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Register Now for October 10th Event at Heinz History Center

09/12/2019

Please share. All are welcome. Free event. The Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium, in collaboration with the Senator John Heinz History Center, will host a symposium “We Count: Pennsylvanians with Disabilities and the Right to Vote" on Thursday, October 10, 1 to 4 pm, at the Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman Street, in the Strip District. National … [Read more...]

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Consortium on Comcast Newsmakers

09/12/2019

Link to Video from Comcast Newsmakers: Untold Disability History Project Director Mary Hartley sits down with Sheila Hyland to discuss: the Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium's work preserving and sharing disability history as well as some history of Polk State Center and its impending closure and the upcoming "We Count" voting event at Heinz History Center on October … [Read more...]

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SAVE THE DATE for Consortium Voting Event on October 10th

08/14/2019

Save October 10th 1-4 PM for a Voting Symposium Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium Event at Heinz History Center.  We will be sharing more information soon about local, state and national speakers and partners as well as the link to register. … [Read more...]

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Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium Receives National Recognition

01/18/2019

This week the History Consortium received exciting news: "The Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium has been selected to receive the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities’ 2019 Hervey B. Wilbur Historic Preservation Award. This award recognizes significant contributions to historic preservation of the archives of the field of intellectual and … [Read more...]

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July 22 Virtual Disability History Event

01/17/2019

Learning from our History: Living Beyond the Walls of the Institution Wednesday, July 22, 4:30-6:00pm Join the Western Pennsylvania Disability History Consortium, Temple University Institute on Disabilities, and Pennhurst Memoral and Preservation Alliance for a facilitated virtual discussion of the obstacles to living beyond the walls of institutionalized settings, current issues in … [Read more...]

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The Consortium is an affiliate of Senator John Heinz History Center that works in coordination with multiple disability organizations and advocates in Western PA. In cooperation with ACHIEVA and the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University.

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