Apply to Become a DRTx Board Member

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1. Why are you interested in serving as a member of the DRTx Board of Directors? *

2. Describe your connection to the disability community and disability civil rights. *

3. Identify and briefly describe prior experience with community organizations, including any service on Boards or Advisory Committees. *

4. Describe your educational background, current employment, and/or other volunteer activities. *

5. Identify the skills, expertise, and experience you would bring to the DRTx Board, such as management/administration, strategic planning, budget/finance, legal practice, public relations, fundraising, and community connections. *

6. Discuss your experience and/or knowledge (if any) of working with culturally, linguistically, or geographically underserved disability communities. *

7. Do you have a disability? *

Yes

8. Are you a family member of a person with a disability? *

Yes

9. Please select the geographic region in which you reside: *

Central Texas

North Texas

South Texas

East Texas

West Texas

El Paso

10. DRTx prioritizes intersectional advocacy for individuals most impacted by injustice because of their disability and membership of other historically marginalized groups. Intersectional advocacy may involve DRTx representing individuals on disability issues, as well as discrimination related to race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, or socioeconomic status. Please describe how your previous experiences and/or personal identity would enhance the diversity of ideas, perspectives, or professional relationships on the DRTx Board of Directors and support the agency’s work in this regard. *

11. The following is voluntary. DRTx’s Board values diversity and inclusion. In order to assist the Board of Directors in selecting Board members that represent the diversity across the state of Texas, please identify any group(s) to which you belong related to the following: disability, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other information that you would like to share.

12. Acknowledgement: I have read and understood the DRTx Board of Directors job description. I understand that Board members are asked to (a) attend scheduled Board meetings and participate in Board committees; (b) consider appropriate financial contributions to DRTx to help sustain our programs and services; (c) promote the good work of the agency to family, friends, colleagues, and community members; and (d) abide by the DRTx nondiscrimination policy and not actively engage in conduct that runs counter to this policy nor the DRTx mission and guiding principles. *

Yes

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Disability Rights Texas Board Member Application