COUNCIL ON DISABILITY AWARENESS (CDA), UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

Friday October 22, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (CST)

MEETING MINUTES

Attendees: Sarah Andrews, Patty Bahr, Brad Ferrier, David Rooney, Gianna Marshall, Barbara Nicholson, Bri Swope, Michael Venzon, Elizabeth Wallace, TM Weissenberger

• Approval of Minutes for previous meeting – 1^st Patti, 2^nd Elizabeth. All in favor.

Announcements / Updates:

• Regent’s Summit – David
  • Wednesday, October 27^th – Virtual option now available
  • Today is last day to RSVP: https://iastate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5jpnA5SzMQFly9M
  • Reach out to brookec@iastate.edu or amg1@iastate.edu with questions.
  • Would like to have UI Representation.
  • Discussion around hybrid participation – in-person place
  • Presenters from UIowa present as well (SDS and College of Ed)
  • We are encouraged to do community building together as attendees from UI and can utilize 2520D UCC seminar room that is reserved for us - 9am-3pm
• Crip Camp Screening and Panel Discussion
  • Thursday, October 28^th
  • Screening 4-6
  • Panel Discussion 6-7
  • Provide any updates to the screening outline to Jen Knights
• Disability Awareness/Rights Campaign
  • CDA can create possible connections and share information
  • Would like to support this idea
  • T.M. will see if he can find contact for Success at Iowa
  • Bri and Kristina Gordon will gather more info about this as an option
• Unite disability groups on campus – Symposium
  • Theme: Disability is Diversity
• Judy Huemann Visit March 28-April 1 – Bri – no new news
• Link to Possibilities newsletter distributed recently by Mike Hoenig
• The DEI Committee is reaching out to discuss how they could partner with us
• See lunch & learn flier from Social Work students to highlight Disability Awareness Month. Update from Barbara Nicholson SWSA October 29, lunch and learn from 1:30-2:45 via zoom
  • Speaker: Sujit Singh
    • List of Talking points given
  • Requesting $125 for 1 hour 25 minutes
  • Patti motions to approve spending, T.M. Weissenberger seconds. All in favor. Approved
  • Time: Oct 29, 2021 01:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
  • https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/91903672786?pwd=bm1jVEp2NzhkYkRsVWp1Y2F6Rkptdz09 
  • Meeting ID: 919 0367 2786 & Passcode: 858898

Discussion:

• Campus Mapping System – Guest another month
• Asset mapping on campus and possible use of undergraduate research fellow: David Rooney: What are our assets on campus in relation to disability services/accessibility
  • Possibility of working with a Research Fellow
  • Three broad categories:
    • Accessibility/Universal Design
    • Disability Studies
    • Social Justice
  • What do we want to focus on/achieve within our campus community
  • From this information develop projects/events/ideas

Next meeting:

Friday, November 19^th, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (CST) …… note 1 week early