WEBVTT 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:17.000 WELCOME EVERYONE. YOU'RE AT FOSTERINGING 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:21.000 RURAL CONNECTIONS AND WE'LL GET STARTED SHORTLY. 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:25.000 I'M GONNA ASK THAT IF YOU'RE NOT AN IN 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:28.000 TERPRETER OR MYSELF YOU PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA OFF FOR NOW 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:58.000 . 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:05.000 ALL RIGHT. HELLO AND WELCOME. I AM 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:08.000 BRITTANY. I AM AN APRIL BOARD MEMBER AND THE 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:11.000 FACILITATOR FOR OUR 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:14.000 WORKSHOP TODAY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR FOST 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:17.000 ERING RURAL CONNECTIONS. BEFORE WE GET STARTED I DO 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:20.000 WANT TO MENTION A FEW HOUSE KEEPING 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:23.000 ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE IS YOU'RE 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.000 GONNA WANT TO SCROLL OVER THE SCREEN TO FIND 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:30.000 MENU BAR POP UPS. DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU'RE USING WHETHER 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:33.000 THAT IS COMPUTER, TABLET, PHONE, YOU 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:36.000 CAN FIND THE MENU BAR AT EITHER THE TOP OR 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:39.000 BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN. IN THAT MENU BAR 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:42.000 , IS ALSO WHERE YOU WILL FIND CLOSED 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:45.000 CAPTIONING FOR TODAY'S SESSION. 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:48.000 YOU CAN VIEW CAPTIONING BY SELECTING THE 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:53.000 CC TAB ON THE MENU BAR 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:56.000 . FOR SIGN LANGUAGE THETERPRETING 00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:00.000 THE INTERPRETER SHOULD BE ON SCREEN AND WE DO HAVE 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:03.000 SLIDES SHOWN. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE SIZE 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:06.000 OF THE SCREEN FOR THE SLIDES OR INTERPRETER, 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:09.000 YOU CAN SELECT THE LINE IN THE MIDDLE TO 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:13.000 MAKE THE SCREEN EITHER LARGER OR SMALLER. 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:16.000 IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY TECHNICAL 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:19.000 ISSUES PLEASE USE THE CHAT FEATURE FOR ASSISTANCE 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:22.000 . THERE SHOULD BE WHAT LOOKS LIKE A WORD 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:25.000 BUBBLE IN THAT SAME MENU BAR, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:29.000 TURN THE CHAT FEATURE OFF, YOU CAN DO THIS BY 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:32.000 PRESSING ALT, PLUS THE LETTER H 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:36.000 . THERE WILL BE Q AND A 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:39.000 OPPORTUNITIES DURING THIS PRESENTATION. SO PLEASE 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:42.000 PAY ATTENTION TO THE 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:45.000 Q AND A BOX ON THE MENU BAR FOR THOSE TIMES. 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:49.000 ONLY PUT QUESTIONS THERE, OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT GET LOST IN THE CHAT 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:52.000 . YOU CAN ALSO 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:55.000 ASK A QUESTION OR MAKE A COMMENT BY 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:59.000 SELECTING THE HAND RAISE OPTION IN THE MENU BAR 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:03.000 . THAT WILL LET US KNOW YOU HAVE A QUESTION AND FOR THOSE 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:06.000 OF YOU ON THE PHONE OR USING KEY STROKES, YOU CAN 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:09.000 PRESS STAR 9, OR ALTPLUS THE 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:13.000 LETTER Y ON YOUR KEY PAD TO RAISE YOUR 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:17.000 HAND. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CAN 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:20.000 UNMUTE AND YOU CAN UNMUTE BY PRESSING ALTPLUS THE LETTER A 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:23.000 , IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE USING KEY STROKES. 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:26.000 JUST A REMINDER, IF YOU DO JOIN INTO 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:29.000 OUR CONVERSATION, PLEASE DO YOUR BEST TO KEEP THE BACKGROUND 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:32.000 NOISE DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:36.000 HEAR YOU CLEARLY. AND WITH THAT I'M GONNA TURN IT 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:39.000 OVER TO ONE OF OUR PRESENTERS 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:42.000 , RAYNA. 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:47.000 >> 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:51.000 RAYNAYOU'RE ON MUTE 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:54.000 . >> BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS NOW 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:57.000 . GOOD MORNING OR AFTERNOON DEPENDING 00:03:57.000 --> 00:04:01.000 ON WHERE YOU'RE AT. I'M IN MONTANA SO 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:04.000 IT IS 11:30. 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:08.000 SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OUR SESSION ON FOSTERING RURAL CONNECTION 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:11.000 S. AND WE'LL INTRODUCE OURSELVES IN A 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:14.000 MINUTE BUT I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT ON THIS INTRO 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:17.000 DUCTORY SLIDE THERE ARE FOUR LOGOS CONNECT 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:21.000 ED TO OUR PRESENTATION. THE FIRST IS A MAROON 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:24.000 AND GRAY LOGO FOR THE RURAL INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:27.000 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA. AND THE 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:30.000 RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTER ON 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:33.000 DISABILITY AND RURAL COMMUNITY OR 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:36.000 RTC RURAL. SECOND LOGO IS FOR 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:39.000 NORTH WEST GEORGIA CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING IN BLUE 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:42.000 AND GREEN WITH SUBTITLE OF EMPOWERING PEOPLE WHO 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:45.000 HAVE DISABILITIES. THE THIRD LOGO IS THE 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:49.000 ABLE SOUTH CAROLINA LOGO IN GRAY AND WHITE AND 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:52.000 THE FINAL LOGO WHICH WILL BE ON EACH OF THE CONTENT 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:55.000 SLIDES, IS THE RURAL COMMUNITY LIVING 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:58.000 DEVELOPMENT LOGO WITH A GREEN AND PURPLE HOUSE WITH 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:02.000 YELLOW AND PURPLE AND RED STICK PEOPLE BETWEEN THE 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:05.000 HOUSES AND THE RURAL COMMUNITY 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:08.000 LIVING DEVELOPMENT TEXT IN GREEN AND RED 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:15.000 , YELLOW, AND PURPLE. 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:18.000 GREAT, SO FIRST WE'RE GONNA INTRODUCE OUR 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:21.000 SELVES. CHRISTINA. 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:24.000 >> THANK YOU RAYNA >> MY NAME IS CHRISTINA, 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:27.000 EXATIVE DIRECTOR OF NORTH WEST CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING. 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:31.000 MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE AND HERS. I 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:34.000 AM A WHITE WOMAN, I HAVE BLONDE HAIR. 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:38.000 I'M IN MY BASEMENT 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:41.000 OFFICE AND BEHIND ME IS MY RAGDY AND A 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:44.000 NDY COLLECTION AND I HAVE A LAMP BEHIND ME AND 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:55.000 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY. >> 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:58.000 GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I'M DORI AND SO 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:01.000 EXCITED TO BE HERE. I'M WITH ABLE SOUTH CAROLINA. I 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:04.000 AM THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:07.000 AND CONSUMER RIGHTS AND MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE, HER, AND HERS 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:10.000 . AND I AM A WHITE 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:14.000 WOMAN WITH RED SHORT HAIR. I HAVE 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:17.000 A BLACK AND WHITE STRIPED DRESS ON 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:20.000 WITH BLACK LEGGINGS AND BLACK BOOTS AND I HAVE BLUE 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:23.000 EYES AND I AM ALSO A 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:26.000 PROUD INDIVIDUAL WITH BOTH THE DEVELOPMENT DISABILITY AND 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:31.000 A PHYSICAL DISABILITY AND WE ARE EXCITED TO BE WITH YOU TODAY 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:35.000 . >> OKAY 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:38.000 . AND I AM RAYNA 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:41.000 SAGE, MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE, HER AND. 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:45.000 I'M A RESEARCHER AT RURAL INSTITUTE FOR IN 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:48.000 CLUSIVE COMMUNITIES AND I'M WEARING A 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:51.000 BLUE DRESS TODAY WITH A FUCHSIA SASH 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:54.000 WHICH IS NOT ON THE SCREEN AND BEHIND ME 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:58.000 IN MY HOME OFFICE ARE MY BOOKS ON A BOOK SHELF 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:02.000 IN THE ORDER OF THE RAINBOW, BY 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:05.000 COLOR. 