Justice For All
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JULY 26th - LET'S CELEBRATE
ADA'S EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY!!!
COLLEAGUES, THANKS TO YOU WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS TOWARDS
PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS FROM THE FORCES OF RETREAT --
BUT THE WAR IS NOT YET WON.
OUR CHALLENGE IS STILL VERY LARGE INDEED.
Thanks to your dedication, in our David and Goliath struggle,
we have won some crucial battles - battles that others thought
impossible for us to win. The battle for the IDEA, the battle for
Medicaid, the battle for the ADA; every day we are fighting
more and more like winners.
BUT MORE BATTLES AWAIT US. The battle for MiCASA, telcom access,
the battle for SSI for kids with disabilities, the ongoing battle
with those who want to weaken our IDEA and ADA rights.
THE GUTTING OF THE ADA WOULD GUARANTEE
LONG TERM DISASTER in every area. Citizens with
second-class civil rights always get second-class education,
second-class services and second-class access to jobs, housing
and the community as a whole.
WE MUST UNDERSTAND that advocacy as usual is not
going to achieve our goals in the coming years.
JUSTIN DART HAS SAID: We believe that people with
disabilities and people without disabilities will never fully
achieve any of their legitimate goals until there is a revolution to
create a culture that systemically empowers every single
individual to live his or her full potential for self-de-termination,
productivity and quality of life. That revolution is possible if
you, if we together, have the courage to act.
WE MUST ENSURE that we are vigorously, positively active
to create and promote new perceptions and new relationships at
the national, state and local levels.
COLLEAGUES, OUR CHALLENGE TO YOU IS TO
FURTHER OUR CAUSE BY ORGANIZING AND
PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL ADA EIGHTH
ANNIVERSARY EVENTS.
WHETHER IT'S A HUGE RALLY AND MARCH, LIKE
OUR COLLEAGUES IN ST. LOUIS (scheduled for July 26),
or just a small press conference of five or six advocates, take
advantage of the opportunity to convey our message of
empowerment and equal access to the American dream.
IF THERE ARE NO EVENTS PLANNED IN YOUR AREA,
ORGANIZE ONE OR MORE on July 26 or any other time
during July or August.
INVITE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS and their staff, business
owners and state and local government officials to your events.
Recognize the contributions of friends. Educate others.
ESPECIALLY REACH OUT TO THE MEDIA. Provide
answers to the anti-ADA propaganda still being promoted by
the forces of retreat and communicate the truth about the ADA,
MiCASA, IDEA, and the other programs that empower.
ADVOCATE THE REVOLUTION OF EMPOWERMENT.
Justice for all. Free enterprise for alll. Good life for all.
COLLEAGUES, APATHY WILL NOT ADVANCE OUR
CAUSE. It will communicate weakness. Both justice delayed or
justice ignored, is justice denied.
Together we have overcome
Together we shall overcome
PLEASE LET JUSTICE FOR ALL KNOW
ABOUT YOUR EVENT!
Contact JFA by calling Mark Smith at
60l/969-0601 V/TDD,
601/969-1662 FAX or
mslife(AT)tsbbs02.tnet.com
-- Fred Fay jfa(AT)mailbot.com Justice-For-All Moderator--------- End forwarded message ----------
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