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Tag: Disability Employment Awareness Month

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Nov. 2, 2023

Troop Support disability employment awareness observation focused on access, equity

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support observed National Disability Employment Awareness Month with an Acquisition Forum event on Oct. 25, highlighting this year’s theme, “Advancing Access and Equity.”

Photo of Max Hornick who introduced themselves as a Community Education Specialist for Disability Network Southwest Michigan. They have been with Disability Network since 2018. Hornick said their pronouns are they, them, and theirs, and as a brief visual description, Hornick said they are a white nonbinary person with glasses and short, reddish hair.

Oct. 26, 2022

Awareness in the Workplace

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — In recognition of Disability Employment Awareness Month, The Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center’s Equal Employment Opportunity & Diversity – Special Emphasis Programs introduced the event keynote speaker Max Hornick, Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator and communication education specialist with the Disability Network Southwest Michigan.

Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Keith D. Revntlow

Oct. 27, 2020

DLA Distribution Commanding General's remarks on National Disability Employment Awareness Month

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — National Disability Employment Awareness Month is observed so that Americans may reaffirm commitment to ensuring equal opportunity for all citizens and so that they may pay tribute to the accomplishments of men and women with disabilities who contributed, continue to contribute, and wish to contribute to making the nation's economy strong.

DLA Logistics Operations Program Analyst Michael Perez, a People With Disabilities Committee member, helps DLA Disposition Services’ Kathy Hausknecht through a limited visibility exercise during the Disability Challenge at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, Oct. 23.

Oct. 24, 2019

Challenge helps put employees in shoes of others

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Battle Creek personnel recently experienced a tiny taste of life with a mental or physical disability.

DLA Troop Support C&T Director Air Force Col. Lawrence Hicks, right, and Procurement Process Support Director Navy Capt. Gerald Raia, second right, watch Bestwork Industries for the Blind worker James Woodson, left, sew a Navy fleece jacket with Bestwork production supervisor Carlos Benjumea, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey Sept. 28. Raia, Hicks and C&T Supplier Operations Director Steve Merch, who also attended the visit, were impressed with the synergy of employees on the production line.

Oct. 12, 2016

Troop Support leaders impressed by blind employees at local manufacturer

PHILADELPHIA — Creating something for America's warfighters gives blind employees at a local military clothing manufacturer a sense of self-worth, said a DLA Troop Support senior leader who recently visited Bestwork Industries for the Blind in New Jersey.

A closed-captioned telephone and other assistive equipment sits on a table display at the Disability Awareness Fair Oct. 20 at the McNamara Headquarters Complex.

Oct. 26, 2015

HQC employees celebrate Disability Employment Awareness Month with performance, fair

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — This year marks the 70th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and to celebrate, the McNamara Headquarters Complex held two events to promote the achievements and contributions of people with disabilities.