Join The Community

Community of Champions is an advocacy program funded by the Arkansas Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities. Our mission is to develop every Arkansan into an advocate for themselves or their peers. We envision communities full of champions, advocating for individuals with developmental disabilities. Community of Champions strives to educate, inspire, and empower peer advocates, self-advocates, and state leaders to understand the importance behind advocacy and how it brings our communities closer together, growing our state to its maximum potential.

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To help us find one another, please use our hashtags:

#CommunityOfChampions #iChampion4IDD

Two Sorority Sisters, from Phi Mu, are smiling while holding up a sticker and a button that read, Community of Champions

Two Sorority Sisters from Phi Mu Smile while holding up a sticker and a button that read, Community of Champions #ICHAMPIONFORIDD 

State Representative Danny Watson of District 3 and Ms. Robin Burn of Russellville smiling inside a photo frame that reads Community of Champions at the top and #PieforChampions at the bottom 

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A young woman who uses a wheel chair is dancing with a young girl in a library while other children play.

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Men and Women gathered around the Arkansas State Independent Living Council sign, while one young man and woman are holding awards  

Young man in a red shirt giving a thumbs up setting behind vendor table that reads Community of Champions Powered by Friendship Community Care with merchandise on top 

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To help us find one another, please use our hashtags:

#CommunityOfChampions #iChampion4IDD

Two Sorority Sisters, from Phi Mu, are smiling while holding up a sticker and a button that read, Community of Champions
Two Sorority Sisters, from Phi Mu, are smiling while holding up a sticker and a button that read, Community of Champions #IChampionforIDD.  

State Representative Danny Watson, of District 3, and Ms. Robin Burn, of Russellville, AR, are all smiles as their picture is being taken at the capital during Pie Day with the Community of Champions photo frame that reads #PieforChampions.

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A young woman who uses a wheelchair is dancing with a little girl in the library, while other children are playing.
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Men and women gather around the new Arkansas State Independent Living Council’s logo, while Tanner Maxwell and Estie Johnson are showcasing their Phil Stinebuck Awards. 

Tanner Maxwell is smiling and giving a thumbs up while working behind the Community of Champions vendor table.

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Take The Pledge

And make a difference!

“I pledge to join the community and champion for my peers with intellectual and developmental disabilities. I will Stay V.I.T.A.L. This includes voting with my peers in mind, including my peers, talking and being open for conversation, accepting individuals for who they are, and using respectful language. By pledging, I know that advocacy takes action, and I will take an active role in making sure my community is full of quality, inclusion, and accessibility. I will be a Champion.”

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