News and notes from AMD, 8 March 2019

Here are the highlights of postings this week from the Association of Ministers with Disabilities, Disability Ministries Committee, Mental Health Ministries, Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Ministries Committee, and UM Congress of the Deaf:
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Susquehanna Conference disability ministries
https://disabilityumc.org/
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Race against the clock
https://crippastor.wordpress.com/2019/03/04/race-against-the-clock/
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Forbes: misconceptions about disability and microaggressions
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahkim/2019/02/27/disability-microaggressions/
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Indiana Disability Awareness month video
https://www.facebook.com/DisAbilityMinistriesUM/posts/1996686063763569
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Noah Buchholz at Grace UMC, Delaware. Captioned video and ASL.
https://youtu.be/P2bSqqJzX9I
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Review of Thriving Blind
https://beckiewrites.com/2019/02/25/kristinsmedleythrivingblind/
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A response to GC 2019 (DMC)
https://umdisability.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-response-to-general-conference-2019.html
and press release
https://www.facebook.com/DisAbilityMinistriesUM/posts/2003611576404351?notif_id=1551897391017113&notif_t=notify_me_page&ref=notif
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Report from GC 2019 (DHM)
https://www.umcd.org/newsnat/1902gc.html

Two important events:
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UMCD Southeastern Jurisdiction Leadership Training Retreat (March 22)
https://www.umcd.org/newssej/190322.html
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Summer Institute of Theology registration
https://hopecollegeeco.regfox.com/summer-institute-on-theology-disability-2019
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Click here for a list of events of interest to people in disability ministry.

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