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:08.000 AND I FORGOT, WE ARE GONNA BE 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:12.000 DOING -- I GOT CAUGHT UP IN MY WHAT 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:15.000 I'M WEARING. BECAUSE THIS 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:18.000 LIKE A BEFORE LUNCH, AFTER LUNCH 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:22.000 THING WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT BE KIND OF TIRED, WE'RE 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:25.000 GONNA BE DOING A FUN ACTIVITY RELATED TO RURAL 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:28.000 MOVIES AND TV SHOWS. SO THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION THERE 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:31.000 WILL BE IMAGES FROM VARIOUS MOVIES AND 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:35.000 TV SHOWS THAT ARE SET IN RURAL PLACES. FOR EXAMPLE, 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:38.000 ON THIS SLIDE THERE IS A GROUP OF 8 INDIVIDUALS OF VARIOUS 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:41.000 AGES, RACES AND GENDERS STANDING IN 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:44.000 A HARVESTED FIELD AND WHAT WE ARE GONNA 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:47.000 ASK YOU TO DO IS TO 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:50.000 GUESS WHAT MOVIE OR TV SHOW THIS IS 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:54.000 AND THEN YOU CAN DROP THAT IN THE CHAT AND THEN AT THE END 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:57.000 WE'LL REVEAL THE ANSWERS. SO WE'LL 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:09.000 BE DOING THAT THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:12.000 . DORI. >> GOOD AFTERNOON 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:16.000 . SO WE THOUGHT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:19.000 OUT 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:22.000 REACH IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONNECT OUT REACH WITH RURAL 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:25.000 COMMUNITYS. THIS IS THE PART WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:28.000 ALL TO EITHER RESPOND IN THE CHAT BOX OR UNMUTE YOURSELF 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:31.000 . SO THE FIRST QUESTION WE WANT 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:35.000 TO KNOW FROM ALL OF YOU, WHY ARE RURAL COMMUNITIES 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:38.000 TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED? WHY 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:43.000 ARE RURAL COMMUNITIES TRADITIONALLY 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:46.000 UNDERSERVED? FEEL FREE TO PUT YOUR RESPONSE IN 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:50.000 THE CHAT BOX OR UNMUTE YOUR 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:54.000 SELVES. LOVE IT, LACK OF 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:58.000 SERVICE DUE TO POPULATION OR POVERTY. 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:01.000 THANK YOU ALYSSA. WHO ELSE HAS SOME ANSWER 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:05.000 S? 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:08.000 TRANSPORTATION 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:11.000 . THANKS, APRIL. WHO ELSE HAS ONE? 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:14.000 JAKE SAYS LESS FOCUSED POPULATION 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:18.000 . WHO ELSE WOULD LIKE TO 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:21.000 ADD? CHUCK SAYS TRANSPORTATION TO 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:24.000 EXISTING SERVICES. I'M GIVING 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:27.000 IT JUST ANOTHER MINUTE OR TWO IN CASE PEOPLE WANT TO RESPOND 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:31.000 IS USING THEIR MIC OR ARE STILL TRY 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:35.000 ING TO TYPE IN THE CHAT BOX. 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:38.000 IT'S SPREAD OUT, THANK YOU SAND 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:42.000 Y. GARRET SAYS FUNDING. LIL 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:45.000 Y SAYS UNDER RESOURCEED AND UN 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:48.000 SUPPORTED BY FEDERAL AND STATEMENT PROGRAMS. ALL GREAT ANSWERS 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:51.000 AND APRIL ALSO ADDED TRADITIONALLY 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:55.000 NEIGHBORS TAKE CARE OF NEIGHBORS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. ALL 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:58.000 ANSWERS THAT ARE DEFINITELY APPLICABLE. I 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:01.000 SEE SOME MORE PEOPLE JUST ADDED LESS FUND 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:05.000 ING. DENISE 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:09.000 DISTANCE TO REACH CONSUMERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING. 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:12.000 INTERNET AND PHONE SERVICE CAN BE SPOTTY. OUT REACH CAN BE 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:15.000 HARDER. TRANSPORTATION, 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:18.000 FAMILY AND FRIENDS HELP EACH OTHER OR THEY GO WITHOUT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:21.000 AWARE OF SERVICES. AMANDA SAYS PEOPLE DON'T 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:25.000 EVEN KNOW SERVICES EXIST. JILL ADDED IN RURAL POVERTY HAS 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:28.000 TO BE ADDRESSED DIFFERENTLY FROM THE MET RO 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:31.000 ROPOLITAN POVERTY AND 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:34.000 CATHY ADDED IN RURAL COMMUNITIES THEY 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:37.000 MAY NOT TRUST OUT SIDERS OR PEOPLE THEY VIEW 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:41.000 FROM THE BIG CITY OR ANOTHER AREA THAT ISN'T 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:44.000 IN THERE HOME COMMUNITY. GREAT ANSWER 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:47.000 S AND RAYNA, DID YOU WANT TO DECRIBE STH 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:51.000 THE PICTURE? >> 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:59.000 YEAH, YES. SO THIS IS 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:02.000 AN IMAGE THAT IN 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:06.000 CLUDES TWO YOUNG NATIVE AMERICAN 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:09.000 MEN STANDING IN FRONT OF A WOODEN BUILDING 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:16.000 . 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:19.000 >> DORI, DID 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:22.000 YOU WANT ME TO DO THIS ONE? 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:25.000 >> NO, JUST MY HANDS WITH MY DIS 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:29.000 ABILITIES IT DIDN'T CLICK THE WHOLE WAY. SO THINKING 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:32.000 ABOUT WHY CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:35.000 ARE SO IMPORTANT AND WHY WE ARE 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:39.000 ABLE TO ADD SUCH A GREAT COMPONENT TO 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:42.000 RURAL COMMUNITIES. AND THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:45.000 YOU ALL PROVIDED TO WHAT MAKES OUT 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:49.000 REACH MAYBE MORE DIFFICULT IN SERVING RURAL 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:52.000 COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO KNOW THOUGH FROM YOU 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:56.000 , WHAT MAKES CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING SO 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:59.000 UNIQUE IN BEING ABLE TO DO OUTREACH? WE'D 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:02.000 LIKE TO HEAR YOUR INPUT? WHAT MAKE 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:06.000 S CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:09.000 LIVING UNIQUE IN BEING ABLE TO DO COMMUNITY OUT 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:13.000 REACH? WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR RESPONSES. FEEL 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:17.000 FREE TO UNMUTE. JAKE SAYS WE'RE ABLE TO AD 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:20.000 VERTISE ANYWHERE. COMMUNITY BOARDS, SCHOOLS. AMAND 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:23.000 A SAID THEY MAY NOT TRUST NONINDIGENOUS PEOPLE 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:26.000 . NO PROBLEM. WHAT ELSE EVERYBODY 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:30.000 ? WHAT WOULD MAKE US AS CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:33.000 LIVING, UNIQUE IN BEING ABLE TO 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:37.000 DO OUTREACH IN RURAL 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:40.000 COMMUNITIES? WHAT MAKES US STAND OUT 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:43.000 MAYBE FROM OTHER GROUPS THAT MIGHT MAKE 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:46.000 US UNIQUE IN BEING ABLE TO DO SO 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:50.000 ? APRIL SAYS MORE FLEXIBLE, GREAT. WHAT 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:53.000 ELSE? IF ANYBODY WANTS TO 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:56.000 UNMUTE FEEL FREE. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:59.000 SAMANTHA SAYS 00:12:59.000 --> 00:13:02.000 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE THE PROVIDERS, WOO-H 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:05.000 OO, GREAT ANSWER. ANYONE ELSE 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:09.000 ? I'M JUST 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:12.000 GIVING IT A MINUTE OR TWO IN CASE THE 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:16.000 CHAT IS CATCHING UP WITH THE TYPING. >> REMEMBER IF YOU WANT 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:19.000 TO UNMUTE YOU CAN PRESS STAR 9 OR YOU CAN PRESS 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:22.000 THE HAND RAISE OPTION. >> AMANDA SHARED 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:25.000 WE HAVE DISABILITIES AND MIGHT BE ABLE 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:28.000 TO RELATE DIFFERENTLY TO THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:31.000 . GREAT. 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:34.000 WELL, I WILL SEE IF 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:37.000 ANYTHING COMES UP BUT WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. IF ANYONE 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:40.000 ELSE SHARES I WILL ADD IT. JUST PUT IN THERE 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:43.000 JUST BEING LOCAL AND HAVING THAT CONNECTION 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:47.000 WITH THE PEOPLE. GREAT FRIENDS. 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:51.000 DIVERSITY FROM JEAN. THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU ALL HAVE 00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:54.000 SAID IN THE ANSWERS TO THE FIRST TWO 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:57.000 QUESTIONS IS REALLY WHAT WENT INTO US 00:13:57.000 --> 00:14:00.000 DEVELOPING THE RURAL COMMUNITY LIVING 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:03.000 DEVELOPMENT PEER MENTORING MODEL FOR CENTERS FOR 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:06.000 INDEPENDENT LIVING AND STAFF THAT WORK THERE. 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:10.000 NOT ONLY WAS THE PREMISE THAT 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:13.000 IT BE PEER TO PEER JUST LIKE CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:16.000 LIVING WERE FOUNDED ON A PEER 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:20.000 TO PEER BASIS. WELL, SO IS THIS MENTOR PROGRAM 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:23.000 . IT IS BASED ON THE PEER TO PEER MODEL. AND LOOK 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:26.000 ING AT HOW WE CAN PARTNER AS 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:29.000 CIL STAFF WHO ARE SKILLED IN RURAL COMMUNITY 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:33.000 OUTREACH WITH CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING STAFF 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:36.000 INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING AND PRACTICING 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:39.000 THESE SKILLS. EACH OF OUR CENTERS 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:42.000 FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING HAVE PEOPLE ON STAFF THAT KNOW PEOPLE WHO 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:45.000 ARE CONNECTED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:48.000 BUT HOW DO WE HELP THOSE THAT WORK ON OUR 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:51.000 STAFF THAT MAY NOT HAVE THOSE CONNECTIONS? 