Leadership Reflections on Movement, Practice, and the Power of Being Bold
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- Speaker:
- Wally Talbit
- Duration:
- 5 Hours
- Location:
- The Meeting House - Columbia, Maryland
Description
The disability advocacy and disability justice movement has made many strides and achieved many great accomplishments in recent years, and while it is important to celebrate the milestones of success, we unfortunately also have to acknowledge that we still have a long way to go. Especially when we stop to consider the current issues that we are all experiencing in our work together and some of the hardships and obstacles that we need to overcome. Together we will look at our work through the organizational and individual leadership to identify some of the powerful and positive things that have happened, how we can put new things into practice, and how we can get proud so we can get to where we need to be.
Speaker
Wally Talbit Related Seminars and Products
Wally Tablit (He/Him/His) is the Senior Director of Leadership and Workforce Development for RespectAbility. RespectAbility is a diverse, disability-led nonprofit that works to create systemic change so that people with disabilities can have a better future.
Wally is a recognized leader in the field of Community Employment, with over 26 years of experience working with people with disabilities. He has served as a director of several employment agencies in Washington State and is a national speaker, trainer, and consultant on best practices around community-integrated employment, organizational development, and equity and inclusion.
Wally identifies proudly as a gay Asian man with a disability. He was born in the Philippines, but his parents immigrated to Hawaii when he was 6 months old. He identifies ethnically as Filipino, but culturally as both Filipino and Hawaiian. He left Hawaii to attend Seattle University and holds a BA in Rehabilitation and an MA in Counseling.
Wally was elected to the National Board of APSE in 2017, and was selected as the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Officer.
Wally is a karaoke enthusiast, a volleyball fan, and a lover of fashion (with too many ties and pairs of shoes to count). He lives in Seattle, WA with his husband, Steve, and their funky mutts, Sammy and Gizmo.
Location
The Meeting House
