Bob interviews Stephanie Thomas, Disability Activist/ADAPT;  Author" Disability Organizing 101 and Beyond" Manual;  Curator of the ADAPT Museum.

TOPIC:  Community Organizing

CONTACT: [email protected]

                  [email protected]

RESOURCES: 

Disability Organizing 101 and Beyond

 https://freeourpeople.net/disabilityorganizing101andbeyond/ 

ADAPT Museum

www.adaptmuseum.net

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Bob interviews Douglas Kruse and Lisa Schur, Professors at the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations;  Co-Directors of the Rutgers Program for Disability Research.

TOPIC : Disability Vote Statistics

CONTA CT: [email protected]

                   [email protected]

RESOURCES: https://smir.rutgers.edu/faculty-research-engagement/program-disability-research/voter-turnout-and-voting-accessibility

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Bob interviews Peter Thomas, Managing Partner, Powers Law Firm focusing on                        Health Care and Rehabilitation Issues.

TOPIC:  Health Care Issues in 2024. Opportunities and limitations.

CONTACT:  [email protected]

                   202 872 6730

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Bob interviews:

Allison C. Carey - Professor in Dept of Sociology and Anthropology at Shippenburg University;

Pamela Block - Professor of Anthropology at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada;

Richard K. Scotch - Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Univ of Texas at Dallas

TOPIC:

ALLIES and OBSTACLES - Disability Activism and Parents of Children w/Disabilities

Contact Information:

Allison - [email protected]

Pamela - [email protected]

Richard - [email protected]

Temple University Press - https://tupress.temple.edu/books/allies-and-obstacles

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Bob interiews Erica McFadden, Director Office of Independent Living Programs

https://acl.gov/ils-programs

TOPIC: Independent Living Office: Programs and working with Independent Living advocates

CONTACT:[email protected]

 Resource: A History of the Independent Living Movement on YouTube

https://youtu.be/YjaUwQMsPYs?si=C46ldeb_rbKB9P4c

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Bob interviews Janine Bertram, Disability Journalist, Activist and keen observer of the Independent Living Movement.

TOPICS: Remembering Evan Kemp;  Issues confronting the Independent Living Movement

CONTACT: [email protected]

RESOURCES: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/08/14/evan-j-kemp-jr-dies/8720e012-1c21-4646-baee-8873a8b2dc56/

https://issuu.com/faircountmedia/docs/ada25_complete_book/s/144842

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Bob interviews Kimberly Tissot, President and CEO ABLE-South Carolina

https://www.able-sc.org/about-us/staff-board/kimberly-tissot/

TOPIC: Independent Living Centers: Past, Present, Future 

ACTION: A group called "Liberators for Justice" is developing a Call to Action focused on                           A Recommitment to IL Principles 

FOR INFORMATION:  [email protected]

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Bob interviews Bill Gaventa who is a Speaker, Trainer, Consultant in Faith and Disability.

He is Founder and Director Emeritus of the INSTITUTE ON THEOLOGY AND DISABILITY.  https://faithanddisability.org/institute-on-theology-and-disability/

He is author of "DISABILITY AND SPIRITUALITY: RECOVERING WHOLENESS  https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481309400/disability-and-spirituality/

CONTACT: [email protected]

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Bob interviews Michael Gamel-McCormick, U.S. Senate Disability Policy Director

TOPIC:  The Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Relief Act of 2023;

             Institutional Bias;

             Potential effects of government shutdown;

https://www.casey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/the_home_and_community-based_services_hcbs_relief_act_of_2023.pdf

CONTACT:  [email protected]

                   202 224 4193

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Bob interviews Jill Jacobs, Commisioner of the Administration on Disabilities at the Administration for Community Living, ACL and Jennifer Johnson Deputy Director of the Administration on Disabilities at ACL.

TOPIC:  Programs, policies and how Adm on Disabilities works with grassroots

CONTACT:  https://acl.gov/about-acl/administration-disabilities

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