When: Wednesday, May 8th at 6:30 P.M.
Cost: Admission is Free
Calendar listing: Blue Hill Peninsula Community Issues Forum: The Rights and Needs of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, Wed. May. 8, 6:30 PM, Blue Hill Public Library, 374-5515.
BLUE HILL – The Blue Hill Public Library’s Community Issues Forum continues on Wednesday May 8th at 6:30. The topic will be: “‘Forgotten Americans’ Among Us?: The Rights and Needs of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities.” This forum will present state and regional experts as well as parents who are concerned about continuing education, job training and benefits information for post-high school neurologically diverse young adults. Panelists will include Annie Sargent, Director of Ellsworth Adult Education; Lisa Sturtevant, Employment Services Manager, Office of Aging and Disability Services, DHHS; Lorrie Mitchell, Regional Manager (Bangor) Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; and Linda Lee, Parent, RN, BSN, Co-Founder of Jonno’s Place, Belfast.
The series is organized and moderated by retired history professor, Dr. Gregory Bush, with the goal of stimulating in-person civic dialogue about important but sometimes overlooked issues on the Blue Hill peninsula, in Maine and across the nation.
This event is sponsored by the library, and is free and open to everyone. For more information contact the library at 374-5515.
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