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The ADA at 25: Minnesota Moving ForwardAn EMPLOYMENT DIALOGUE between people with disabilities, employers and policy makers

to discuss recruiting, hiring, promoting and retaining employees with disabilities.

Wednesday, October 28, 20158:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Ramsey County Conference Center121 E. 7th Place, St. Paul, MN 55101

CAREER, RESOURCE, AND ART FAIR

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8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Refreshments and Performers with Disabilities Coffee and tea Artists Perform • 8:30 – 8:50 a.m. “Incredible Sounds of Alec Sweazy on the Accordion” Lower Level Conference Center • 9:05 and 9:25 a.m. Performing Modern Dance: From A to B, Choreography: Kathleen Pender, Cary Bittinger,

Angelique Lele Music: Animal Collective. Danced by: Kathleen Pender, Cary Bittinger, Angelique Lele.How do you continue to connect with others when you’re not the same as you used to be? This piece is an exploration through the labyrinths created in our lives that connect us and at the same time, make us feel lost.Lower Level Conference Center Auditorium

• 9:10 to 9:30 a.m. “Incredible Sounds of Alec Sweazy on the Accordion” ART FAIR, 2nd Floor Lobby

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9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. MSCOD Presents: Art Fair Featuring Artists with Disabilities

The ART FAIR continues ALL DAY. Artists are available for everyone ALL DAY. Please connect with an artist to check out cool art for sale and to support employment to Artists with disabilities. The ART FAIR seeks to bringtogether artists with folks who appreciate art and want to get some holiday shopping crossed off their list of things to do!

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9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 25th Anniversary of the ADA Celebration Recap • MSCOD offers fine art posters created to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the passage of the ADA

9:00– 9:30 a.m. and 2:30– 3:00 p.m. - Posters signed by the Artists: Josh Paisley, Renee Grainger Smithand Michelle Morine-Chapa

• A slideshow of event photographs available to view • The 25th Anniversary of the ADA wooden sculpture will be available for you to write down your thoughts on a

Post-It™ note. The Post-It™ note questions are:

• Name one thing EMPLOYERS can do to increase hiring, retaining and promoting people with disabilities. • Name one thing PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES can do to increase cultural awareness of what the disability

community brings employment.

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PROGRAMReasonable Accommodations Provided, DEADLINE FOR REQUESTING ACCOMMODATIONS: 10/23/15

SCENT FREE Event

9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Minnesota Business Leadership Network (MNBLN) Presents: Career Fair with Private and Public Employers, including Resumé Review and Mock Interviews

The CAREER FAIR continues ALL DAY. Employers and Job Seekers are encouraged to connect with one another and join other programming as interested. The CAREER FAIR seeks to connect local employers with qualified students, recent graduates, veterans and job seekers with disabilities to provide candidates access to employment opportunities and experiences that will help to build careers and diversify businesses.

Sessions • Resumé Review: Sign up to have your resume reviewed. Human Resource professionals are available to

review your resumé to help make it shine.

• Mock Interviews: Sign up for a mock interview. Employers and Human Resource professionals are available

to practice your interview skills.

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9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. MN Spinal Cord Injury Association (MNSCIA) Presents: Resource Vendor Fair with Private and Public Resource Organizations

The RESOURCE FAIR continues all day. Resource providers are available for attendees all day. Attendees andResource Vendors are encouraged to connect with one another and join other programming as interested. The RESOURCE FAIR seeks to bring together professionals, employers and individuals with all types of disabilities.

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11:30 a.m. Lunch St. Paul Location Only, Registration Required - Lower Level Conference Center Auditorium

Noon – 1:00 p.m. tpt Live Statewide Broadcast - “Brown Bag Lunch”Join the discussion throughout Minnesota on Twitter (@MSCOD) & Facebook (facebook.com/ MSCOD25thADAcelebration)Featuring Former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, Senate sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Lex Freiden, Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Director, ILRU program at TIRR Memorial Hermann and Civilian Architect of the ADA and Minnesota Employers, Job Seekers, Employees and Policy Makers.ASL and Audio Description provided. Television broadcast is open captioned.

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1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Statewide Employment Dialogue (immediately following the tpt live Broadcast) The St. Paul Employment Dialogue is facilitated by Cindy Tarshish of ADA Minnesota.

Featured Employers are Medtronic and Mayo Clinics Employment Dialogues are being facilitated in Mankato and Duluth.

ASL, CART and Audio Description provided.

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1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Q&A with Former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin & “Brown Bag Lunch” Employers (St. Paul location only) Facilitated by George Shardlow, Masters of Public Policy This question/answer session will give

participants the opportunity to ask questions of Former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin and featured employers of the noon hour “Brown Bag Lunch.”

ASL, CART and Audio Description provided.

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2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Refreshments and Performers with Disabilities“Almost Famous” Performing Artist Joseph Baird, Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist and Inspirational Speaker

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3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Career Fair, Resource Fair & Artist Fair continue

10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Minnesota State Council on Disability (MSCOD) Presents Breakout Sessions: Accommodations by request

• Employment Under OlmsteadSpeakers: Darlene Zangara, Ph.D, Director of the Olmstead Implementation Office and Alex Bartolic,Director - Disability Services, MN Department of Human Services The Olmstead Plan seeks to ensureMinnesota will be a place where people with disabilities are living, learning, working and enjoying life inthe most integrated way possible. This presentation will provide the audience with a broad overview of theMinnesota Olmstead Plan that seeks to impact the lives of people with disabilities.

• Is the ADA “Working” for You? – Employment and the ADASpeaker: Cindy Tarshish, ADA Minnesota This session will cover the employment title of the Americans withDisabilities Act. Topics include: overview of the ADA, interviews, disability definition under the ADA, disclosure,reasonable accommodations, local and national resources and more. Come to learn, questions welcome.

• Twin Cities Public Television (tpt ) Documentary – The ADA at 25: Disability Rights in MinnesotaFacilitated by Former Senator David Durenberger The tpt documentary is a people’s story of a grass rootsmovement that led to one of the major pieces of civil rights legislation in US history. Issues that motivatedthis effort were driven by stigma, employment and accessibility – issues that are still significant today. Thisprogram shows viewers what is possible so they can overcome their own stereotypes, that jobs andaccessibility are not only governed by laws but by public perception.

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This work is funded with money from the Arts and Cultural Heritage fund that was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.