About Us

Goals & Guiding Principle

Goals

* Educate individuals on self advocacy
* Educate businesses on accessibility laws and economic benefits
* Educate government to our concerns
* Educate public about people with disabilities in their lives

Guiding Principle:

Advocate on larger issues to the community as opposed to individual issues (visitability vs. one inaccessible store)

Membership

Thank You to our Member Companies/Agencies:
Membership has many benefits including the access to educational materials, the means to have a common voice, a central repository for good practices in accessibility, discussion groups, and much much more.

The Word Version of our Membership form can be downloaded by clicking on this link. If you would like the form in a different format, or need assistance with filling it out, email us at accessallies@accessallies.org.
Our Members include people in the following occupations:



Contact Us

Email: accessallies@accessallies.org
Phone: 309-451-4497, ask for Chris or Connie Kelly
Postal Mail: AABN, 1709 Cook Drive, Normal, IL 61761

Chris Kelly - Chairperson chairperson@accessallies.org
Mark Smith- Vice Chairperson
Connie Kelly - Secretary secretary@accessallies.org
Julie Romanowski- Treasurer
Elizabeth Mayberry- Youth Advocate

Tim Harshbarger - Charter and By-law Committee Chair

Jill Doran - Meeting Coordinator and Municipal Government Liaison

Mark Smith - Membership Committee Chair

Students for an Accessible Community

Students for an Accessible Community is a group created within Access Allies of Bloomington-Normal for citizens age 10-18 to help turn Bloomington-Normal into a model accessible community. Check out their weblog by clicking here!

AABN has 501(c)3 Status!

AABN is now a federally registered 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. Click here for documentation.

Meeting Schedule

AABN generally meets from 5:30 to 6:30 the fourth Wednesday of the Month in the conference room at:
LIFE Center for Independent Living
2201 Eastland Drive, Suite 1
Bloomington, IL 61704