Becoming Helen Keller: Outreach Partners and Support

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Collaborative for Educational Services

The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) is a non-profit, multi-service agency based in Northampton, Massachusetts, linking education, schools, families, and communities to opportunities and resources that advance student learning. For 35 years, CES has collaborated with local, state, and national organizations to create resources that advance the inclusion of people with disabilities as full citizens in society.

Richard Cairn, Director, Emerging America, Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program at the Collaborative for Educational Services. Emerging America provides professional development to hundreds of teachers annually across Massachusetts. He is a member of the Massachusetts Task Force on Civic Engagement and Learning.



Keene State College

Founded in 1909, Keene State College serves the citizens of New Hampshire and the region as a scholarly community of higher learning, offering associate's, bachelor's and selected master's degrees, and opportunities for continuing education in credit and non-credit programs and courses.

Graham Warder, Education Coordinator, serves on the faculty at Keene State College. He teaches American History, including disability history, and taught an interdisciplinary course called "Becoming Helen Keller." He served as Library Acquisitions Director at The Disability History Museum and was responsible for building a robust digital collection of artifacts related to the cultural history of disability in the U.S.




NEC Foundation
The Gibney Family Foundation
Perkins School for the Blind
Massachusetts Humanities Foundation