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:55.000 HOW CAN WE MENTOR EACH OTHER SO THAT WE 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:58.000 ALL BUILD STRONG COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND WE ARE ALL ABLE TO 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:01.000 REACH RURAL COMMUNITIES IN A WAY THAT THEY FEEL CONNECT 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:04.000 ED TO OUR SERVICES AS WELL? 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:08.000 AND THIS IS A 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:11.000 FILM WITH BOTH A WOMAN 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:14.000 WITH BLONDE, SHORT HAIR WHO IS WHITE AND 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:17.000 A GENTLEMEN WHO IS TALL WITH CURLY BROWN 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:21.000 HAIR AND HE IS WEARING A BLUE SHIRT AND HAS 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:24.000 WHISKERS AND PART OF A START OF A 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:27.000 BEARD. WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:30.000 SO 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:34.000 WE'RE ALL ABOUT HEARING FROM YOU AND WE LIKE 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:37.000 INTERACTION ON OUR TEAM. THAT'S PROBABLY WHY WE ALL WORK 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:40.000 SO WELL TOGETHER. SO WE WANT TO KNOW FROM 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:43.000 YOUR PAST EXPERIENCE WITH COMMUNITY OUT 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:46.000 REACH AND OUTREACHING TO RURAL COMMUNITIES IN 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:50.000 YOUR AREA, WHAT ARE SOME METHODS YOU ALL HAVE 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:53.000 USED SO FAR? CAN 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:56.000 YOU ALL TELL 00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:00.000 US A METHOD YOU USED TO DO RURAL COMMUNITY OUT REACH 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:03.000 ? >> JAMES SAID THEY USED SOCIAL 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:06.000 MEDIA. TELL US SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS? OTHER CENTERS FOR 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:09.000 INDEPENDENT LIVING ARE DOING IN UTILIZING? 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:13.000 I LOVE IT, TRANSITION CLASSES WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:16.000 S. PARTNERING WITH CHURCH 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:19.000 GROUPS IN RURAL AREAS. SOCIAL 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:22.000 MEDIA, EMAIL, NEWSLETTERS. SOCIAL MEDIA 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:25.000 NEWSPAPER AND RADIO STATIONS. TABLES 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:29.000 AT FLEA MARKETS. I'M GIVING IT A MINUTE TO 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:32.000 SEE IF ANYONE ELSE THINKS OF ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANT TO 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:40.000 ADD OR UNMUTE YOURSELF AND SHARE. 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:43.000 PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY BOARDS A 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:46.000 CROSS ENTIRE SERVICE AREA 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:50.000 S. TALKING TO YOUR NEIGHBOR 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:53.000 S. CALLING TREES. THAT'S LIKE WHERE 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:57.000 YOU CALL DIFFERENT GROUPS AND THEY CALL SOMEBODY ELSE SO THAT YOU ALL 00:16:57.000 --> 00:17:00.000 STAY INTERCONNECTED. SATELLITE OFFICES 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:03.000 IN THESE AREAS. THESE ARE GREAT ANSWERS AND IT IS NICE 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:07.000 WHEN WE ALL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:10.000 STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE UTILIZING MUCH 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:13.000 LIKE THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE WHEN WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND MENTOR EACH OTHER 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:16.000 WE CAN ONLY MAKE OUTREACH BETTER FOR EVERYONE IN 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:19.000 RURAL AREAS. HOLD VARIOUS 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:23.000 COMMUNITY EVENTS, YES. GIVING IT 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:26.000 ONE MORE MINUTE AND THEN WE'LL SWITCH THE 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:29.000 SLIDE IN CASE ANYBODY ELSE WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:32.000 . 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:35.000 ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IF 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:39.000 ANYTHING POPS UP IN THE CHAT BOX I WILL SHARE IT 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:42.000 . SO 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:45.000 THINKING ABOUT ALL THAT WE'VE DONE, WE WANTED TO 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:48.000 TALK WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THE PILOT 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:52.000 CURRICULUM. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:55.000 YOU HAVE A POINT TO START AT 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:58.000 . NO MATTER WHERE WE SERVE 00:17:58.000 --> 00:18:02.000 , NO MATTER WHAT STATE WE LIVE IN, SNOW 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:05.000 NO MATTER WHAT COMMUNITIES WE SERVE WE ALL HAVE TO HAVE 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:08.000 A STARTING POINT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE STARTED WORKING ON NUMBER 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:11.000 ONE, IS HOW DO WE PUT TOGETHER RURAL OUT 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:14.000 REACH AND NETWORKING STRATEGIES THAT EVERYONE CAN 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:18.000 UTILIZE? SO WE LOOKED AT SOME FUN INTER 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:21.000 ACTIVE ACTIVITIES AND I'M GONNA SHARE A LITTLE 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:25.000 BIT OF ONE WITH YOU AND WE PROVIDED THE HAND 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:28.000 OUT THAT IS IN OUR PRESENTATION MATERIAL SO 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:31.000 IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO UTILIZE THEM, YOU CAN. 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:34.000 WE DID AN ACTIVITY THAT WE PUT 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:37.000 TOGETHER IT IS CALLED KNOW BEFORE YOU GO 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:40.000 , AND IT WAS AN ACTIVITY THAT HELPS YOU 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:43.000 TO DO RESEARCH ABOUT THE RURAL AREA YOU WANT 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:47.000 TO CONNECT WITH OR YOU WANT TO CONNECT IN 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:50.000 . BECAUSE IT IS REALLY VITAL THAT 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:53.000 WE KNOW THE COMMUNITY WE'RE OUTREACH 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:57.000 ING TO BECAUSE SOME 00:18:57.000 --> 00:19:00.000 STRATEGIES WILL WORK. THERE ARE CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:03.000 S WHO MAY NEED VARIOUS ACCOMMODATIONS 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:06.000 OR INDIVIDUAL OF DIFFERENT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND WE 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:10.000 NEED TO KNOW THAT BEFORE WE GO IN. WE NEED TO KNOW 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:13.000 THE COMMUNITY LEADERS. WE NEED TO KNOW THE 00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:17.000 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OR STORE 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:20.000 S OR BUSINESSES THAT STAND OUT THAT PEOPLE 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:23.000 FREQUENT. SO THIS 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:27.000 ACTIVITY THAT WE PUT TOGETHER HELPS YOU TO LOOK AT WHO LIVES 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:30.000 THERE? WHAT KINDS OF JOBS ARE THERE? AND 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:33.000 THE INFORMATION HANDOUT HAS INFORMATION ON USING 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:36.000 ONLINE DATA TO EXPLORE THE 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:39.000 DISABILITY RATES AS WELL AS OTHER FACTORS 00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:43.000 IMPACTING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN OUR 00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:46.000 RURAL COMMUNITIES THAT YOU SERVE. 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:49.000 ANOTHER THING WE DECIDED WAS WE ALL HAVE TO LOOK AT 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:53.000 OUR CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING AND LOOK AT WHERE 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:56.000 WE ARE. ARE WE READY TO JUST 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:59.000 JUMP INTO A RURAL COMMUNITY AND JUST START 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:02.000 DOING OUTREACH OR DO WE NEED TO DO SOME 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:06.000 PREPARATION BEFORE WE GO? SO HERE'S SOME 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:09.000 QUESTIONS WE PUT TOGETHER THAT IS PART OF AP 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:12.000 AN ACTIVITY 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:16.000 ON CIL READINESS IN ORDER TO HELP YOU SUPPORT 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:19.000 YOUR RURAL OUT REACH AND NETWORK 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:23.000 S. NUMBER ONE QUESTION, 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:26.000 DO YOUR EXATIVE DIRECTOR AND OTHER SERVICES 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:30.000 VALUE SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS. WE ALL 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:33.000 HAVE TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE BEFORE WE'RE OUT CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITY. 