Oct 27, 2025
Join Erin Black and Michael Scanlon for a practical walk-through of the Adult Ally Toolkit—a resource created to strengthen youth–adult partnerships and elevate youth voice in everyday practice. Learn how to launch the toolkit in your program and adapt its tools, stories, and podcasts to support meaningful youth engagement across your organization. This session includes a rapid tour of the final product and practical next steps for using the Adult Ally Toolkit as the powerful conversation starter and implementation tool it’s designed to be.
Date: Monday, December 15th, 2025
Time: 2pm ET
Jul 22, 2025
Join Erin Black and Michael Scanlon for an engaging webinar exploring the creation of the Adult Ally Toolkit—a dynamic, multimedia resource designed to support and empower adults working in disability advocacy, post-secondary transition, education, and beyond. This toolkit centers the voices of youth with disabilities, offering impactful stories, practical tools, and actionable guidance to help adults step more confidently into the role of an effective ally.
Date: Monday, August 18th, 2025
Time: 2pm ET
Jul 22, 2025
RAISE mini-grant recipients will share their experiences co-creating resources with youth leaders with disabilities, strengthening engagement, fostering innovation, and building lasting partnerships.
Date: Monday, July 21st, 2025
Time: 2pm
Feb 4, 2025
The RAISE Center hosted its 12th Summit in Denver, CO.
Date: April 10th, 2025
Time: 12pm- 4pm CT
It was a time for leadership development, networking and team building.
Aug 12, 2024
This session will showcase the youth-led, youth-driven “Youth Engagement Now” Project (YEN). Youth leaders from across the U.S. joined forces to develop a set of tools for individuals or organizations to effectively engage youth and young adults with disabilities. Join us to hear from YEN members about how the project came together and get a chance to explore the resources they created for use by parent centers.
Date: Monday, September 16th, 2024
Time: 2pm
Jul 25, 2024
The National RAISE Center hosted its 10th Summit in St. Louis, Missouri. It was a time for leadership development, networking and team building.
Date: Thursday, July 25th
Time: 9am – 4pm Central Time (10am-5pm ET)