{"id":65157,"date":"2025-06-07T00:07:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T04:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=65157"},"modified":"2025-06-07T00:07:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T04:07:27","slug":"orleans-county-eight-graduate-sanys-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/07\/orleans-county-eight-graduate-sanys-u\/","title":{"rendered":"ORLEANS COUNTY\/Eight graduate SANYS-U"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"508\" data-attachment-id=\"65159\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/07\/orleans-county-eight-graduate-sanys-u\/sunysu-graduates-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SUNYSU-graduates-1.jpeg?fit=1849%2C1043&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1849,1043\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"SUNYSU graduates\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SUNYSU-graduates-1.jpeg?fit=900%2C508&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SUNYSU-graduates-1.jpeg?resize=900%2C508&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SUNYSU-graduates-1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C578&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SUNYSU-graduates-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SUNYSU-graduates-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SUNYSU-graduates-1.jpeg?resize=1536%2C866&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SUNYSU-graduates-1.jpeg?resize=150%2C85&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SUNYSU-graduates-1.jpeg?w=1849&amp;ssl=1 1849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release\/provided photo-<em><strong>SUNYSU graduates \u2013 The SUNYS-U graduates show their certificates and citations from New York State Senator Rob Ortt and state Assemblyman Steve Hawley<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ALBION \u2014 On May 31st, eight graduates stood proudly with certificates from SANYS-U in front of local representatives, friends and family at Orleans County Cornell Cooperative Extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SANSY-U is a six-week course developed by the Self-Advocacy Association of New York State (SANYS) in 2011. This program is designed to provide people with developmental disabilities and their direct support staff with a deeper understanding of self-advocacy through engaging discussions, hands-on activities, and collaborative learning. Arc GLOW had a second cohort of five self-advocates and three self-direction assistants successfully completing the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Willow Baer, the newly appointed commissioner of the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), had a recorded message for the graduates, and Orleans County District Attorney Susan Howard gave words of encouragement. Sophia Roberts and B.J. Stasio from SANYS presented the graduates with their certificates with Julia Bauer, constituent relations staff and community liaison for state Sen. Rob Ortt, and Assemblyman Steve Hawley giving each graduate a citation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This graduation was a special one as it was held on the 4th Annual Jonathan Doherty and Gladys Hopper Self-Advocacy Day, established in honor of two self-advocates and founding members of Orleans County Self-Advocacy All-Stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt the time of his passing, Jonathan was deeply committed to creating a day that celebrated and empowered self-advocates. To carry forward his vision and legacy, our group came together to make his dream a reality\u2014and Self-Advocacy Day was born,\u201d said Andrew Johnson, President of the Self-Advocacy All-Stars and graduate of SANYS-U. \u201cEach year, we bring together individuals, advocates, and organizations to share resources, ideas, and inspiration. We invite community partners to speak or host informational tables on a variety of topics that support independence, well-being, and advocacy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson added the Self-Advocate Annual Talent Show raised $900, and they wanted to give back this year. They donated $200 to SANYS-U and Mercy Flight each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arc GLOW is a public non-profit serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Genesee, Livingston, Orleans and Wyoming counties. To learn more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/ArcGLOW.org\">ArcGLOW.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release\/provided photo-SUNYSU graduates \u2013 The SUNYS-U graduates show their certificates and citations from New York State Senator Rob Ortt and state Assemblyman Steve Hawley ALBION \u2014 On May 31st, eight graduates stood proudly with certificates from SANYS-U in front of local representatives, friends and family at Orleans County Cornell \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/07\/orleans-county-eight-graduate-sanys-u\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[403,5173],"class_list":["post-65157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-orleans-county","tag-arc","tag-sunysu-graduates"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-gWV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49086,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/12\/18\/eight-orleans-county-self-advocates-graduate-from-sanys-u\/","url_meta":{"origin":65157,"position":0},"title":"Eight Orleans County self-advocates graduate from SANYS U","author":"aka","date":"December 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Self-advocates proudly showcase their diplomas on Saturday (Provided photo) Press release ALBION \u2014 On Saturday, eight members of the Self-Advocacy All Stars graduate from SANYS U, the school of grassroots advocacy. 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