Annual Meeting 2024

Please join us for our year-end meeting. We'll celebrate our 2024 successes, preview plans for 2025, and hear from our keynote speaker Charles Glover, Vice President of Grants at The Meadows Foundation. This meeting is open to anyone interested in learning more about The Arc, The Self Determination Group (SDG) and the IDD community.

We will have 3 ways to participate this year:

1. In-Person East, hosted by the Chalker family in Frisco*
2. In-Person West, hosted by the Lunday family in Trophy Club*
3. Remote, via Zoom

* Food and refreshments will be provided for in-person attendees.

Address or Zoom link will be provided after registration.

Important Details

In lieu of a charge for non-members who would like to attend in person, we ask that you purchase a membership:

• Self-Advocate: $10
• Individual: $15
• Self-Advocate with SDG: $21
• Family: $30

You can join on our online membership page or email us at info@thearcofdfw.org. Membership terms renew each January 1st.

Already a member? See our online membership directory to confirm your membership status.

More About Our Keynote Speaker

Charles Glover is Vice President of Grants at The Meadows Foundation, one of the largest private philanthropies in Texas, where he leads and aligns all grantmaking with the Foundation’s strategic priorities. He oversees and manages day-to-day operations, program staff, grants review process, evaluation, and learnings.

Mr. Glover is an experienced leader and has an extensive background in the nonprofit sector. Prior to the Foundation, he was a senior fellow at Bellwether Education Partners and served as a cabinet member in the Dallas Independent School District, the second-largest school district in Texas. Previous to that, he was the founding executive director of Teach For America in Dallas-Fort Worth after starting his career as a middle school teacher in Durham, North Carolina.

As a thought leader in Texas philanthropy, Charles has served on numerous nonprofit boards and councils, including the Dallas College School of Education Advisory Board, The Commit Partnership, City Year, Workforce Solutions of Greater Dallas Board, and Philanthropy Advocates Leadership Committee, among others. He has a Bachelor of Science in sociology from Texas A&M University and a Master of Education in education policy and management from Harvard University.

An alumnus of Leadership Dallas, Charles was also recognized by the Dallas Business Journal’s 40 under 40. He is a cancer survivor, spends most of his free time with his wife and children, and has a rescue dog named Falkor.