All pre-event registrations for the 2017 Annual Conference on Independent Living must be received by Friday, July 14 at 12:00 midnight, Eastern Time.

Individuals may still register onsite, but please note that onsite registration fees differ from standard registration fees and plan accordingly.

Pre-event registration rates:

• NCIL Member: $265
• Non-member: $385
• Daily Rate: $115-160 / day

Onsite registration rates:

• NCIL Member: $305
• Non-Member: $430
• Daily Rate: $210 / day

Register today and save!

To register, use the NCIL online store, which gives you the ability to register up to three attendees with one transaction and accepts Discover, American Express, Visa, and MasterCard, or use the printable registration form (PDF or plain text).

Additional details are available on our conference webpage.

This year’s Annual Conference on Independent Living is shaping up to be one of the most exciting in recent history, and we can’t wait to see you there!

Register online.

June 29, 2017; 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Eastern

NCIL is happy to announce our 12th Annual Policy Briefing.

This important presentation will to bring advocates up-to-date on national issues and federal policies that affect people with disabilities and provide participants with question and answer sessions with national leaders to ensure you have in-depth information on the issues you care about most.

The Policy Briefing will ensure that we are fired up and prepared for NCIL’s 2017 Day on the Hill! For those of you who will not be at the 2017 Annual Conference on Independent Living, this will provide you with valuable and timely information that you can use in your community. Please share this training announcement far and wide so that our issues reach many people.

This teleconference is free for NCIL Members. There is a $25.00 registration fee for Non-Members, per call-in site. Fee does not apply per participant in group, provided the group uses the same conference line.

The Policy Briefing will be available via teleconference and webinar. You must register by 12:00 Noon Eastern on June 29, 2017 to participate in the call.

• Materials: This call will address the issues covered in NCIL’s Legislative & Advocacy Priorities Booklet, which is available in PDF, Word, or plain text.

Please contact Tim Fuchs at [email protected] with any questions.

You are invited to a “Father’s Day” Private Advanced Screening of Defiant Lives, plus Q&A Panel with Director / Co-Producer Sarah Barton, Catherine Kudlick, Leroy Moore, and Marsha Saxton. The panel will be moderated by Lawrence Carter-Long.

Defiant Lives tells stories of the rise and fight of the disability rights movement in Australia, USA and UK from incarceration in nursing homes and other institutions to the social model of disability.

Sunday, June 18, 2017

6:00 – 8:30 p.m. at the Ed Roberts Campus (ERC) – Ashby Bart Station

3075 Adeline Street; Berkeley, CA 94703

* RSVP is required. RSVP by June 16 and request accessibility accommodations to: [email protected] and [email protected] with Berkeley SCREENING in the subject line.

• ERC is a fragrance-free building. In consideration of individuals who are sensitive to chemicals in fragrances, please refrain from using scented products.
• Defiant Lives is audio described and open captioned.
• Sign Language Interpreters and CART will be provided; Venue is wheelchair accessible.

Invitation provided by: Defiant Lives Productions Pty Ltd, DREDF, WID, Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability, AAPD, The CIL, DisBeat, Lights! Camera! Access! 2.0, and EIN SOF Communications.

A new block of discounted accessible guestrooms is now available at the Fairfield Inn & Suites Washington, DC / Downtown: 500 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20001.

The Fairfield Inn is four blocks (0.4 miles) from the Grand Hyatt. The rate is $209 per night (plus tax of 14.5%). Reservations must be made by June 26, 2017.

To make your reservations online, use NCIL’s custom link or call the hotel at (888) 236-2427. Be sure to identify our group code “IND” or “Annual Conference on Independent Living” to receive the discounted rate for NCIL attendees. If you experience any trouble booking your room through the reservations system, or to confirm your ADA room any time after booking, you are welcome to call Fayven Estefanos at the Fairfield Inn at (202) 697-4016 or email [email protected].

Please Note:

• Rooms reserved through the reservation link will simply show “King Room”, but all guestrooms in NCIL’s block of rooms at the Fairfield Inn are ADA accessible. Guests are encouraged to confirm their reservation with Fayven Estefanos, Sales Coordinator, at (202) 697-4016 or email [email protected].
• This overflow block is for ADA Accessible guestrooms. There are still plenty of standard guestrooms available at the Grand Hyatt Washington.

Additional details are available on our conference webpage. See you in July!

NCIL’s Standard Operating Procedures require that CILs and SILCs pay their dues in full thirty (30) days prior to the Annual Council meeting to be eligible to vote at that meeting. If your organization has not yet joined or renewed for 2017, you must sign-up and pay your dues in full by 12:00 Midnight on Monday, June 26, 2017 in order to vote at the Annual Council Meeting.

If you do not join or renew by June 26, your organization will not be able to vote for the Governing Board members and Resolutions that guide NCIL’s actions and priority issues.

Don’t worry if you can’t make it to the Conference, you can still have a designated NCIL member vote for you by proxy.

Make sure your voice is heard: sign up today!

Visit the NCIL organizational membership page to complete your organization’s 2017 membership. You can purchase your membership using our secure online store, or by using the printable membership form (PDF).

Thank you for your support!

NCIL Staff

Tom Olin is in Intensive Care Unit in Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. We are asking everyone in the Independent Living community to send him cards and letters for two reasons:

1. To show our love and support.
2. Tom is seriously ill and needs the best medical care possible. Hospitals are like all institutions. If doctors and staff know people are watching and that Tom is important to many people, they may well give more attention and better medical care.

Please send your cards and letters today to:

Tom Olin
Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital
8026 Floyd Curl Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78229

Tom is the social documentarian of the disability rights movement. He spent his life in the grassroots, building that incredible collection of iconic photos of our historic struggle for civil rights and inclusion. Many of you know him from the Annual Conference on Independent Living and the Road to Freedom Bus Tour, which toured the country twice, in 2007 and 2014-2015 during the 25th anniversary of ADA.

Now is our chance to give back to Tom. Please distribute this notice widely.