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:36.000 THEN YOU WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT CONNECTIONS DO 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:39.000 YOU AND YOUR CIL AND PEOPLE AT YOUR CIL 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:42.000 ALREADY HAVE? ARE YOU A PART OF COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT 00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:46.000 ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED? I HEARD SOME OF 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:49.000 YOU MENTIONING SITTING 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:52.000 ON BOARDS 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:56.000 COUNTALS. DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE ON STAFF 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:59.000 THAT LIVES IN THAT COMMUNITY OR GREW UP THERE AND HAS A CONNECTION TO THAT 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:03.000 COMMUNITY? THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. DO YOU HAVE 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:06.000 STAFF THAT SHARE PEER CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMBERS 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:09.000 IN THE COMMUNITY YOU'RE TARGETING? SUCH AS 00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:12.000 IDENTIFYING BLACK AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:15.000 OF COLOR, HISPANIC OR AND 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:19.000 LATIN X OR AGE GROUPS OR SHARED EXPERIENCES. DO YOU HAVE 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:22.000 PEOPLE WITH DIVERSE EXPERIENCES SUCH AS 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:26.000 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, VIOLENCE OR OTHER TRAUMA 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:29.000 ? DO WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS OF THE LG 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:32.000 BTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY THAT ARE IN 00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:35.000 THESE COMMUNITIES? BEFORE WE EMBARK WE THEED 00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:39.000 NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY THAT WE CAN 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:42.000 UTILIZE TO FIND SUCCESS AND CONNECT WITH THE 00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:45.000 INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE THERE. ANOTHER ACTIVITY WE 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:49.000 SUGGESTED WAS HAVING A MEETING OR A COFFEE 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:52.000 WITH A CONNECTED PERSON OR CONNECTED LEADERS 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:55.000 IN THAT COMMUNITY. IT REALLY DOES MAKE A 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:59.000 DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR YOU 00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:02.000 . AND THEN THE MOVIE IMAGE ON THIS SLIDE 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:05.000 IS OF TWO MEN, ONE WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL DIS 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:09.000 ABILITY SITTING IN A FOREST. AND I AM 00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:12.000 REALLY PLEASED AND PASSIONATE THAT I GET 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:15.000 TO WORK WITH BOTH RAYN 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:19.000 A AND MY COLLEAGUE CHRISTINA WHO IS GONNA 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:22.000 TAKE OVER FROM HERE. >> THANK YOU DOR 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:25.000 I. THE NEXT SLIDE IS GETTING PEOPLE 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:29.000 INVOLVED AND I THINK EVERYBODY AT 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:32.000 ONE TIME HAD AN EVENT WHERE THEY ONLY HAD A FEW 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:35.000 OR MAYBE NOBODY SHOWS I KNOW WE HAD A COUPLE OF THOSE. THIS 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:39.000 IS ABOUT BUILDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAMS. IF D 00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:42.000 ORI AND RAYNA COULD 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:45.000 WATCH THE CHAT WITH ME. I'M BLIND SO IF ANYBODY WANTS 00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:48.000 TO JUMP IN AND TALK THAT WOULD BE PERFECT. >> (INAUDIBLE) 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:51.000 >> YEAH, THANK YOU, DORI 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:56.000 , I APPRECIATE IT. 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:59.000 ONE EXAMPLE IS CIL STAFF AND EXPERIENCES. IF 00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:02.000 ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THEIR CI 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:05.000 L STAFF EXPERIENCES. I KNOW WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:08.000 . WE HAVE STAFF WHO 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:11.000 HAVE NEVER MET A STRANGER. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:14.000 ON OUR STAFF THEY KNOW ALL THE ASSIST 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:17.000 ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SO THERE IS ALL KINDS OF 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:21.000 SKILLS THAT CAN BE BROUGHT FL TO OUT REACH. 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:24.000 ONE OF THE ACTIVITY IS WHO IS IN YOUR OWN ORGAN 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:27.000 IZATION AND WHO SHOULD GET INVOLVED. IF YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR STAFF 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:30.000 AT CIL SOMETIMES YOU CAN LEARN NEW THINGS BY TALKING 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:33.000 IN YOUR STAFF MEETINGS. I KNOW WE HAVE. 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:37.000 I'M GONNA READ SOME NOTES IN BRAILLE. 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:40.000 WHAT ARE THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES OF THE 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:43.000 WORK IN YOUR CIL BECAUSE YOU ALSO HAVE STAFF 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:46.000 DO AN ACTIVITY THAT LIST THEIR STRENGTHS AND SKILLS 00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:50.000 . WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE AN 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:52.000 ENCYCLOPEDIA IF SOMEBODY WAS TO DO THAT. 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:55.000 ONE TEAM ACTIVITY I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE FUN, IS HAVE A GROUP 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:58.000 MAKE A LIST OF POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE 00:23:58.000 --> 00:24:02.000 COMMUNITY AND ACTIVITY BECAUSE YOU HAVE OKNOW 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:05.000 THE THE COMMUNITY YOU'RE GOING INTO. I HAD TIMES WHEN WE FIRST 00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:08.000 STARTED OUR CENTER WE DID GO KIND OF I GUESS 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:11.000 YOU WOULD SAY DO COLD CALLS WHERE WE GO INTO THE 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:15.000 COMMUNITY AND NOT NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT WAS IN IT 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:18.000 . AND EACH COMMUNITY A 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:21.000 FEW SAME ONE ROW COMMUNITY THAT IS ALL YOU 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:24.000 HAVE EVER SEEN BECAUSE EACH RURAL COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT. SO 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:27.000 IF YOU CAN 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:30.000 HIGHLIGHT THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE YOUR COMMUNITY BASED 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:33.000 TEAMS BRAINSTORM ABOUT POSITIVE ASPECTS BECAUSE WHEN YOU 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:37.000 GO INTO SOME COMMUNITY AND I KNOW I WORKED 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:40.000 AT THE CENTER FOR 17 YEARS, 00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:44.000 YOU SOMETIMES YOU GOIN AND THEY DON'T HAVE 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:47.000 MUCH TRANSPORTATION OR THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH EM 00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:50.000 PLOYMENT. BUT THERE IS LOT OF POSITIVE ASPECTS. YOU NEVER KNOW 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:53.000 IF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY HAVE THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE 00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:56.000 LIVED AND BEEN THERE FOR THEIR WHOLE LIVES 00:24:56.000 --> 00:25:00.000 . SO YOU HAVE TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THEY THINK 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:03.000 OF THEIR COMMUNITY. HEAR THEIR VOICES AND ONE OF 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:06.000 THE THINGS WE DID TO BRING 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:09.000 OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER, WE ARE DOING SPOTLIGHTS 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:12.000 . THESE SPOTLIGHTS WHAT WE 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:16.000 HAVE DONE BUT WITH SPOTLIGHTS WITH THE COUNTY AND WE TALKED 00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:19.000 ABOUT OUR CIL, BUT WE ALSO 00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:22.000 WE MOSTLY LISTENED AT WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:26.000 . SOMETIMES WE WERE SURPRISED BECAUSE IT WASN'T ALL ABOUT 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:29.000 HOUSING OR TRANSPORTATION LIKE WE ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT MIGHT 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:33.000 BE. 00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:36.000 LET ME GET TO MY NEXT NOTES. JUST A 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:39.000 SECOND. THERE IS ONE ACTIVITY I THOUGHT WOULD BE 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:42.000 FUN. ONE PERSON IS THE INTERVIEWER. 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:45.000 AND THE OTHER ONE TELLS A STORY. IT MAY BE A 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:49.000 PERSON WHO HAS A DISABILITY OR KNOWS SOMEBODY IN 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:52.000 THAT COMMUNITY WHO HAS A DISABILITY AND THE OTHER PERSON ASK 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:55.000 S A QUESTIONS TO LEARN AS MUCH AS 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:58.000 POSSIBLE ABOUT THE RESOURCES OF THAT COMMUNITY AND THE OTHER PERSON TELL 00:25:58.000 --> 00:26:01.000 S WHAT THEY USE IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS WHETHER IT BE 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:04.000 TRANSPORTATION OR WHAT NOT. AND 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:08.000 THEY USUALLY DO THIS LIKE 5 TO 7 MINUTES AND 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:13.000 THEN YOU FLIP THAT AROUND AND THEY CAN REVERSE IT. 00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:16.000 CERTAIN STAFF MAY KNOW MORE ABOUT -- WE HAVE CERTAIN 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:19.000 STAFF THAT KNOW MORE ABOUT OTHER COUNTIES OR DIFFERENT COUNTIES AND 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:23.000 WHEN WE KNOW THAT A STAFF HAS CONNECTIONS IN THAT COUNT 00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:26.000 Y OR YOU KNOW, OR THEY LIVE IN THAT COUNTY, WE 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:29.000 GO TO THEM TO FIND OUT WHAT DIRECTION TO GO IN 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:33.000 TO. FOR OUR 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:36.000 SPOTLIGHT WE ACTUALLY HAD ALL OF THE STAFF GO BECAUSE WE DID A 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:40.000 PRESENTATION ABOUT THE CENTER AND THEN WE 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:43.000 HAD THEM TALK TO US AND THAT IS WHAT WE DID WITH THE NEXT 00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:46.000 SPOTLIGHT. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:50.000 SPOTLIGHTS IN ALL 15 COUNT 00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:53.000 IES WHICH MAY TAKE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF BUT WE'LL DO IT. 00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:57.000 IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE CHAT? 00:26:57.000 --> 00:27:00.000 >> THERE IS ONE HAND UP. I CAN GO A 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:03.000 HEAD AND -- M 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:06.000 ARY, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE 00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:10.000 . >> HI, MAR 00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:16.000 Y. >> 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:20.000 I THINK IT IS V 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:26.000 EMERY, POSSIBLY. >> HELLO. 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:29.000 >> I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED. >> OH 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:34.000 , THERE YOU ARE. 