SPOTLIGHTS
In 2010 AAPD is proud to launch, in conjunction with Walmart and with the support of the Walmart Foundation, the DMD Green Jobs Initiative, to connect youth, students, and jobseekers with disabilities to emerging new careers in the green economy.
Become a DMD Sponsor
Walmart commits to lead corporate sponsorship of DMD 2010!
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Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) happens all across America due to the generous support of its National Employer Sponsors. Each and every employer sponsoring AAPD's Disability Mentoring program is making a commitment to the education, support, hiring, and retention of job-seekers with disabilities. All national DMD sponsors also make the commitment to participate in this program at some level in their choice of geographic region through our network of grassroots DMD Coordinators provides to its National Employer Sponsors the opportunities to simultaneously:
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Connect an untapped workforce of students job-seekers with disabilities to their place of employment in a meaningful and ongoing way;
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Realize their corporate diversity goals in the non-hiring environment of Mentoring by connecting existing employees and hiring managers to a new workforce; and,
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Encourage individuals with disabilities to pursue their career dreams and the opportunity to develop long-lasting mentoring relationships.
Get Involved!
To learn how you and your company can become a DMD National Employer Sponsor, and to receive a DMD National Sponsorship Packet, please contact the AAPD Development Staff at
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or contact the DMD National Coordinator at
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or (800) 840-8844 ext. 32.. Or fill out the web form and regester as an Employer to Become a Corporate Sponsor.
Frequently Asked Questions
How Will Employers Benefit from Disability Mentoring?
Disability Mentoring provides public and private employers with an opportunity to recruit interns; tap a pool of potential future employees; learn more about the experience of disability; develop lasting relationships with disability community leaders; demonstrate positive leadership in their communities; and attract positive media attention. In addition, employers can get involved by enabling employees to serve as volunteer mentors, functioning as a Local Coordinator for a community, and sponsoring a Disability Mentoring Day at the national or local level. Fill our the web form and regester as an Employer to Become a Mentee.
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Latest News
National Launch
This year, the 2010 Disability Mentoring Day National Launch will be held in Washington, DC to recognize the many public supporters and national employers who make Disability Mentoring possible across the country each October, during National Disability Employment Awareness Month. On October 20, 2010, AAPD will host a DMD National Kick-Off Breakfast that will feature leaders from the US Department of Labor and the US Social Security Administration speaking about their commitment to hiring people with disabilities in federal jobs.
Green Jobs
AAPD will also be launching our new DMD Green Jobs Initiative, generously supported by the Walmart Foundation and announced by Walmart at the 10th Anniversary DMD National Launch last year. Following the Kick-Off Breakfast, area college students with disabilities will be paired with leading Administration and public officials for a day of high-level job-shadowing and mentoring opportunities. More information to come!
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