• Community Matters with Scott Cordischi featuring "You're With Us!" with Joe Sharkey 2-22-25

  • Feb 22 2025
  • Length: 16 mins
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Community Matters with Scott Cordischi featuring "You're With Us!" with Joe Sharkey 2-22-25

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  • Joe Sharkey, Director of Development and Community Engagement for the Boston nonprofit organization "You’re with Us!", wants you to know community based inclusion is the key to opportunities for adults with disabilities. He joins us to discuss how this successful partnership at Northeastern University came to fruition and can been duplicated in RI, citing Brown University as a desirable partner. "You're With Us!" identifies and trains college clubs, groups, and teams to be welcoming and supportive peers to the differently abled. Joe details the impetus of the program, when Michael Plansky, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, found it necessary to leave his coaching position to care for his son Max who was diagnosed with Cerebral palsy. Max was negatively impacted by the loss of social interaction he was privy to when Michael was coaching, and "You're With Us!" was developed. Listen as Joe recalls his experience as someone with a traumatic brain injury mentored in the same way and which was key to his recovery. He credits his Brown University alumni mentor, Patrick Lynch, Rhode Island's 72nd Attorney General, for support in bringing the organization to RI. "You're With Us!" is expanding its reach to individuals on the Autism Spectrum as well.
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