CAC United

We’ve had a busy fall! At OSAC’s Inclusive Leadership Summit, we learned about topics that will require our advocacy in the upcoming legislative session, especially housing. Be on the lookout for more about the Accessible Housing Act 2025! We also attended SPARC’s Summit on Enrichment, Empowerment, and Diversity (SEED) where we received training in transformational advocacy from national advocacy leader, Sam Daley-Harris.

Mobility International USA (MIUSA) empowers people with disabilities worldwide to achieve their human rights. MIUSA is a disability-led non-profit organization headquartered in Eugene, Oregon. 

We are interested in all the different winter holidays, and we hope you enjoy celebrating yours!

Many Oregonian’s jobs have been impacted by the pandemic. It happened to us too. We wanted to learn more about how people with disabilities get support to find and keep a job.

Our hearts go out to everyone who was impacted by the fires this summer in Oregon and elsewhere. The Holiday Farm Fire (McKenzie Fire) near the CAC affected so many people: our friends, family, fellow advocates, and more.

We want to share our feelings about COVID-19. Here’s what we’ve come to so far. We feel this pandemic is having a unique impact on people with developmental disabilities. The effects are more significant for us in some ways.

CAC members recently visited OSLP Arts and Culture where we saw artists in action during open studio. They were knitting, painting, and drawing. So much creativity was flowing!

CAC member, Jim Clark, plays unified basketball and soccer at the University of Oregon. He taught us a lot about the program. Another CAC member, Rusty Hawkins, has also played on unified teams. They both had so many great things to say about it! So we did some research and interviewed Sean Graninger, Assistant Director of Intramural Sports at the UO. Here’s what we learned.

Welcome to our blog! This is the first post of CAC United. We're a group of advocates who live in Eugene and Springfield, Oregon. Individually, we participate in lots of different activities in our community like work, school, basketball, painting, lesbian choir, and improv theater. We are passionate about working to make our community a better place for people with disabilities.