ENGAGE IL'S FIRST SIGNATURE FUNDRAISING AND AWARENESS EVENT

Over two days, we’ll spotlight the voices, leadership, and abilities of  people with intellectual and developmental disabilities while building momentum for progressive, community-based living—now considered national best practice.

Friday, April 10

6:00 – 9:30 PM

Aurora, Illinois
The Hopvine Brewery
& The Bit Theater

Headliner

The Improvaneers

Meet this incredible, funny, entertaining Ohio-based troupe of actors with disabilities, performing on Center Stage at the Bit Theater!

Funds Raised Will Support:

• Support our outreach and educational sessions for families and communities across Illinois on Engage IL’s work to create more progressive community-based living options.

• Support our training sessions for families and self-advocates, allowing them to lead presentations and effect change.

• Support our work within the State of Illinois disability system and with State legislators to create change based on lived experiences.

Become a Sponsor

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Tools for Building a Good Life:

Create My Vision for a Good Life

Learn how LifeCourse guided conversations is an essential tool to help have meaningful conversations with people in your life. Learn more about how LifeCourse Nexus can help guide you to communicate, connect and create a vision.

Charting the Lifecourse

View our webinar to learn more about Guiding Principles of Charting the LifeCourse (CtLC) Framework and how they apply in real life.

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Read about how individuals find their North Star through person centered planning.

What You
Can Do

The more unified our voice, the stronger it will be in creating change. Join Engage IL and become a part of the movement to improve Illinois’ community-based supports and services.

How you can make an impact

When you contribute to Engage IL you're helping fuel our volunteer-driven movement for more progressive community supports for individuals with disabilities.

Make a Connection

Help us build the coalition by connecting us to a parent group or organization interested in hearing about Engage IL.