Please join CICU at the Third Annual New York State Disability Rights & Employment Awareness Month (DREAM) Symposium on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, sponsored by:

  • The NYS Office of the Chief Disability Officer (CDO)
  • The NYS Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)
  • The NYS Department of Labor (DOL)
  • The NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH)
  • The NYS Department of Civil Service (DCS)
  • The NYS Education Department (SED/ACCES-VR)
  • The NYS Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS/CFB)
  • The NYS Office of General Services (OGS)
  • The NYS Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB)
  • The NYS Division of Human Rights (DHR)
  • The NYS Office of Employee Relations (OER)
  • The Yang Tan Institute at Cornell

The Symposium acknowledges the rights that people with disabilities are entitled to, celebrates the extreme value that disabled New Yorkers bring to the workforce, and assists in matching prospective qualified candidates with employers. The highlights of the event include a vendor and technology fair, ten workshops (tentatively scheduled), an in-person job fair, a Special Olympic Interactive Athletic Event, and more!

More information, including registration details, is available here.

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