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THE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF CENTRAL PA HIRES NEW COMMUNITY ORGANIZER (Camp Hill, Pa.) - The Center for Independent Living of Central PA (CILCP) welcomes Amy Selders as the new community organizer for the organization. CILCP is a nonprofit, nonresidential organization serving persons with disabilities, as well as their family members, community service providers, government agencies and private businesses. As the community organizer, Selders will coordinate activities in the community to inform consumers and the general public of disability related state and local issues. Her responsibilities also include developing disability awareness trainings, assuring all communication pieces are in accessible format, and participating in statewide training and advocacy efforts. "CILCP is very excited to have Amy as part of the team. Her excitement and enthusiasm are contagious and she brings a vast amount of knowledge about the independent living movement," Janetta Green, director of operations said. An active participant in the disability movement for more than fifteen years, Selders has spent the last three years in Chicago training youth with disabilities in areas such as leadership, community organizing and disability pride. In addition, she developed a youth peer mentoring training program and the Disability Awareness Curriculum for the Chicago Public Schools. Selders wrote the first Youth Leadership Training Guide, which was distributed to more than 500 Centers for Independent Living. Prior to joining CILCP, Selders was the community organizer for the Three Rivers Center for Independent Living and worked for the PA Statewide Independent Living Council as the Statewide Action Team (SWAT) program manager. Selders graduated from St. Francis Academy and attended the University of Pittsburgh. She and her husband Gil relocated back to Amy's home state of Pennsylvania, after residing in Chicago, Illinois for the last three years. In her free time, Amy creates elaborate quilts that portray images of disability history and culture. Selder's "Disability Flag" quilt was solicited by the Smithsonian Museum of American History, and more than 30 of her quilt squares and descriptions of their historical significance can be found on her website: www.amysthreads.com. The Center for Independent Living of Central Pennsylvania is a nonprofit, nonresidential organization established for and by people with disabilities and serves Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry, Mifflin, and Juniata counties. CILCP's vision is to empower people with disabilities to fully participate in all aspects of society. For more information on CILCP visit www.cilcp.org or contact Megan Kurtz at 717-975-2148 or via email at mkurtz@hersheyphilbin.com. Back to the Newsroom