Citizens in Action or the CIA is a self-sustaining self-advocacy group and educational resource for people with disabilities. It functions as a community service organization and a medium for leadership development. The activities and operations of CIA will serve to enhance the public image of people with disabilities, and promote them as capable and contributing neighbors and citizens.
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OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES:
1. Determine agencies and facilities that serve people with disabilities, where CIA can be presented in order to solicit members and participants.
2. Develop a team of self-advocate teachers and presnters who can reach out to and involve other people with disabilities in the self-advocacy movement.
3. Establish collaborative relationships with other volunteer or service organizations in the community.
4. Build membership from outside the disability community, such as BYU, UVSC, and local high schools.
5. Be responsible for at least three annual print or broadcast media pieces that depict or promote the work of CIA or other self-advocacy groups.
And in our own words:
1. Help other people.
2. Visit people who need friends.
3. Be a good neighbor.
4. Be a support and a teacher to other people with disabilities
5. Help other people see that people with disabilities can do things; help them understand us and not be afraid of us.
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