Boltwood History
How did the name "The Boltwood Project" come to be?
Students would meet at the Coffee House on Boltwood Walk to share ideas and voice their opinions regarding social/political issues
Where do our supervisor meetings take place?
Dickinson Hall
Describe the advocacy project the Boltwood Project participated in last semester
How many sites do we currently have in The Boltwood Project?
9
True or false: The Boltwood Orientation is required for all supervisors and participants.
true
What community participant has been here since the beginning of the Boltwood program?
Lee Williams
True or false: Supervisors are responsible for grading the Umass Participants' weekly reflections.
True
Maura Sullivan is the director of government affairs and program director operation house call at what organization?
The Arc of Massachusetts
What is our newly developed site this year?
The Advocacy Site
Who is the psychology professor who teaches about intellectual disability and runs the DHHS program?
Ashley Woodman
What was the first Boltwood community site?
Belchertown State Hospital
What are the dates of the three seminars you are required to attend?
10/17, 11/14, 12/5
What resource did Jeff Epstein tell us Umass Amherst had that could provide you more information about the disability rights movement?
bonus question - what organization is Jeff Epstein a part of?
A special section in the library
Bonus - Alliance Against Ableism
Which sites hold their weekly meetings at The Bangs Center in downtown Amherst?
Fun Club & Los Amigos
What is the name of the Umass office that is the umbrella for Boltwood?
Civic-Engagement & Service-Learning
Who was the founder and first director of The Boltwood Project?
Merle Williamann
Name one of the articles we read or will read in the Supervisor Leadership Class to improve our leadership skills.
- Remen, “Helping, fixing, or serving?”
- Mitchell, “Traditional vs. Critical SL”
- Shapiro, Chapter 4, “A hidden army for civil rights"
- Pelka, “The parents' movement”
- Harro, “The Cycle of Socialization”
- “Intellectual Disability Raises COVID-19 Death Risk”
What year was the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) passed?
Bonus - Who signed it into law?
July 26th, 1990
Bonus - George H. W. Bush
Name the two school-based sites we will be working with this semester.
Best Buddies Middle School & BHMA
In what year did Ellen become the academic advisor of The Boltwood Project?
2016
What was Boltwood's first home department at Umass Amherst?
Landscape Architecture
What are the two local (zoom) events supervisors are required to choose from to attend this semester?
Holyoke Bound or Springfield Bound
What is the name of the summer camp that helped inspire the disability rights movement that began in the 1970s?
Camp Jened
Which two sites meet on the Umass Campus?
Project Teammate and Good'ell Times
Where is the CESL office located?
Bonus - True/False: Boltwood has designated storage on Campus.
Goodell, Room 610 & 611
Bonus - true