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:37.000 I'M FINE. I THINK SOMETHING FELL ON MY KEY 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:40.000 BOARD. SORRY. >> OH, OKAY 00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:44.000 . GOOD TALKING WITH YOU. 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:47.000 OKAY. WELL, IF THAT'S ALL THEN -- >> 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:50.000 THERE IS ANOTHER ONE. THERE IS ANOTHER HAND 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:53.000 UP. GRACE T 00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:57.000 . >> THIS IS GRACE 00:27:57.000 --> 00:28:00.000 FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. I'VE BEEN THINK 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:04.000 ING ABOUT IT CAN BE HARD TO REACH RURAL 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:07.000 AREAS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF INTER 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:11.000 NET AND ESPECIALLY WITH COVID 00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:15.000 . I WAS JUST GONNA SEE IF YOU HAD ANY 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:18.000 SUGGESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO SORT OF REACH MORE 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:21.000 PEOPLE IN AREAS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE ACCESS 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:25.000 TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND THINGS LIKE THAT? I 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:28.000 USUALLY PROVIDE F 00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:31.000 LYERS FOR OUR PROGRAMS IN THE 00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:34.000 LIBRARY BUT THE THING WITH THAT IS NOW LIKE THE LIBRARY IS ONLY 00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:38.000 ALLOWING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN AT A TIME 00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:41.000 . SO THAT MIGHT NOT BE AS EFFECTIVE. >> 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:45.000 YEAH, WELL, ONE THING WE DO BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE IN OUR 00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:48.000 SERVICES AREA THAT HAS LIKE YOU SAID, LITTLE 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:51.000 ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA. WE ALSO 00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:55.000 GO ON THE RADIO STATIONS AND WE TALK ABOUT 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:58.000 OUR SERVICES THAT WAY AND WE'RE GOING 00:28:58.000 --> 00:29:01.000 TO BE DOING POD CASTS THAT IS GONNA BE 00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:04.000 COMING UP IN ABOUT A MONTH BUT I THINK RADIO STATIONS THAT'S 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:07.000 BEEN VERY HELPFUL ESPECIALLY IN SOME 00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:10.000 OF OUR SMALLER COUNTIES AND THEN THE SPOTLIGHTS OF COURSE YOU 00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:14.000 HAVE TO WATCH IS WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH COVID LIKE YOU SAID 00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:17.000 . BUT THE SPOTLIGHT WE HAD IN WHIT FIELD WE 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:20.000 WERE VERY FORTUNATE. WE GOT A VERY LARGE ROOM. IT WAS SOCIAL 00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:23.000 DISTANCED. WE HAD HAND 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:27.000 SANITIZEER AT THE DOOR AND COULD WEARS MASKS AND 00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:30.000 YEAH, SO THAT IS KIND OF HIT OR MISS BECAUSE YOU 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:33.000 MAY HAVE TO GO TO ZOOM. OF COURSE 00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:36.000 PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT I THINK 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:39.000 JUST WORKING WITH RADIO HAS HELPED A LOT. GETTING 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:42.000 ON TO RADIO SHOWS AND TALKING ABOUT SERVICES 00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:45.000 AND OF COURSE WE'VE ALWAYS GOOD 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:48.000 OLD FASHIONED JUST PICKING UP THE PHONE AND CALLING PEOPLE 00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:52.000 HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HIT WITH US. 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:57.000 THANK YOU. 00:29:57.000 --> 00:30:00.000 >> THANK YOU, 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:03.000 CHRISTINA. >> SO YEAH, 00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:06.000 GRACE, GREAT QUESTION AND THAT'S 00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:10.000 YOU KNOW, WE GOT TOGETHER AND A TEAM OF 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:13.000 SEVEN DORI AND CHRISTINA WERE PART OF THE 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:17.000 TEAM TO BUILD THIS CURRICULUM AND BUILT IT 00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:20.000 OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:23.000 QUESTIONS BECAUSE JUST LIKE YOU SAID, FOR ALL THE 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:26.000 REASONS YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW HARD IT IS SOMETIMES TO REACH PEOPLE 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:29.000 IN YOUR RURAL SERVICE AREA 00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:32.000 S. SO I'M GONNA TALK 00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:36.000 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:39.000 WORKING TOGETHER. SO ANOTHER SESSION IN THE 00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:43.000 CURRICULUM IS ABOUT CULTIVATING 00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:46.000 CURIOSITY TO ESTABLISH HEALTHY GROUP DYNAMICS. SO 00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:49.000 THIS IS YOU HAVE GOTTEN A GROUP OF PEOPLE TOGETHER IN YOUR 00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:52.000 RURAL COMMUNITY THAT INCLUDES SOME OF YOUR C 00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:56.000 IL STAFF AS WELL AS 00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:59.000 OTHERS IN YOUR RURAL SERVICE AREA AND THESE ARE 00:30:59.000 --> 00:31:02.000 JUST SOME FUN ACTIVITIES THAT YOU 00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:06.000 MIGHT WANT TO USE. SO THE FIRST ONE IS AN 00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:09.000 EXAMPLE OF A CONVERSATION CAFE. AND 00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:12.000 IT IS AN ACTIVITY TO HELP CREATE SAFE SPACE 00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:15.000 S. AND TAKES ABOUT AN 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:19.000 HOUR AFTER YOU ESTABLISH GROUP AGREEMENT 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:22.000 S ABOUT JUDGMENT AND TRUST, OPENNESS, 00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:25.000 HONESTY. A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE 00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:28.000 WILL CYCLE THROUGH THESE FOUR SHORT 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:32.000 ROUNDS OF BRIEFLY TALKING ABOUT A TOPIC 00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:35.000 AND THEN GOING INTO A MORE IN DEPTH CONVERSATION ABOUT 00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:38.000 IT. SO YOU GET TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE. 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:42.000 A SECOND ACTIVITY IS A 00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:45.000 1, 2, 4, ALL. IF YOU HAVE A BIGGER GROUP. 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:49.000 SAY YOU HOLD A TOWN HALL IN YOUR RURAL -- 00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:52.000 OR A SPOTLIGHT LIKE CHRISTINA WAS 00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:56.000 TALKING ABOUT. YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO AN ACTIVITY 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:59.000 LIKE THIS. IT INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD THE GROUP 00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:02.000 HEARS FROM EVERYONE. SO PARTICIPANTS FIRST THINK 00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:05.000 ON THEIR OWN ABOUT A TOPIC AND THEN YOU KNOW, LIKE 00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:08.000 YOU MIGHT THROW OUT A QUESTION. 00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:11.000 WHAT IS A CHALLENGE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:15.000 THIS COMMUNITY? AND THEY THINK ABOUT IT 00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:18.000 AND THEN THEY TALK WITH ONE OTHER PERSON. SO THEY PAIR UP 00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:21.000 AND THOSE PAIRS COME TOGETHER IN A GROUP OF FOUR 00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:25.000 , AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE A BIG SHARE OUT 00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:29.000 SO EVERYONE GETS A CHANCE TO TALK. AND THEN THE LAST 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:32.000 ACTIVITY THAT OUR TEAM DEVELOPED 00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:35.000 AND THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THINKING ABOUT GROUP DYNAMIC 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:38.000 S WAS AN 00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:42.000 ACTIVITY CALLED YES AND, AND THIS HELPS 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:45.000 ACKNOWLEDGE DISAGREEMENTS. CONFLICT CAN BE CAUSED BY 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:49.000 SEPARATE COMPETING SETS OF IDEAS IN THESE KINDS OF SET 00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:52.000 INGS. YOU CAN'T SOLVE EVERYTHING AND WE DON'T 00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:55.000 ALWAYS AGREE ON HOW TO SOLVE ISSUES THAT COME 00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:58.000 UP. SO THE YES 00:32:58.000 --> 00:33:01.000 AND, WILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE 00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:04.000 TO DIG IN. SO 00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:08.000 THE MORE SOMEONE'S IDEAS ARE CHALLENGED 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:11.000 SOMETIMES THE MORE THEY WILL DIG IN ON THEIR POSITION AND 00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:15.000 THAT WILL CLOSE THE DOOR ON POSITIVE EFFECT 00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:18.000 IVE COMMUNICATION. SO IN THIS GAME 00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:21.000 THE YES AND FORCES PEOPLE TO AVOID REJECT 00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:25.000 ING OTHER'S IDEAS AND INSTEAD YOU HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GO WITH 00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:28.000 THE FLOW. SO INSTEAD OF NO BUT, 00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:31.000 WE'RE SAYING YES AND. TO BE HONEST I USE THIS IN 00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:34.000 A NUMBER OF RELATIONSHIPS AND IT REALLY 00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:37.000 HELPS KEEP CONVERSATIONS 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:45.000 OPEN AND FLOWING. 