The Aktion Club of Clermont County, Ohio is a self advocacy group that works in partnership with the Clermont County Board of Developmental Disabilities and the Kiwanis Club of the East Fork Region.
Self advocates exercise their rights as citizens by communicating and representing themselves. They have a say in decision-making in all areas of their daily lives and in public policy decisions that affection them.
Meet our officers and learn about upcoming meetings by clicking our brochure link: Aktion Club Meeting Brochure
Pictured at right: Lindsey Wright, 2024 Self Advocate of the Year,
with Mark Iles Jr., 2023 Self Advocate of the Year.
2024 Self Advocate
of the Year
Lindsey Wright
Lindsey has been a member of the Aktion Club self advocacy group for many years. In fact, she attended Project STIR training a few years ago to help get the new self advocacy group started when the old group disbanded.
Throughout the years, Lindsey has volunteered at Empower Youth, delivered good baskets to law enforcement groups, worked our agency information booth at the Clermont County Fair, and in 2024, she recruited several new Aktion Club members.
Lindsey was presented her award at the 2024 Good Fortune Recognition Dinner on October 3. She is pictured above with last year’s winner, Mark Iles, Jr.
Congratulations, Lindsey!
Self Advocates of the Year
Previous Years
2011 – Amy Jones
2012 – Megan Purtell
2013 – Matt Stricland
2014 – People in Action Group
2015 – Gail Troxell
2016 – Ben Blizzard
2017 – Ethan Stuempfle
2018 – Austin Porter
2019 – Ellen Thompson
2020 – Scott Baker
2021 – John Hicks
2022 – Abby Minardi
2023 – Mark Iles, Jr.
2024 – Lindsey Wright
History of Self Advocacy at Clermont DD
People In Action was the first self-advocacy group at Clermont DD. PIA was made up of people who supported each other to speak up and learn to discuss issues that are important to them. They worked cooperatively with the Clermont County Board of DD to share ideas, promote advocacy education, and improve the quality of services in our county.
In 2017, Clermont County Voices became the new self advocacy group. In 2018, the name was changed to Clermont County Turn Up the Voices which reminded members to “turn it up” as much as possible! In December, 2019, the name was shortened to Turn Up Clermont. On March 16, 2022, the group became the Aktion Club of Clermont County, Ohio.
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