual and developmental disability) community to make change. It is shifting our state’s mindset to require a more robust array of
March 2023: CLIMBING THE SAME MOUNTAIN TOGETHER
April 25, 2023
“Change never happens at the pace we think it should. It happens over years of people joining together, strategizing, sharing, and pulling all the levers they possibly can. Gradually, excruciatingly slowly, things start to happen, and then suddenly, seemingly out
February 2023: Climbing the Same Mountain Together
February 20, 2023
Thanks to all who attended the launch of our “Back to Basics” Lunch & Learn Disability Advocacy Webinar Series in January. During this webinar, we talked about the shift from institutional to community-based living options for those with developmental disabilities