00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:48.000 I'M GONNA HAND IT BACK TO CHRISTINA AND D 00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:51.000 ORI -- OH, I'M SORRY 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:55.000 . THE IMAGE ON THIS 00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:58.000 SLIDE IS OF FOUR 00:33:58.000 --> 00:34:02.000 , YOUNG, NATIVE AMERICAN YOUNG A 00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:05.000 DULTS WEARING BLACKJACK 00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:08.000 ING BLACKJACKTS AND BLACK PANTS 00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:12.000 AND WEARING TIES 00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:15.000 AND WALKING DOWN A STREET. NOW I WILL HAND IT OVER TO 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:18.000 CHRISTINA AND DORI 00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:21.000 TO TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES IN IMPLEMENTING THIS 00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:25.000 CURRICULUM. >> 00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:28.000 CHRISTINA, DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST 00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:36.000 ? >> 00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:39.000 THANK YOU, RAYNA. WELL, 00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:42.000 WHEN WE FIRST BEGAN I HAVE BEEN IN THIS PROJECT FROM THE BE 00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:45.000 GINNING SO WE WROTE THE CRU 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:49.000 CURRICULUM AND NOW WE'RE GETTING 00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:52.000 TO TEST DRIVE IT. WE 00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:56.000 CHOSE ONE COUNTY. WE HAVE 15. WE WORKED TOGETHER 00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:59.000 TO CHOOSE WHIT FIELD COUNTY. WE CHOSE THAT 00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:02.000 COUNTY BECAUSE WHEN WE GOT TO LOOKING, WE 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:05.000 REALIZED THAT IT HAD 50 PERCENT 00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:08.000 LATIN X IN THE POPULATION AND WE HAD NOT REACH 00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:11.000 ED OUT TO THAT POPULATION. SO WHAT 00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:14.000 WE DID WAS WE HAD DO 00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:18.000 A LITTLE GOOGLING AND LOOKING INTO WHAT RESOURCES 00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:21.000 WE HAD BUT WE FOUND THE LATIN X ASSOCIATION THAT 00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:24.000 WAS IN WHIT FIELD COUNTY AND ACTUALLY SERVE ALL OF OUR COUNT 00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:28.000 IES. ONCE WE GOT TO TALKING WITH THEM AND REAL 00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:31.000 IZED THIS RESOURCE WAS AVAILABLE AND WE MET WITH 00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:34.000 AVA, WHO IS OVER 00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:38.000 LATIN X AMERICAN ASSOCIATION AND WE HAD LUNCH WITH HER AND 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:41.000 WE ALSO ONE OF OUR OTHER STAFF 00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:44.000 MET WITH A PERSON IN THE MEDIA THAT 00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:48.000 WAS ALSO UP IN THAT AREA. WHILE WE WERE 00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:51.000 WORKING THROUGH THE COUNTY, I DID KAN 00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:54.000 AN INTERVIEW WITH DALTON 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:58.000 NEWSPAPER AND WE SPREAD IT OUT ON CONSTANT CONTACT AND 00:35:58.000 --> 00:36:01.000 PUT IT ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE MADE SURE THAT IT WENT 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:04.000 ON TO SOME MEDIA THAT AVA KIND OF CONNECTED US 00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:08.000 WITH. AND THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF GOT 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:11.000 THE WORD OUT. WE CHOSE A DATE TO HAVE A 00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:15.000 MEETING AND AS I SAID, WE HAD 00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:18.000 THIS LARGE COMMUNITY ROOM AND WE HAD JILL 00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:21.000 , WHO BROUGHT OUR EQUIPMENT SO WE 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:24.000 COULD FILM THE STAFF WITH THE PERMISSION OF PARTICIPANT 00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:27.000 S. WE HAD CAMERAS SO WE 00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:31.000 COULD SEE HOW THIS WAS GOING. WE TALKED 00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:34.000 WITH THE GROUP ABOUT WE HAD SOME 00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:37.000 WHAT WE CALL READY BAG 00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:40.000 S. THEY ARE REALLY UNIQUE BAGS PUT TOGETHER BY 00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:43.000 ONE OF OUR STAFF AND WE DEMONSTRATED 00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:46.000 THOSE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE CENTER AND THEN WE TURN 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:49.000 ED THE MEETING OVER TO THE PARTICIPANTS AND LET THEM 00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:53.000 TALK TO US ABOUT ANYTHING 00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:56.000 AND EVERYTHING THEY FELT WOULD HELP THEIR COMMUNITY. AND WE WERE 00:36:56.000 --> 00:37:00.000 SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT ACCESS TO 00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:03.000 MEDICAL NOT SO MUCH TO GET INTO THE 00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:06.000 MEDICAL OFFICE, BUT PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS 00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:09.000 AND WHEELCHAIR USERS WHO COULDN'T ACCESS BY 00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:13.000 GETTING INTO THE EXAM CHAIRS AND THINGS LIKE THAT 00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:16.000 . AND OF COURSE SOME OF THE OTHER TOPICS OF TRANS 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:20.000 PORTATION AND EVERYTHING COME UP. SO IT WAS A 00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:23.000 SUCCESS AND I THINK WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE 00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:26.000 GONNA GO BACK AND ADDRESS SOME 00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:29.000 OF THEIR ISSUES AND CHALLENGE 00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:32.000 S AND MAYBE WE CAN HELP THEM GET IN CONTACT A WAY 00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:35.000 TO ADVOCATE FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THEY NEED. AND 00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:38.000 OUR GOAL IS TO HOPEFULLY HAVE A SPOTLIGHT IN EVERY COUNT 00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:43.000 Y. SO I THINK 00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:47.000 SUCCESS I THINK THE WHOLE EVENT WAS A SUCCESS 00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:50.000 . THE CHALLENGES KIND OF LIKE I SAID EARLIER, 00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:53.000 YOU CAN DO ALL THE PUBLICITY YOU WANT AND LET 00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:56.000 EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT IT BUT IT IS OUT OF YOUR CONTROL 00:37:56.000 --> 00:38:00.000 WHO SHOWS UP S. BUT IN THIS CASE WE DID HAVE A 00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:12.000 REALLY GREAT PARTICIPATION. 00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:15.000 >> WELL, I HAVE GOTTEN TO USE MANY 00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:19.000 FACETS OF THIS 00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:22.000 CURRICULUM FOR MULTIPLE PROJECTS I'M WORKING ON. I'M 00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:25.000 GOING TO TALK ABOUT ONE SPECIFIC AREA 00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:29.000 . WE LIVE IN SOUTH CAROLINA 00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:32.000 . SOUTH CAROLINA IS PRONE TO A LOT OF EMERGENCIES AND 00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:35.000 DISASTERS. SO 00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:39.000 UTILIZING PARTS OF THIS CURRIC 00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:43.000 ULUM TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR EMERGENCY 00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:46.000 PREPARENESS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND ACCESS AND FUNCTION 00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:50.000 AL NEEDS WAS VITAL. 00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:54.000 UTILIZING KNOWING YOUR COMMUNITY LEADERS. 00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:57.000 THAT EXERCISE WAS VITAL TO 00:38:57.000 --> 00:39:00.000 US BEING ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAD TO KNOW 00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:03.000 WHO TO PULL TOGETHER, WHO TO 00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:07.000 BRING IN TO CONNECT. THEN LOOKING 00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:10.000 AT THE DIFFERENT DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS 00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:13.000 THAT EXIST ALONGSIDE THE CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT 00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:17.000 LIVING THAT WE HAVE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND BRINGING 00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:20.000 THEM TOGETHER AND CONNECTING THEM 00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:23.000 WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT 00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:27.000 SERVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRADITIONALLY. 00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:30.000 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION, RED CROSS AND 00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:33.000 FEMA AND SO ON AND SO ON. THEN LOOK 00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:36.000 ING AT CONSUMERS WITH A VARIETY 00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:39.000 OF DISABILITIES. THEY NEED TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE 00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:42.000 TABLE NO MATTER WHAT OUTREACH 00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:45.000 WE'RE DOING FOR WHAT PROJECT. BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT 00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:49.000 HAVING A SAY IN IT, THEN ARE WE REALLY PRODUCING 00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:52.000 QUALITY CONNECTIONS AND DOING GOALS AND 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:55.000 PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BEST SUIT THE NEEDS OF 00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:59.000 THE INDIVIDUALS WE SERVE? SO BRINGING CON 00:39:59.000 --> 00:40:02.000 SUMERS IN WITH A VARIETY OF DISABILITIES 00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:05.000 . GOING INTO THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT 00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:09.000 NEEDED MORE RESPONSE, THAT NEEDED 00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:12.000 MORE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THAT NEEDED 00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:15.000 MORE CONNECTIVITY TO THE SERVICE 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:18.000 S THAT EXIST. AND THEN DOING 00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:22.000 THAT BY CONTACTING AND SITTING DOWN AND 00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:25.000 GOING TO THOSE COMMUNITIES WITH THOSE 00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:28.000 LEADERS, THOSE REPRESENTIVES, THOSE CHURCH 00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:32.000 ORGANIZATION ET CETERA. AND REALLY 00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:35.000 EVALUATING THE DATA THAT R 00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:38.000 AYNA AND I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT TALKS ABOUT THE 00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:41.000 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THAT LIVE IN THOSE AREAS. YOU 00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:44.000 NEED TO KNOW THAT TO BE EFFECTIVE. THEN LOOK 00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:47.000 ING AT FROM THERE UTILIZING ASPECT 00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:51.000 