Description: The Peer Empowerment Group is designed for individuals interested in learning about advocacy with a focus on empowerment. You are invited to attend and participate in open discussions! You'll meet with other Self-Advocates and learn about the Care Design NY Individual and Family Advisory Board initiatives. This group embraces teamwork and we hope you will attend and become involved.

Come and have open discussions that have been reviewed at the Individual and Family Advisory Board. We would love to meet new Self-Advocates!

Discussion topics will include but are not limited to:

• COVID-19/pandemic
• Direct support professionals/staffing
• Life Plans/Care Managers
• Any other topics you would like to learn more about

Please register to attend this meeting. Provide your first and last name, and email address to the online registration form. We will email you an invitation to join the meeting. If you have questions, please email: memberfeedback@caredesignny.org

Note: The only supported browsers for joining a Microsoft Teams meeting are Edge and Chrome. If you want to download the Teams application on your phone or computer, it is free but you will need to set up a Microsoft account to log into the meeting with it, using the same email address as the one you invite to the meeting.