47th Annual Legislative Reception: Safeguarding Our Rights through Advocacy

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47th Annual Legislative Reception:
Safeguarding Our Rights through Advocacy

On Thursday, March 6, a record turnout of over 600 advocates gathered at the Massachusetts State House to celebrate the 47th Annual Legislative Reception, filling both the Great Hall and the additional overflow space in the Grand Staircase.

Hosted by The Arc of Massachusetts (The Arc) and the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council (MDDC), this annual event is the largest day of advocacy for the community of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and autism in Massachusetts. It also serves as the official kickoff for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in the Commonwealth.

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2025 Co-Sponsors

Advocates for Autism of Massachusetts (AFAM)
Amego, Inc.
Berkshire County Arc
Best Buddies
Black Autism Coalition
Boston Center for Independent Living (BCIL)
Cambiando El Mundo
Center of Hope Foundation
Changing Spaces Massachusetts
Charles River Center
Collettey’s
Communitas, Inc.
Community Connections, Inc. (CCI)
Cortica
Disability Law Center (DLC)
Disability Policy Consortium (DPC)
Disabled Persons Protection Commission (DPPC)
Easterseals Massachusetts
E.K. Shriver Center, UMass Chan Medical School
Family Leadership Program
Incompass Human Services
Insurance Resource Center, E.K. Shriver Center
Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI), UMass Boston
Justice Resource Institute (JRI)
LEND Program at Boston Children’s Hospital
Lifeworks
Lion Entertainment
Listen Jonathan
Mass. Advocates for Children (MAC)
Mass. Advocates Standing Strong (MASS)
Mass. Down Syndrome Congress (MDSC)
MassFamilies
MassNAELA
Minute Man Arc
Nonotuck Resource Associates
Northeast Arc
Opportunities for Inclusion
Parent Professional Advocacy League (PPAL)
REV-UP MA! Register, Educate, Vote
Road To Responsibility, Inc. (RTR)
Seven Hills Foundation & Affiliates
Sibling Support Program at UMass Chan
Somali Parents Advocacy Center for Education
Special Olympics Massachusetts
Spectrum Solutions
The Arc of Bristol County
The Arc of Greater Brockton
The Arc of Greater Haverhill-Newburyport
The Arc of Opportunity in North Central MA
The Arc of Plymouth & Upper Cape Cod
The Arc of the South Shore
The United Arc
Vinfen
Vong Tay Cha Me Viet/Circle of Vietnamese Parents
WORK Inc.