The Arc Maryland

Our mission is to create a world where children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities have and enjoy equal rights and opportunities.

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Empowering Partners

Empowering Partners aims to raise awareness about the value of self-advocacy and reconvene or strengthen self-advocacy groups throughout the state.

The Arc Maryland, in partnership with People on the Go of Maryland and The Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council, is excited to announce the launch of Empowering Partners, an outgrowth of the successful Partners in Policymaking® program.


About the Program

Empowering Partners serves as the foundation for self-advocacy groups in Maryland, with guidance from The Arc Maryland, local chapters, experienced self-advocate facilitators, and program partners.  Through the program, self-advocacy groups share centralized discussion topics, activities, and a unified movement to grow from and build on.

Alieen O'Hare smiling for the camera.People with IDD need to understand advocacy and have a chance to demonstrate it. It is important to educate the next generation who will be in charge of carrying the movement forward.

Aileen O’Hare, Empowering Partners Facilitator


Finding a Self-Advocacy Group Near You

There are currently eight Self-Advocacy Groups supported by Empowering Partners in Maryland, and you can join one near you to improve your advocacy skills!  The following Self-Advocacy Groups have meetings in April:

  • Self-Advocates of Frederick County  |  Frederick County
    • Virtual Meeting – April 6th, 4:00 to 5:00 PM
  • People First  |  Cecil and Harford Counties
    • Hybrid (Virtual and In-Person) – April 7th, 5:30 to 6:30 PM
  • Inspiration Advocates  |  Carroll County
    • Virtual – April 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
  • People Power  |  Howard County
    • Virtual – April 18th, 6:00 to 7:00 PM
  • New Hope for All  |  Baltimore City and County
    • Virtual – April 20th, 4:00 to 5:00 PM
  • STAND Together  |  Montgomery County
    • On Hold until May 2022

To learn how you can join an Empowering Partners Self-Advocacy Group near you, contact Natalie Dohner at ndohner@thearcmd.org.

This project was supported, in part by grant number CFDA 93.630, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.

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The Arc Maryland
8601 Robert Fulton Drive, Suite 140
Columbia, MD 21046
Office #: 410-571-9320

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