Mark your calendars for our Dis.is Community Conversation focused on incarceration and mental illness. 

Join us as well as experts in the fields of criminal justice and mental health to discuss the issues related to incarceration and mental illness. 

Disability Advocates will host the community conversation at our office. It is a free event and open to the public. 

Topic Experts:

• Captain Klinton Thorne, Kent County Sherrif's Department
• Ruth Sprague, Network 180
• Christy Buck, Mental Health Foundation

When: 5:00 - 6:30 PM on June 27, 2017
Where: Disability Advocates of Kent County 
3600 Camelot Dr. SE, Grand Rapids, 49546

Dis.is asks our community to look at disability with a fresh perspective, free of the myths and stereotypes that have developed over the years, focusing on the person first.