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"Kyle E. Cleveland" <[log in to unmask]>
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Steve, do you know how the dateline, "Yellow Springs, Ohio" got associated
with this press release?  Does Greg's show originate from there (Antioch
College)?

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From: I. S. Margolis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 10:37 AM
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Subject: Re: African Americans with Disabilities Internet Discussion
Group


Looks like the disability movement's arrived big time.

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Subject: African Americans with Disabilities Internet Discussion Group


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   African Americans with Disabilities Internet Discussion Group

Greg Smith, [log in to unmask], writes:

African Americans with Disabilities Internet Discussion Group Formed
by Radio Talk Show Host

Yellow Springs, OH -- In observance of African American History
Awareness
Month, a syndicated radio talk show host has established a new e-mail
discussion group targeted to African Americans with disabilities.  "The
objective of this group is to give African Americans with disabilities
an
electronic forum to discuss unique issues we face," says Greg Smith,
host of
On A Roll - Talk Radio on Life & Disability.  His weekly radio program
airs
on 15 radio stations across the country and the Internet live.  Smith
has
muscular dystrophy and is of African American descent.

"I'm very excited about the quality of the dialogue that is taking place
on
the list.  Being both African American and disabled is a lot to have in
common, and we're probing into what we have all experienced but never
had a
forum to discuss openly," says Smith.  He hopes the list can facilitate
more
involvement of blacks with disabilities in the disability movement and
promote an understanding of disability culture the African American
community.

Smith hopes that the discussion will probe into how cultural influences
may
be impacting the lives of African Americans with disabilities. "I've
faced
discrimination as part of the 'double whammy' that comes from being both
black and disabled," says Smith.  "But the most painful aspect of it is
discrimination in the form of 'able-ism' from within my own race."

Tracee Garner, 23, a student at Northern Virginia Community College sees
the
list as the start of an important interactive community.  "It is an
outlet
and place to come together with like peers were my views are taken into
account, shared and heard, thus helping me to find a place where I can
identify, express and receive positive empowerment," she says.  "I also
think
its cool that there are non-African Americans on the list who care
enough to
not only observe the discussion but participate in it as well."  Garner
has
Spinal Muscular Atrophy and uses a wheelchair.  Other list members are
visually impaired, deaf and mobility impaired.

African Americans with disabilities are currently being recruited to
sign up
for the list.  Subscribers have the option of receiving posts via e-mail
or
visiting a web site to read the entries.  To subscribe to the group,
send
e-mail to [log in to unmask]  The web site for On A
Roll -
Talk Radio on Life & Disability is http://www.onarollradio.com.  On A
Roll
airs live each Sunday evening from 9-11 PM Eastern Time and is simulcast
on
the Internet at http://www.broadcast.com/shows/onaroll.

PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY TO AFRICAN AMERICAN MEDIA OUTLETS, CHURCHES,
NONPROFIT GROUPS

Contact: Greg Smith
www.onarollradio.com
Ph: 937-767-1838
Fx: 703-991-7567
E-mail: [log in to unmask]


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