Hi all.        Following is a call to action on an issue of concern to all
of us.

Sincerely,
Scott Feldman
The University of Illinois at Chicago



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>Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 01:10:34 -0600
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>From: "Sarah L. Triano" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: NDSU: Fellow Students with Disabilities - Leave Out With Us!
>
>WE HOLD THIS TRUTH TO BE SELF-EVIDENT: THAT ALL OF US ARE CREATED EQUAL.
>
>Patricia Garrett got breast cancer.  Then she got fired.
>
>This is a story that's all too familiar to people with disabilities.  If
>you're disabled, other people assume it's okay to pass you over, turn you
>down, and leave you out.  They assume you're not quite as equal as everyone
>else and it's okay to treat you that way.
>
>Ten years ago, our activists fought long and hard to win the right to be
>treated equally.   They got the Americans with Disabilities Act passed, and
>they got it signed into law.  For the last ten years, our activists have been
>fighting to get the law enforced, to get the benefits the law promises.  And
>now the Supreme Court has made that fight harder, by ruling that state
>employees can't recover damages when their Title I rights are violated.
>
>LEAVE OUT
>
>with the National Disabled Student Union on Tuesday, April 17, 2001
>
>We are students, adults, professionals, sisters, brothers, mothers, fathers,
>and we are People with Disabilities (in bold strong colors, ringing out in
>song, beating strong rhythms).  The Garrett case is not the beginning and it
>is not the end, but it is the time to show that we will not let anything
>happen to our rights; we will fight to make and keep our rights equal.  As we
>know from the past, justice will not be given to us.  We must demand it
>because it is simply Our Right To Equality.
>
>On April 16, you will join people across the nation in paying your share of
>state taxes.
>
>On April 17, join people with disabilities across the nation to call for your
>share of the benefits.
>
>On April 17, 1960, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was
>founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.  SNCC became a major civil rights force
>in the United States, but the legacy of SNCC and other civil rights groups is
>being eroded by a Supreme Court insistent on weakening our rights in the name
>of "states' rights."  41 years after the birth of SNCC, students are speaking
>out for justice again.  The National Disabled Student Union asks you to join
>with us to call -- again -- for all people to be treated with justice and
>fairness as equals.
>
>We're tired of being left out, and on April 17 we're leaving out.  AT 1 PM
>EASTERN (NOON CENTRAL, 11 AM MOUNTAIN, 10 AM PACIFIC) ON APRIL 17, DISABLED
>STUDENTS AND OUR ALLIES WILL "LEAVE OUT" of our schools, our jobs, and our
>homes, to remind the government that when business as usual means
>discrimination, we want no part of it.
>
>If you want more information about participating in the national
>demonstration or if you want to organize some other activity in your area to
>demonstrate your opposition, please contact Sarah Triano at [log in to unmask]
>or 773-463-4776. An advocacy packet for the April 17th action is available
>upon request.

>


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