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About

Our Lives Our Rights

Board of directors

  • President: Josh Echols

  • Vice President: Meredith

  • Secretary/Treasurer: Kyle McGee

  • Sargent at Arms: David Rissling

  • Holly McDaniel

  • Erech Brown

  • State Adviser: Veronica McGee

  • Public Relations Director: Robert Caldwell

 

 

We Support People To

  • Have choices and control over their lives

  • Achieve increased funding for supports

  • Access community involvement

  • Obtain competitive employment

  • Live in decent housing of their choice

  • Access to transportation

  • Full citizenship with equal rights

Mission

People First of Alabama is a group of people with developmental disabilities living in Alabama communities dedicated to making our dreams happen by having choices and control over our lives. This means having opportunities to make decisions and plans for ourselves instead of having others make them for us.

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What we do

  • Community Chapters

  • Legislative Advocacy

  • Leadership and Self-Advocacy Training

Staff

Executive Director: Susan Ellis

Outreach Coordinator: Allison Haynes

Human Resources and Financial Director: Lisa McKinney

Project Director: Veronica McGee

Partners 

Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program

UAB University Center of Excellence on Developmental Disabilities

Alabama Council on Developmental Disabilities

Alabama Department of Mental Health

Middle Alabama Area Agency on Aging (M4A)