Equip for Equality

Tomorrow, on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, 2024, from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm, Equip for Equality will have advocates available by telephone, TTY, text, and email to answer questions about any voting problem voters with disabilities may encounter in Illinois. HELPLINE Toll Free Main Line: 800-537-2632 TTY: 800-610-2279 Text: 312-967-8098 E-mail: Voting@EquipForEquality.org Please note that this texting is only available on November 5, 2024.

Thank you Zurich North America for inviting us to your Skills Summit. It was an inspiring day of development and collaboration with 60 representatives from 38 non-profits. #znaskillssharessummit2024

Thanks to McDonald's for inviting EFE to your 25th Pro Bono Lunch. And thanks for all the work you do supporting the legal rights of people with disabilities!

We're #hiring a new Clinical Monitor, Representative Payee Project – Independent Monitoring Unit in Chicago, Illinois. Apply today or share this post with your network.

We're hiring a Clinical Monitor for our Representative Payee Project. This project is housed in our Independent Monitoring Unit. https://lnkd.in/ggC-Qbtt

Today we were honored by the American Bar Association with an Unsung Hero of Democracy Award for our work with the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners to ensure voting access for people with disability at each of Chicago's more than 1,200 polling places. Thank you for this honor!

As of July 1st, Chicago has ended the 14(c) subminimum wage for workers with disabilities, a U.S. Department of Labor program which allowed companies to pay workers with disabilities less for the same work. Mayor Brandon Johnson and MOPD Commissioner Arfa held a roundtable discussion with disability advocates and business leaders to celebrate this important step for disability employment on the anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Thanks to all of our partners for making this possible!

Thanks to those who have registered for the session on Racial and Disability Justice with Northwestern Law School's Jamelia Natasha Morgan. As a reminder, the session will take place next Wednesday, May 22, 2024 from 9:30am - 11:00am CST. If you haven't registered yet, there is still time. https://lnkd.in/eSmaJ6G4

We're #hiring a new Staff Attorney - Special Education Clinic in Chicago, Illinois. Apply today or share this post with your network.

We're #hiring a new DISABILITY RIGHTS IN CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEMS: CIVIL RIGHTS STAFF ATTORNEY in Chicago, Illinois. Apply today or share this post with your network.