Late Night with Hero Dara Baldwin and Host Yvonne Smith

This show will air live Sunday November 15 2015 9pm Eastern 8pm central  6pm Pacific

Dara Baldwin before joining NDRN in June 2014, Dara was an ADA Compliance Specialist in the DC Government and also served as a policy analyst at the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL). She was responsible for the diversity and cultural competency outreach as well as working on coalitions to assist with better legislative outcomes for the community. She assisted with writing the disability provisions and was a leader in the advocacy campaign to get the Violence Against Women Act 2013 passed in February 2013. Prior to this work Ms. Baldwin worked as a Child Advocate in NJ, Sr. Policy Analyst on multiple criminal justice issues such as the Second Chance Act and as an Advocacy Manager at TASH.

Dara was born in Spain and raised in Newark, NJ.  She has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Rutgers University, Newark, NJ and was a Pi Alpha Alpha honors Graduate with a Masters of Public Administration from Rutgers University the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Newark, NJ.  She received a 2009 and 2010 Presidential Citation Award for her work in the American Society for Public Administration. On this show we will be exploring NDRN role and what they do. How the proposed Legistlation by Timothy Murphy  to cut the network of Adovcay  providers by 85 percent will effect those who are vulnerable   when passed http://www.ndrn.org/index.php   Have pin and paper in hand Call ins  may call  267-521-0167