S OF CERTAIN SEGMENTS 00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:54.000 EVEN IN CERTAIN RURAL COMMUNITY 00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:57.000 I NEEDED TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT REPRESENTED 00:40:57.000 --> 00:41:00.000 THOSE COMMUNITY DOING OUTREACH ALONGSIDE ME. 00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:05.000 IF I'M NOT A REPRESENTIVE OF THAT COMMUNITY 00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:09.000 I JUST FOR THEM FEEL LIKE AN OUTICIDE 00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:12.000 SIDER TRYING TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO. 00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:15.000 WHETHER THAT MEANT BRINGING MY COLLEAGUES ON MY STAFF THAT 00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:18.000 REPRESENT THAT COMMUNITY. WHETHER IT MEANT REACHING OUT TO 00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:23.000 SOME OF MY CONSUMERS THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA 00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:26.000 , WHATEVER THAT TOOK IS WHAT I KID 00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:30.000 DID BECAUSE I NEEDED TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE AND 00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:33.000 ON A LEVEL WHERE THEY TRUSTED THAT CONNECTION 00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:36.000 . AND THEN ANOTHER AS 00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:39.000 PECT OF IT WAS PULL 00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:42.000 ING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO FORM WHAT 00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:46.000 WE CALL THE SOUTH CAROLINA DISABILITIES AND 00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:49.000 DISASTERS PARTNER COALITION. WHICH BRINGS 00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:53.000 TOGETHER ALL OF THESE ENTITIES 00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:56.000 AND HOW VITAL THAT IS. WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT 00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:59.000 ALL OF THIS OUTREACH. WE COULD NOT HAVE 00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:03.000 DONE THAT WITHOUT ALL OF THESE CONNECTIONS OR COULD NOT HAVE 00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:06.000 DONE THAT WITHOUT ALL OF THESE LEADERS AND INDIVIDUAL 00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:09.000 S WITH DISABILITIES PLAYING A ROLE IN IT 00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:12.000 . SOME OF 00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:16.000 THE CHAL FGS AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES I GAINED ALONG 00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:19.000 THE WAY. 00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:22.000 KNOW BEFORE YOU GO. REALLY JUST LIKE 00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:26.000 CHRISTINA MENTIONED, JUST COLD CALLING 00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:29.000 PEOPLE. IT DOESN'T WORK AS WELL AND I'M SURE YOU 00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:32.000 ALL HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE. FINDING A 00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:35.000 WAY TO CONNECT WITH WHAT'S ALREADY THERE. YOU KNOW HOW TO 00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:38.000 MAKE THAT HAPPEN IS IMPORTANT. LOOKING 00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:41.000 AT YOUR CIL'S READINESS. HONEST 00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:45.000 LY IN SOME CAPACITIES 00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:48.000 WE WE'RE VERY 00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:51.000 SKILLED IN OTHER AREAS AND IN OTHER 00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:54.000 AREAS WE HAD TO BUILD UP THAT CAPACITY. MAYBE 00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:57.000 BRINGING THOSE LEADERS IN. MAYBE FINDING PEOPLE WHO ARE A 00:42:57.000 --> 00:43:00.000 PART OF THOSE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY THAT I'M NOT AND 00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:03.000 REALLY HAVING THAT VOICE BE A SEAT AT THE 00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:07.000 TABLE IS REALLY INSTRUMENT 00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:10.000 AL. UTILIZING INTERNS, 00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:13.000 UTILIZING STUDENTS, UTILIZING 00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:16.000 PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WANT TO VOLUNTEER AND HAVE 00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:20.000 A LOT TO CONTRIBUTE. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE 00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:23.000 STAFF MEMBERS TO TAKE 00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:26.000 INITIATIVES AND HELP US GET THE WORD OUT. AND 00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:29.000 THEN I THINK THE OTHER LEARNING OPPORTUNITY 00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:32.000 I WOULD SHARE IS THIS 00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:35.000 . THAT I 00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:38.000 TOOK AWAY FROM THIS. RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. 00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:42.000 I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING. 00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:45.000 WHAT I LEARNED ALONG THE WAY IS WHAT I COULD LEARN 00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:48.000 AND I TOOK IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN 00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:52.000 AND GROW FROM OTHER PEOPLE. WHETHER IT 00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:55.000 WAS FROM INDIVIDUALS 00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:58.000 BIPOC COMMUNITIES. LG 00:43:58.000 --> 00:44:02.000 BTQIA PLUS 00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:06.000 COMMUNITIES. WHETHER IT WAS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN MULTI 00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:10.000 PLE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY. WHETHER IT WAS COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO COULD 00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:13.000 GIVE ME ANOTHER REFLECTION TO LOOK AT, BECAUSE I HAD TO SAY 00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:16.000 TO MYSELF, I DON'T KNOW IT ALL AND IT IS 00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:19.000 IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE OPEN AND EM 00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:22.000 BRACE EVERYTHING I CAN LEARN AND I THINK FOR THOSE OF US 00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:26.000 IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE ALL KNOW THAT IS 00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:29.000 EVERYBODY AT THE CIL. KROUR 00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:33.000 YOU'RE DOING OUTREACH 00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:36.000 AT SOME LEVEL AT YOUR ROLE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO 00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:40.000 RECOGNIZE WHERE WE CAN GROW AND LEARN AND GROW 00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:43.000 FROM OUR COMMUNITIES. THAT IS PROBABLY ONE THING I WOULD PASS ALONG 00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:46.000 I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE AWAY NOT ONLY 00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:49.000 FROM THIS AMAZING PROJECT I'M SO EXCITED IS GOING TO BE 00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:53.000 SHARED WITH EVERYONE, BUT ALSO INDIVIDUALALLY AS A PERSON 00:44:53.000 --> 00:44:56.000 . AND RAY 00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:59.000 NA, I THINK IT IS TURNING BACK TO YOU. 00:44:59.000 --> 00:45:09.000 >> 00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:12.000 RAYNA, I WAS GONNA MENTION THE 00:45:12.000 --> 00:45:15.000 PICTURE ON THE SCREEN IS A MULTIGENERATIONAL 00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:18.000 RELATIONAL FAMILY OF ASIAN CULTURE. >> GREAT. AND 00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:22.000 ACTUALLY I THINK IT IS STILL 00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:25.000 YOU. >> 00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:28.000 EXCITING. WOO-HOO. I'M SO 00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:32.000 EXCITED FOR RAYNA TO GET TO SHARE IT WITH YOU 00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:35.000 ALL I WAS READY TO GO THERE SO YOU LEARN 00:45:35.000 --> 00:45:38.000 MORE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED. WHAT ARE 00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:41.000 KEY LESSONS I LEARNED ALONG THE WAY 00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:45.000 ? FIND THE RESOURCES YOU NEED. YOU HAVE TO LOOK WITHIN 00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:47.000 THE COMMUNITYS TO SEE THE RESOURCES YOU NEED 00:45:47.000 --> 00:45:51.000 TO BE PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES. THAT COULD 00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:54.000 BE COMMUNITY LEADERS, THAT COULD BE ORGANIZATIONS, 00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:57.000 COULD BE DISABILITY ORGANIZATION AND PROBABLY THE THING 00:45:57.000 --> 00:46:00.000 WE MOST NEED TO DO, NONTRADITIONAL 00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:03.000 ENTITIES AND 00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:06.000 ORGANIZATION BECAUSE THEY SERVE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BUT 00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:09.000 WE NEED TO HAVE THEM AT THE TABLE SO WE CAN WORK TOGETHER 00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:13.000 . AND ANY STUDENT, INTERN 00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:16.000 S AND VOLUNTEERS. IDENTIFY HOW YOUR 00:46:16.000 --> 00:46:19.000 CENTER IS A RESOURCE. SOMETIMES 00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:22.000 WE THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS INFORMATION AND THEY DON'T. 00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:26.000 THEY DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH THEM IF 00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:29.000 THEY'RE THE HOUSING COMMITTEE FOR THAT COUNTY OR 00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:33.000 THE TRANSPORTATION COALITION. THEY DON'T 00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:36.000 KNOW US AS A RESOURCE SO WE HAVE TO JUMP 00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:39.000 IN THERE AND SHOW THEM. AND THE ONE 00:46:39.000 --> 00:46:43.000 OTHER THING I LEARNED FROM THIS PROJECT, PATIENCE 00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:47.000 , PATIENCE, PATIENCE. IT CAN TAKE 00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:50.000 TIME TO MAKE IN WAYS IN THE RURAL COMMUNITY BECAUSE AS 00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:53.000 MOST OF YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY ARE 00:46:53.000 --> 00:46:56.000 VERY MUCH NEIGHBOR HELPING NEIGHBOR AND SO WE'RE 00:46:56.000 --> 00:47:00.000 SEEN AS AN OUTSIDER BUT IF 00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:03.000 YOU TAKE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES WE USE, IF 00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:07.000 YOU TAKE PATIENCE AND MAKE THE RIGHT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS 00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:10.000 UTILIZING YOUR CONSUMERS, WE CAN MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE 00:47:10.000 --> 00:47:13.000 AND MAKE FULL ACCESS AND INCLUSION 00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:16.000 TAKE PART. AND NOW I 00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:20.000 THINK IT GOES TO YOU. 00:47:20.000 --> 00:47:23.000 >> 00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:27.000 