Two weeks ago I went to the ER in extreme pain. Normally, I live with level ten pain. I’ve gotten used to it. In a flare, I’ve learned not to moan or cry out. But this pain, which started out as a small annoyance, spread and went down my spine, then, into my chest and … Continue reading Anita Cameron: I Still Wouldn’t Want Assisted Suicide
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
As we in the Black community celebrate freedom, liberation, and life on Juneteenth, there is a movement afoot that will endanger the lives of the most vulnerable in our community. This dangerous movement is the push for legalization of assisted suicide, sometimes called medical assisted suicide, across the United States. Assisted suicide is when someone, … Continue reading Anita Cameron: Fight for Life and Health – Not Assisted Suicide!
By Anita Cameron As we celebrate the contributions of the Black community to American history it’s important to know and understand racial disparities in healthcare, its history, the impact it has on the Black community and why Black people, particularly disabled people, must fight against assisted suicide. There is a long and shocking history of … Continue reading Health Disparities and Medical Abuse: Why Blacks Shouldn’t Support Assisted Suicide
On February 8, the Maryland Senate’s Judicial Proceedings Committee held a public hearing on a proposed assisted suicide bill (SB0443). That morning prior to the hearing, the Patients Rights Action Fund organized a press conference of opponents. Anita Cameron represented Not Dead Yet and made the following compelling arguments against the bill. Anita Cameron’s Press … Continue reading Anita Cameron’s Powerful Statement At Maryland Press Conference
