Mark your calendars!
Join disability advocates, consumers, family members, service providers, and community partners from across Montana for the 2026 Montana Independent Living Symposium, taking place August 18–19 at the Billings Hotel & Convention Center.
This year’s theme:
“50 Years Strong: Empowering Independence, Driving Change.” Celebrates five decades of the Independent Living Movement and the remarkable progress made by people with disabilities working together to advance accessibility, choice, and equal opportunity.
Whether you’ve been part of the movement for years or are just beginning your journey, the symposium offers an opportunity to connect, learn, share ideas, and celebrate the power of community. You’ll meet people from across the state who are passionate about building a Montana where everyone has the opportunity to live independently and participate fully in community life.
LIFTT is proud to participate in this statewide event, and we hope many of our consumers, family members, volunteers, and community partners will join us.
When: August 18–19, 2026
Where: Billings Hotel & Convention Center
Click here to register
Need accommodations? Please register by August 5 so requests can be arranged. Captioning will be provided. Additional registration information is available by contacting the Montana Statewide Independent Living Council at mtsilc@mt.gov
We hope to see you there!
About Living Independently for Today & Tomorrow (LIFTT): LIFTT is a Montana 501(c)3 corporation organized as a Center for Independent Living (CIL). With team members based in Billings and Glendive, LIFTT provides people with disabilites and aging indivduals with programs, services, resources and advocacy that help empower them to break down the physical, bureaucratic, and cultural barriers that prevent them from being fully independent participants in their lives and communities throughout 18 counties in southeastern and south-central Montana: Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield, Golden Valley, McCone, Musselshell, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Rosebud, Stillwater, Treasure, Wibaux, and Yellowstone. For more information, please visit liftt.org
Our Vision: Empowering aging individuals and people with disabilities to LIFTT themselves above the barriers of life.
Our Mission: Living Independently for Today and Tomorrow’s (LIFTT’s) mission as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Center for Independent Living serving Southeastern Montana is to empower aging individuals and people with disabilities to live independently through education, support, and opportunities.
