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From: Aarti Thakur (DPI) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, 13 April 2018 11:46 PM
To: DPI Secretariat
Cc: [log in to unmask]; Trevor Carroll
Subject: Announcement of the DPI Acting Chairperson
Dear Colleagues,
This is with reference to the meeting of the Board of Directors held on Thursday, 15 March, 2018 at 3.00 PM (New York time).
We would like to inform you that the 1st Deputy Chair (Human Rights), Mrs. Henreitta Davis-Wray from Jamaica has been appointed as the DPI Acting Chairperson until a new Chairperson has been appointed in 2019. Enclosed please find the announcement.
Request you to please disseminate the same to your networks.
Mrs. Davis-Wray is also the Regional Chair of DPI North America and the Caribbean, and the President of DPI Jamaica (Combined Disabilities Association). You can get in touch with Mrs. Davis-Wray at [log in to unmask]
The DPI Board of Directors would like to thank the entire DPI family for their support at this crucial time and are confident that Mrs. Davis-Wray will bring energy, and dedication to further strengthening the resolve and vision of DPI.
Warm regards,
Aarti
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Content of the Announcement
12th April, 2018
Announcement of Mrs. Henrietta Davis-Wray as Acting Chairperson of Disabled Peoples' International (“DPI”)
Following the sudden and untimely passing of immediate past Global Chairperson, Mr. Javed Abidi on Sunday, 4th March, 2018, the DPI Board of Directors met under section 5.01 of DPI’s General By Law No. 2015-1, a by-law made under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, SC 2009, c 23.
This meeting took place in accordance with Section 5.05 (b) of DPI’s General By Law No. 2015-1 on Thursday, 15 March at 3.00 PM New York time.
On motion made, seconded and carried under Section 8.01, it was resolved unanimously by a quorum of the Directors of DPI that Mrs. Henrietta Davis-Wray be elected Acting Chairperson of DPI.
DPI is the world's first successful cross-disability endeavour to convert the talk about full and equal participation of persons with disabilities into action.
Today, 37 years after it was formed, DPI continues to be the world's ONLY cross-disability Global Disabled Peoples' Organization (DPO) with it’s vast presence at the grassroots.
Mrs. Davis-Wray has been the 1st Deputy Chair (Human Rights) of DPI since July 2014 and is highly respected within the global disability movement.
She is also the Regional Chairperson of DPI North America and the Caribbean Region. The Board is delighted with Mrs. Davis-Wray’s election.
(Trevor Carroll)
Director, DPI
Information Officer, DPI
Regional Chairperson, DPI Asia-Pacific Region
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Aarti Thakur
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