Annual Report: October 2020 – September 2021

…Suicide: NDY opposed assisted suicide laws or expansion through training, community organizing, legislative meetings and testimony in seven states (CA, CT, MA, NV, NM, NY and RI). New Mexico legalized and California expanded assisted suicide, but the others did not. NDY’s Director of Minority Outreach worked in Massachusetts to form a group of Black disability advocates opposed to an assisted suicide bill. NDY also participated in efforts to supp…

Not Dead Yet Annual Report:  October 2021 – September 2022

…Suicide: NDY opposed assisted suicide laws or expansion through training, community organizing, legislative meetings, testimony and court efforts in 13 states (CA, CT, DE, FL, KS, MA, MN, NH, NV, NY, OH, PA and RI). Two direct actions with signs and leaflets were held in NY, and one in MA. No state passed a new assisted suicide law in the reporting year. NDY also continued advocating for House Concurrent Resolution 68 expressing Congressional con…

NDY’s Year End Review and A Heartfelt Request

…Suicide: NDY opposed assisted suicide laws or expansion through training, community organizing, legislative meetings, testimony and court efforts in 13 states (CA, CT, DE, FL, KS, MA, MN, NH, NV, NY, OH, PA and RI). Two direct actions with signs and leaflets were held in NY, and one in MA. No state passed a new assisted suicide law in the reporting year. NDY also continued advocating for House Concurrent Resolution 68 expressing Congressional con…

Not Dead Yet Annual Report:  October 2021 – September 2022

…Suicide: NDY opposed assisted suicide laws or expansion through training, community organizing, legislative meetings, testimony and court efforts in 13 states (CA, CT, DE, FL, KS, MA, MN, NH, NV, NY, OH, PA and RI). Two direct actions with signs and leaflets were held in NY, and one in MA. No state passed a new assisted suicide law in the reporting year. NDY also continued advocating for House Concurrent Resolution 68 expressing Congressional con…

Fighting “Better Dead Than Disabled” – NDY Year In Review

…Suicide: NDY opposed assisted suicide laws or expansion through training, community organizing, legislative meetings and testimony in seven states (CA, CT, MA, NV, NM, NY and RI). New Mexico legalized and California expanded assisted suicide, but the others did not. NDY’s Director of Minority Outreach worked in Massachusetts to form a group of Black disability advocates opposed to an assisted suicide bill. NDY also participated in efforts to supp…