AHEAD: Association on Higher Education And Disability

TASK FORCES

SIG's exist to provide leadership to the AHEAD membership by providing information and referral, organizing professional development opportunities, and networking around a particular topic. In this context the REDD Sig is organized into four Task Forces. The task forces and the task force leaders are as follows:

Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives (VMGO) Task Force – Jeff Gittens
ALERT Task Force – Michael Hughes
WEB Page Task Force – Marvin C. Clemmons Sr.
Projects and Activities Task Force – Duraese Hall

Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives (VMGO) Task Force – Jeff Gittens

1. Take an active role in the development and implementation of AHEAD’s goals and objectives.
2. Communicate the purpose, goals and objectives of the RED SIG to the AHEAD membership through publications, teleconferences, workshops and Conference presentations.
3. Serve as an advocate for an increase in the number of diverse individuals participating in AHEAD committees.
4. Foster collaboration between diverse individuals participating in policy review and policy generation.
5. Inform AHEAD’s leadership of emerging diversity issues.
6. Assess the level of participation of historically under-represented groups in the activities of AHEAD.
7. Foster a strong institutional commitment to collaboration on diversity issues within the AHEAD organization.
8. Keep abreast of changing demographics and assess their impact on historically under-represented persons with disabilities.

VMGO TASK FORCE MEMBERS

1. Enjie Hall
2. Alvaro Gomez
3. Lusharon Wiley
4. Patty Wallway
5. Gloria Melton
6. Jeff Gittens

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ALERT Task Force – Michael S. Hughes

1. Provide timely articles of interest for the ALERT Journal.
2. Research issues that pertain to race, ethnicity, diversity and disabilities as related to AHEAD’s mission.
3. Collaborate with AHEAD members to generate discussions across selected SIGS.
4. Establish and maintain effective communication channels with ALERT and Alvaro F. Gomez.

ALERT Taskforce Members

1. Michael S. Hughes
2. Mari Guillermo 
3. Lawrence F. Wilson. 

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WEB Page Task Force – Marvin C. Clemmons Sr.

This primary objective was to obtain an initial outline structure to be used to generate a WEB presence for the REDD SIG. Our approached was to incorporate the suggestions provided by the Director’s AHEAD SIG polices and used the content of the task force results as driving forces for WEB content. Ongoing communication infrastructure, information repositories, a download center for best practices and current issues are central themes. The page will incorporate the following:

1.  Purpose Statement; mission and objectives
2. At least three links to additional resources
3. At least 3 ‘Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQ section)
4. REDD SIG contact information 
5. ALERT content
6. AHEAD REDD SIG members list and contacts
7. Links to related special interest groups and activities internal and external to AHEAD
8. Links to Information Resources
9. AHEAD interface links

Web Page Task Force Members

1. Marvin C. Clemmons Sr.
2. Akila Shakur
3. Sharon R. Clemmons
4. Roy Hamilton
5. Kevin Johnson     

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Projects and Activities Task Force – Duraese Hall

1. Volunteer to serve on conference committee.  Responsibility will be to investigate cultural locations, events, issues, etc in conference host cities beginning in Denver in 2010.
2. Volunteer to serve on proposal review committee using the diversity lens
3. Work with people to submit proposal(s) for presentation at future AHEAD conference.  People can work as individuals or work in collaboration with others.  If not interested in presenting, can help generate ideas for proposal and help review proposal before submission.
4. Identify potential funding sources or ideas that address issues specific to Race and Ethnicity and make recommendation to the AHEAD Board to pursue such.
5. If AHEAD is submitting a proposal, offer to write support letter looking at the support of the REDD SIG and the interests.
6. Identify outstanding students with the minority population and apply for stipend to bring such to the AHEAD conference for exposure.
7. Support pre-professional development of students from underrepresented group.  (Work with the DI on the internship proposal).
8. Recommend to the Board to sponsor comparative research/studies which will explore disparities of diagnosis, documentation, accommodations, support, K-12 vs. college (African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, etc).

Projects and Activities Task Force members

1. Duraese Hall
2. Enjie Hall
3. Derrick Shepard
4. Valerie Stewart-Lovell
5. Bea Awoniyi

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