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Eileen gets animated! Project Impact video

Published September 1 2022

“Everybody got to get their voices heard.” Eileen, a core member at L’Arche GWDC, shares about her experience feeling free at L’Arche and the importance of self-advocacy!

Thank you to the John Templeton Foundation for sponsoring this animation series with L’Arche USA. This series came out of the work we did for Project Impact, which you can read about here!

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