CDS Events: 2007
March 2007
2007 Pacific Rim Conference
March 12 & 13, 2007: Sheraton Waikiki Hotel & Resort, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
With its beginnings dating back to 1985, the Pacific Rim Conference has evolved into one of the top rated international educational offerings for and from persons with disabilities, family members, researchers, service providers, policymakers and nationally recognized professionals in the various disciplines in the diverse field of disabilities. Learn more about Pac Rim 2007
Teaching All Students Reaching All Learners
March 14, 2007: Sheraton Waikiki Hotel & Resort, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Working together to build effective professional development models that increase awareness, ability, and skills of postsecondary education faculty and staff, for teaching diverse students. Learn more this training session
July 2007
Pacific Rim Cinema Nights
July 18, 2007: Honolulu Design Center
CDS 20th Anniversary Gala Kick Off Pacific Rim Cinema Nights: Global cinema, culinary delights, live music, special guests. Download the flyer
Art Enabled 2007
July 28, 2007, 10:00am – 3:00pm: Kaka‘ako Waterfront Park and Amphitheater
Art Enabled is a festival celebrating the arts and disability in our community, marking the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Art Enabled aims to promote inclusion by creating an event that is a welcoming place for ALL and enables everyone to participate in all activities. Art Enabled Flyer (PDF Format)
September 2007
A Special Literary Evening with Patricia Wood
Sept 12, 2007: 5:30-7:30 PM at the Architecture Auditorium, UH Manoa
A Reception, Reading, and Q&A featuring Patricia Wood’s debut novel—a poignant, funny, suspenseful, inspiring, and ultimately hopeful tale of a mentally challenged
young man who wins $12 million in the Washington State Lottery. Download Flyer (PDF Format)
October 2008
Pacific Rim Cinema Nights: October is Disability Awareness Month
October 17, 2007, 5:30–8:00 PM: Honolulu Design Center Cupola Theater
The Center on Disability Studies presents an evening of Cinema, Live Music, and Culinary Delights. Awards will be presented for Best
Practices in Employment. Download the Flyer (PDF Format)
Disability Mentoring Day in Hawai‘i: October 17, 2007
DMD is a large-scale, broad-based effort to promote career development for students and job seekers with disabilities through hands-on career exploration, job shadowing, and internship or employment opportunities throughout the United States and also abroad. Hosted nationally by the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), and made possible by many generous national corporate and public sponsors, DMD has participants in all 50 states and many international locations. DMD is observed every year on the third Wednesday of October, in conjunction with NDEAM.
Download the Flyer (PDF Format)
December 2007
Actualizing Self-Determination Aspirations Conference
December 12, 2007, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
A conference organized by the Tri-Agency Developmental Disabilities Network (UH Center on Disability Studies, Developmental Disabilities council & Hawaii Disability Rights
Center). Lt. Governor James Aiona Jr. will give opening remarks and US Administration on Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Patricia Morrissey will be our guest speaker,
followed by several panel discussions. Continental Breakfast and Lunch will be provided. Parking at Regal Theater, $3.00 all day. The event is no cost to the first 150 people who
RSVP. Please call Calvin Ebesutani at 808-733-9191, or email calvin.ebesutani@doh.hawaii.gov to reserve a seat. We appreciate your
attendance.
