Annual Report: October 2020 – September 2021

…h Committee, and the National Disability Leadership Alliance. Calendar Year 2021 Revenue, Expenses and Fund Balance NDY operates under the fiscal sponsorship of the Center for Disability Rights (CDR). CDR’s fiscal year is the calendar year. Below are NDY’s revenue and expenses for 2021. Revenue Contributions $44,136 Expenses Salaries $99,185 Fringe $19,845 Equipment/software $2,002 Staff Development $225 Supplies, Postage $78 Memberships, Subscrip…

Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Online Suicide Predator Melchert-Dinkel Protected by First Amendment

…ructions. Evidence showed that Melchert-Dinkel sought out depressed people online. When he found them, he posed as a suicidal female nurse, feigned compassion and offered instructions on how they could kill themselves. Melchert-Dinkel told police he did it for the “thrill of the chase.” According to court documents, he acknowledged participating in online chats about suicide with up to 20 people and entering into fake suicide pacts with about 10,…

AUGUST 4: ONLINE VIGIL FOR THE MURDERED DISABLED PEOPLE OF SAGAMIHARA

online vigil and chat starting at 8 PM ET. Here’s the info from the site: Online Vigil and Chat Disabled People of Tsukui Yamayuri En Sagamihara, Japan Thursday, August 4, 2016 8 pm Eastern 9 am Japan (Aug. 5)   The Disability Visibility Project will be partnering with disabled filmmaker and activist Dominick Evans in an online vigil and chat remembering the 19 disabled people of the Tsukui Yamayuri En residential care facility in Sagamihara, Jap…

Not Dead Yet Annual Report:  October 2021 – September 2022

Not Dead Yet Annual Report: October 2021 – September 2022 The Center for Disability Rights continued to extend administrative support and sponsorship to Not Dead Yet (NDY), a national disability rights group founded in 1996 and headquartered in Rochester, New York since 2008. NDY is governed by a national Board of Directorsand employs five full- or part-time staff members, a President/CEO, Assistant Director/Policy Analyst, Director of Minority O…

Not Dead Yet Annual Report:  October 2021 – September 2022

Not Dead Yet Annual Report: October 2021 – September 2022 The Center for Disability Rights continued to extend administrative support and sponsorship to Not Dead Yet (NDY), a national disability rights group founded in 1996 and headquartered in Rochester, New York since 2008. NDY is governed by a national Board of Directorsand employs five full- or part-time staff members, a President/CEO, Assistant Director/Policy Analyst, Director of Minority O…