We Need Your Voice!

We Need Your Voice!

(Image: Staff and BOD members from CPWD gather together at the state capitol for Disability Rights Advocacy Day in 2024. )   Dear CPWD Community,  With the new administration in place, now is the perfect time to remind our elected officials about the incredible...
May: Mental Health Awareness Month

May: Mental Health Awareness Month

The State of Mental Health in a Post-Pandemic Society   In 1949, Congress declared May to be Mental Health Awareness Month, primarily because of the great number of WWII Veterans suffering from mental health issues. Over time, mental health awareness has sought...
Creating A More Equitable Society, Together

Creating A More Equitable Society, Together

    Intersectionality is a relatively new term, coined in 1989 by American civil rights advocate and leading scholar of critical race theory, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw. Intersectionality is the recognition of how marginalized groups of social...