Mission and History of CIL Berkeley, California
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Disability
Health
Interview
Self-Help
Publication Date |
Sep 01, 2015
Episode Duration |
00:57:51
Joyce welcomes Stuart James, executive director of the Center for Independent Living (CIL) in Berkeley, California. Mr. James will discuss the mission of the CIL, which provides services, support, and advocacy to enhance the rights and abilities of people with disabilities to actively participate in their communities and to live self-determined lives. The CIL emerged from the independent living movement of the 1960’s as a powerful social catalyst on the University of California at Berkeley campus. There, Ed Roberts, Hale Zukas, and Jan McEwan Brown joined forces to lead a movement that made the full academic and social life of the college accessible to all. In 1972, these students along with community members formally incorporated as the Center for Independent Living, Inc.
Joyce welcomes Stuart James, executive director of the Center for Independent Living (CIL) in Berkeley, California. Mr.

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