THANK YOU, DORI. >> SO 00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:31.000 THE LAST YEAR IS MORE LESSONS AND 00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:34.000 BE BRAVE BECAUSE IT ALWAYS WON'T BE PERFECT. THIS IS ONE 00:47:34.000 --> 00:47:37.000 THING I HAVE TO LET GO OF BECAUSE I ALWAYS HAVE 00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:41.000 THIS IDEA IN MY HEAD I WANT IT 00:47:41.000 --> 00:47:44.000 TO BE PERFECT AND IT CAN NEVER BE PERFECT BUT WHEN YOU'RE 00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:47.000 SETTING THESE UP YOU KNOW, YOU WORK TO 00:47:47.000 --> 00:47:51.000 GO OUT IN THE COUNTIES AND YOU HAVE AN CRIDE OF HOW YOU WANT IT 00:47:51.000 --> 00:47:54.000 TO GO. SOMETIMES IT IS NOT GONNA GO THAT WAY, 00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:57.000 BUT WHAT I FOUND OUT AND THIS IS SOMETHING WHAT DOR 00:47:57.000 --> 00:48:00.000 I JUST SAID ABOUT PATIENCE, I ALWAYS WANT IT TO 00:48:00.000 --> 00:48:03.000 WORK PERFECTLY THE FIRST TIME AND IT'S NOT 00:48:03.000 --> 00:48:06.000 . I HAD TO LEARN TO KIND OF LET GO BUT 00:48:06.000 --> 00:48:10.000 WHAT I HAVE LEARNED SOMETIMES I HAD THINGS THAT 00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:13.000 DIDN'T GO THE WAY I WANTED BUT WHAT I FOUND 00:48:13.000 --> 00:48:17.000 OUT IS SOMETIMES IT LEADS ME TO SOMETHING ELSE. THAT IS SOMETHING I 00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:20.000 HAD TO FIND OUT DURING COVID 00:48:20.000 --> 00:48:23.000 ESPECIALLY. WHERE OUR OUT REACH HAD TO CHANGE AND 00:48:23.000 --> 00:48:26.000 SOMETIMES I WOULD FIND MYSELF GOING THIS IS NOT 00:48:26.000 --> 00:48:30.000 SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK FOR US AND SIT THERE ARE A WHILE 00:48:30.000 --> 00:48:33.000 AND MEET SOMEONE INCREDIBLE AND EVENTUALLY FIND A RESOURCE AND GO 00:48:33.000 --> 00:48:36.000 A WHOLE DIFFERENT DIRECTION. SO IT WON'T ALWAYS BE PERFECT BUT A 00:48:36.000 --> 00:48:39.000 LOT OF TIMES WHAT YOU THINK ISN'T PERFECT TURNS OUT 00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:42.000 TO LEAD YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE AND FIND A NEW RESOURCE AND 00:48:42.000 --> 00:48:45.000 I FOUND THAT ALWAYS HAPPENED WHEN I WAS MOST CRITICAL OF 00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:49.000 MYSELF I FOUND I HAVE RUN INTO SOMETHING 00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:52.000 THAT LEAD TO A 00:48:52.000 --> 00:48:55.000 WHOLE DIFFERENT DIRECTION BUT IT WAS A GOOD DIRECTION. FINDING 00:48:55.000 --> 00:48:58.000 COMMON GOALS AND THIS IS WHERE WE HAD TO REACH OUT TO LATIN 00:48:58.000 --> 00:49:01.000 X RURAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS BECAUSE WE 00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:04.000 WHEN WE STARTED WE PURPOSELY STARTED WITH 00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:07.000 WHIT FIELD FOR THAT REASON BECAUSE WE WERE 00:49:07.000 --> 00:49:11.000 CONCERNED WE WEREN'T REACHING THAT POPULATION AND INTAUZ 00:49:11.000 --> 00:49:14.000 BECAUSE OF THAT RESOURCE WE FOUND IN 00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:18.000 WHIT FIELD, WE HAVE FOUND OUT THEY 00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:21.000 SERVE EVERY COUNTY WE SERVE SO THAT IS LIKE FINDING A 00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:24.000 DIAMOND THAT IS SERVICE FOR EVERY COUNT 00:49:24.000 --> 00:49:27.000 Y, HELP US REACH POPULATIONS IN ALL THE COUNTIES. 00:49:27.000 --> 00:49:30.000 JUST THAT ALONE WAS A PRICELESS RE 00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:34.000 SOURCE. STARTING WHERE 00:49:34.000 --> 00:49:37.000 YOU HAVE SOME CONNECTION WOULD BE HELPFUL. WE HAD TO 00:49:37.000 --> 00:49:40.000 MAKE OUR CONNECTION WITH WHIT FIELD. WE HAVE CONNECTIONS 00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:43.000 IN ALL OF OUR COUNTIES BUT TO REACH THAT POPULATION WE HAD 00:49:43.000 --> 00:49:46.000 TO CREATE A RESOURCE FOR US AND IT WORK 00:49:46.000 --> 00:49:49.000 ED OUT SO THAT IT IS GONNA SERVE EVERY 00:49:49.000 --> 00:49:52.000 ONE OF OUR COUNTIES. EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW, THERE IS 00:49:52.000 --> 00:49:55.000 LESSENS THAT WE LEARN 00:49:55.000 --> 00:50:01.000 ED IT ALL TURNED OUT POSITIVE. >> THANK YOU. 00:50:01.000 --> 00:50:04.000 GREAT. AND THIS FINAL IMAGE 00:50:04.000 --> 00:50:08.000 OF A MOVIE OR TV SHOW IS 00:50:08.000 --> 00:50:12.000 A 00:50:12.000 --> 00:50:15.000 TWO, YOUNG WHITE ADULTS STAND CLOSE TO 00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:18.000 EACH OTHER LOOKING CONFUSED OR CONCERNED 00:50:18.000 --> 00:50:21.000 . ONE MAN WEARING A BLACK AND GRAY 00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:24.000 SWEATER AND 00:50:24.000 --> 00:50:27.000 A WOMAN IS WEARING A BLUE AND 00:50:27.000 --> 00:50:31.000 WHITE POLKA DOT SHIRT. 00:50:31.000 --> 00:50:34.000 AND SO BEFORE WE GET INTO WHAT'S 00:50:34.000 --> 00:50:37.000 NEXT AND HOW YOU ALL CAN GET INVOLVED 00:50:37.000 --> 00:50:40.000 BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE PEOPLE TO PAR 00:50:40.000 --> 00:50:44.000 TICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, 00:50:44.000 --> 00:50:48.000 WE JUST WANTED TO OPEN IT UP AND SEE IF THERE IS ANY 00:50:48.000 --> 00:50:53.000 QUESTIONS 00:50:53.000 --> 00:50:56.000 ? YOU CAN EITHER ASK TO BE UNMUTED 00:50:56.000 --> 00:51:00.000 OR YOU CAN DROP THAT IN THE CHAT IF YOU HAVE 00:51:00.000 --> 00:51:08.000 QUESTIONS. 00:51:08.000 --> 00:51:11.000 >> THERE IS A Q AND A 00:51:11.000 --> 00:51:14.000 BOX IN YOUR MENU BAR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND YOU CAN 00:51:14.000 --> 00:51:18.000 ALSO PRESS STAR 9 TO RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS THE RAISE 00:51:18.000 --> 00:51:21.000 HAND OPTION. >> 00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:25.000 WELL, IF YOU THINK OF QUESTIONS AS WE 00:51:25.000 --> 00:51:28.000 TALK ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT. 00:51:28.000 --> 00:51:32.000 SO WITH THIS PROGRAM, WE ARE LIKE I 00:51:32.000 --> 00:51:35.000 SAID, RECRUITING NEW CIL 00:51:35.000 --> 00:51:38.000 STAFF TO BEENT 00:51:38.000 --> 00:51:42.000 MENTORED BY EXISTING PAR 00:51:42.000 --> 00:51:46.000 TICIPANTS AND THE RTC RURAL STAFF AND 00:51:46.000 --> 00:51:49.000 RURAL STAFF MARY WILLERED IS INVOLVED IN THIS 00:51:49.000 --> 00:51:52.000 PROJECT, TO INCREASE CAPACITY AND REACH IN RURAL 00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:55.000 SERVICE AREAS. MAYBE 00:51:55.000 --> 00:51:58.000 YOU'RE THINKING THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT RESOURCE AND YOU WANT TO 00:51:58.000 --> 00:52:02.000 ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT SOME OF 00:52:02.000 --> 00:52:06.000 THESE ACTIVITIES AND HAVE A STRUCTURE AND CONNECTION WITH OTHER 00:52:06.000 --> 00:52:09.000 PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO WORKING ON EXPANDING THEIR RURAL REACH 00:52:09.000 --> 00:52:12.000 AND YOU THINK YOUR CENTER IS 00:52:12.000 --> 00:52:16.000 INTERESTED IN THIS. IF 00:52:16.000 --> 00:52:19.000 YOU WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR EXATIVE DIRECTOR 00:52:19.000 --> 00:52:22.000 , WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE MORE 00:52:22.000 --> 00:52:26.000 INFORMATION ABOUT THE 00:52:26.000 --> 00:52:29.000 PROGRAM AND WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING TO GET STARTED IN 00:52:29.000 --> 00:52:32.000 SOME NEW RURAL 00:52:32.000 --> 00:52:36.000 AREAS. SO IF YOU'RE INTEREST 00:52:36.000 --> 00:52:39.000 ED PLEASE YOU CAN DROP YOUR EMAIL IN THE CHAT OR FEEL FREE 00:52:39.000 --> 00:52:43.000 TO DIRECT MESSAGE ME OR 00:52:43.000 --> 00:52:46.000 US AND WE WILL GET IN CONTACT 00:52:46.000 --> 00:52:49.000 . IT LOOKS LIKE MARI 00:52:49.000 --> 00:52:52.000 ALREADY SHARED SOME -- EXCELLENT, YEAH. AND WE'RE GONNA SAVE THE 00:52:52.000 --> 00:52:56.000 CHAT SO WE'LL DEFINITELY BE 00:52:56.000 --> 00:52:59.000 IN TOUCH. AND 00:52:59.000 --> 00:53:02.000 JAKE, WONDERFUL. WELL, I DON'T SEE 00:53:02.000 --> 00:53:06.000 ANY QUESTIONS. 00:53:06.000 --> 00:53:09.000 OKAY. SO WHAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN WAITING 00:53:09.000 --> 00:53:12.000 FOR. HOW DID WE DO? 00:53:12.000 --> 00:53:15.000 SO ON THIS FINAL SLIDE 00:53:15.000 --> 00:53:19.000 . SO IT LOOKED LIKE I THINK MOST 00:53:19.000 --> 00:53:22.000 EVERYONE GOT THE -- SO THE FIRST 00:53:22.000 --> 00:53:25.000 PICTURE THE SEVEN INDIVIDUALS STANDING IN A 00:53:25.000 --> 00:53:28.000 FIELD WAS YOU WERE RIGHT. IT WAS SMALL 00:53:28.000 --> 00:53:31.000 VILLE. I SEE A QUESTION. 00:53:31.000 --> 00:53:35.000 IS THERE A GROUP THAT MEETS REGULARLY TO 00:53:35.000 --> 00:53:38.000 DISCUSS STRATEGIES OF CONNECTING WITH RURAL AREA 00:53:38.000 --> 00:53:41.000 S? THAT IS A GREAT 00:53:41.000 --> 00:53:45.000 QUESTION AND I KNOW 00:53:45.000 --> 00:53:48.000 SIERRA MAYBE YOU CAN HELP. I KNOW APRIL WAS HOLDING 00:53:48.000 --> 00:53:52.000 SOME MONTHLY RURAL CONVERSATION 00:53:52.000 --> 00:53:55.000 MEETINGS THAT WERE TALKING ABOUT A 00:53:55.000 --> 00:53:59.000 LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT 00:53:59.000 --> 00:54:03.000 IS STILL GOING ON. >> YEAH, 00:54:03.000 --> 00:54:06.000 MARY ACTUALLY FACIL 00:54:06.000 --> 00:54:10.000 ITATES OUR RURAL CONVERSATIONS AND 00:54:10.000 --> 00:54:13.000 THAT IS A MONTHLY GROUP AND I THINK THEY'RE 00:54:13.000 --> 00:54:16.000 OFF UNTIL JANUARY AND THEY'LL PICK BACK UP THEN. 00:54:16.000 --> 00:54:20.000 THEY MEET MONTHLY TO GO OVER AND CHECK IN WITH OTHER PEOPLE ACROSS THE 00:54:20.000 --> 00:54:23.000 COUNTRY HOW WE'RE DOING OUT REACH, WHAT PROGRAMS ARE YOU RUNNING 00:54:23.000 --> 00:54:26.000 , WHAT BARRIERS ARE YOU RUNNING AGAINST. PROBLEM 00:54:26.000 --> 00:54:30.000 SOLVING AND THAT PEER MENTORING, PEER SUPPORT 00:54:30.000 --> 00:54:33.000 MODEL. DEFINITELY BE ON THE LOOKOUT ON OUR WEBSITE. IT 00:54:33.000 --> 00:54:37.000 WILL BE THERE AS WELL. >> 00:54:37.000 --> 00:54:40.000 GREAT. AND I ATTENDED THOSE 00:54:40.000 --> 00:54:44.000 THAT WERE GOING ON DURING COVID AND THEY WERE REALLY 00:54:44.000 --> 00:54:47.000 GREAT PEER MEETINGS 00:54:47.000 --> 00:54:50.000 . THEN 00:54:50.000 --> 00:54:55.000 THE SECOND 00:54:55.000 --> 00:54:58.000 PHOTO OF THE TWO NATIVE AMERICAN MEN IN FRONT OF THE 00:54:58.000 --> 00:55:01.000 WOODEN BUILDING IS SMOKE SIGNALS I THINK 00:55:01.000 --> 00:55:04.000 I SAW SOMEBODY GUESS THAT. I THINK 00:55:04.000 --> 00:55:08.000 SOMEBODY GUESS 00:55:08.000 --> 00:55:11.000 ED RESERVATION DOGS WHICH IS 00:55:11.000 --> 00:55:14.000 PHOTO OF YOUNG NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN 00:55:14.000 --> 00:55:18.000 SUITS AND TIES WALKING DOWN THE STREET. AND 00:55:18.000 --> 00:55:22.000 THEN THE PEANUT BUTTER 00:55:22.000 --> 00:55:25.000 FALCON WAS TWO MEN, ONE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL 00:55:25.000 --> 00:55:28.000 DISABILITY SITTING IN THE GRASS. I THINK I SAW PEOPLE 00:55:28.000 --> 00:55:31.000 GOT THAT RIGHT. AND THEN MINARI. 00:55:31.000 --> 00:55:34.000 THAT WAS ONE THAT WAS NEW TO ME WHEN I ASKED FOR SUGGESTIONS. I 00:55:34.000 --> 00:55:38.000 HAVEN'T SEEN THIS AND I WANT TO BUT 00:55:38.000 --> 00:55:42.000 THE MULTIGENERATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN FAMILY 00:55:42.000 --> 00:55:45.000 IN THE GRASSES AND THEN THE FINAL ONE 00:55:45.000 --> 00:55:48.000 , WAS INDEED SCHI 00:55:48.000 --> 00:55:51.000 TT'S CREEK OF 00:55:51.000 --> 00:55:55.000 THE TWO YOUNG ADULTS LOOKING CON 00:55:55.000 --> 00:56:00.000 FUSED AND CONCERNED. SO THAT IS ALL 00:56:00.000 --> 00:56:03.000 WE HAVE HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF DOR 00:56:03.000 --> 00:56:06.000 I OR CHRISTINA, IT YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING 00:56:06.000 --> 00:56:10.000 , 00:56:10.000 --> 00:56:13.000 BUT THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. AND 00:56:13.000 --> 00:56:16.000 YES, DON'T FORGET TO DO THE EVAL 00:56:16.000 --> 00:56:19.000 UATION AND WE'RE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN YOUR FEEDBACK 00:56:19.000 --> 00:56:22.000 . 00:56:22.000 --> 00:56:26.000 >> THANK YOU ALL THREE OF YOU FOR PRESENTING 00:56:26.000 --> 00:56:29.000 THIS. THIS IS SUCH GOOD INFORMATION 00:56:29.000 --> 00:56:32.000 AND THANK YOU BRITTANY FOR MODERATING AND TO INTERPRET 00:56:32.000 --> 00:56:37.000 ERS AND CART.