Events

If you need interpretation services or have access needs for any of these events, contact RHoyt@cityofmadison.com or lap@cityofmadison.com.

Creating Accessible Virtual Spaces

This training focuses on strategies to make your trainings and meetings more inclusive and effective for people with disabilities. This session will broaden your perspective, and you will leave with actionable tips to use in future trainings and meetings.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
10:00 am – 11:00 am; Virtual
Disability Pride Fest

July 26, 2024
12:00 – 5:00 p.m. at Warner Park. The Disability Pride Festival is a joyful gathering of the entire disability community and their allies.
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Plain Language and Effective Communication

This training focuses on how your communication and the language you use can serve to disrupt power dynamics, build positive and lasting relationships, help people understand your message, and help people make informed decisions.
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
10:00 – 11:30 am
In-person – Monona Terrace
Plain Language Workshop

You learned tips and tools for writing and presenting in plain language in the Plain Language and Effective Communication training. Now it’s time to put those tools into practice! In this workshop, participants will level-up their plain language writing skills in real time. Working in large and small groups you will revise a one-page writing sample.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
10:00 – 12:00 pm
Virtual

Creating Accessible Virtual Spaces