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Announcing: An Evening with Disability Justice Activist Anita Cameron

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An Evening with Anita Cameron & DisCoTec Center Launch Moderated by Damien P. Williams Thursday, June 27, 2024, 7:00-8:15 pm EDT Registration:  https://bit.ly/3Rs5pk8 Anita Cameron is a disability justice activist who has been involved in social change activism and community organizing for 42 years. She’s been arrested 140 times fighting for disability rights with ADAPT … Continue reading Announcing: An Evening with Disability Justice Activist Anita Cameron →

Bill Peace: A Professor Who Professed Disability Activism

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By now, many who read this message will know that Bill Peace died not long after midnight this morning. In the hours since, the outpouring of both grief over our loss and celebration of his life is nothing short of incredible. He has been one of an increasingly rare breed of academics who embrace disability … Continue reading Bill Peace: A Professor Who Professed Disability Activism →

NDY Introduces Disability Rights Toolkit for Advocacy Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide

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With assisted suicide bills pending in many states, disability rights advocates are needed to help oppose them.  Not Dead Yet Colorado just played a pivotal role in defeating an assisted suicide bill in that state, but bills are pending or expected in California, New York, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, the District of Columbia … Continue reading NDY Introduces Disability Rights Toolkit for Advocacy Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide →

Boulder, CO: Disability Rights Activists Protest Compassion and Choices President Visit

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For Immediate Release:  October 26, 2014 Contact: Anita Cameron, 720-369-6983 Dawn Russell, 303-884-1471 Disability Rights Activists Protest Compassion and Choices President Visit Boulder, CO – Disability rights activists from Not Dead Yet and ADAPT are protesting the visit to the West Boulder Senior Center of Compassion and Choices President, Barbara Coombs Lee. Coombs Lee is … Continue reading Boulder, CO: Disability Rights Activists Protest Compassion and Choices President Visit →

Update on Amelia (Philadelphia Transplant Denial) With Welcome News

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I’m happy to share an update on a story we covered earlier this year – about a young girl – Amelia – who has Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome.  Back in January, her mother wrote about an awful meeting at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia about Amelia’s failing kidneys.  They were told by the transplant surgeon that her … Continue reading Update on Amelia (Philadelphia Transplant Denial) With Welcome News →