Date: Aug 1st
Time:10am to 12noon
Location: AADD
1440 Dutch Valley Place, Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30324
Speaker: Prosecuting Attorney's Council Paula Smith, with the Victim's Advocacy section.
Paula Smith is the Director of Victim-Witness Advocacy with the Prosecuting Attorney’s Council. Her program supports the 300+ Victim-Witness Advocates in the 49 judicial circuits and 159 counties of Georgia who serve over 4000 crime victims daily through providing consulting, training, networking and technical support.
Date: Oct 29th
Time: 10am to 12noon
Location: AADD
1440 Dutch Valley Place, Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30324
Speaker: Atlanta Legal Aide’s Sue Jamieson and Talley Wells
Sue Jamieson is the director of the Mental Health and Disability Unit at Atlanta Legal Aid Society. She has influenced state and national approaches to people with developmental disabilities. Sue represented Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson, in the Olmstead v. L.C. case.
Talley Wells is a senior attorney with the Mental Health and Disability Rights Project at Atlanta Legal Aid. He has had cases in almost every area of civil legal services litigation, including representing several individuals with developmental disabilities against discriminatory zoning. Outside of legal aid, he is working with his wife and others to start a L'Arche community in Atlanta, which would be a residential faith based community for adults with developmental disabilities.
For more information, please email: dave@aadd.org
All About Developmental Disabilities (AADD) is Atlanta's preeminent resource on developmental disabilities, providing support services to families for more than 55 years. We are often the one place where people with developmental disabilities can go to achieve personal empowerment, family stability and community participation. AADD provides family support; public policy and advocacy; and community engagement.
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