About
Empowerment means
- thinking about what you want
- making your own decisions
- speaking up for yourself
In 2018, Inclusion Europe turned 30 years old!
And we thought that “Empowerment” was a very good topic for this year.
Here you can read more about the year of our birthday
and about empowerment:
Birthday
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We celebrated our birthday at the World Congress of Inclusion International!
Marianne Thyssen is a Commissioner at the European Commission.
She congratulated us for our birthday:
30 years is a long time!
We wrote an article about 30 highlights from the past.
We also wrote about the 10 things we are working on right now.
Our Inclusion Heroes
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In 2018, every month we talked about a person
who has worked towards inclusion in Europe.
Find our more about our Inclusion Heroes:
Videos
Infographic
We did an infographic on how you can empower yourself.
You can find it here.
Easy-to-read
Our easy-to-read newsletter “Europe for Us” dealt with our anniversary in 2018.
We also talked about our Inclusion Heroes.
There are many self-advocates who are empowered!