SUFU Blog
#GivingTuesday
It is #Giving Tuesday today and Speaking Up For Us is opening up our annual appeal! We need your help to reach our goal this year of raising $2500 by December 31st. Marco Orlando already graciously contributed to our cause and he says “Everyone should be able to set...
“Better Than / Less Than / Different Than” from Marco Orlando
“BETTER THAN / LESS THAN / DIFFERENT THAN” Marco Orlando My approach to life is similar to what Eric Bischoff describes in his book Controversy Creates Cash when he discusses pitching WCW Monday Nitro to Turner Broadcasting executives. I don’t want to put on airs and...
Visiting Other Chapters with Eric McVay
Visiting Other Chapters Speaking Up For Us has chapters throughout the state. It is not always possible for everyone to be together, but some times there are opportunities for chapters to gather together in one location. This happened in August as the Houlton chapter...
Collapsing The Learning Curve from Marco Orlando
“COLLAPSING THE LEARNING CURVE” Marco Orlando Most people seem to have a lot of preconceived notions about those of us with disabilities and what we’re capable of, several of which revolve around our perceived level of functioning and our ability to further our...
Where to find us
Each of our chapters has a page on Facebook. We invite you to like those pages and follow along. The pages are listed below: Speaking Up For Us General Page Chapter Pages Caribou Presque Isle Houlton Lincoln Katahdin Area Bangor Belfast Downeast Area Portland Casco...
Career Daze from Marco Orlando
Thank you to Marco Orlando for sharing this next post with us. “CAREER DAZE” Marco Orlando Before I settled into a pattern of office work in social and human services, I had a few other interesting work related experiences along the way with mixed results. I may not...
Newsletters
Have you missed our most recent newsletters? You can check them out here: August/September Newsletter Conference Recap This post published on October 16, 2019
“LOS ORLANDOS: ORIGINS” from Marco Orlando
We welcome Marco back to the blog as he shares about his family. “LOS ORLANDOS: ORIGINS” Marco Orlando I joke about there being three generations of Orlandos in my immediate family between my mother and father and me, with each of us very much a product of the era...
The Dark Side of the Farce from Marco Orlando
“THE DARK SIDE OF THE FARCE” Marco Orlando I attended a screening of Intelligent Lives not so long ago. It was refreshing to see people with disabilities that I could readily identify with, thriving in supportive environments where their most trusted allies...
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