February 4, 2009 Community Cinema Film Premiere Inspires Public Discussion About Disability and Independent Living in Philadelphia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Philadelphia, PA
Contact:
Sara Zia Ebrahimi
ITVS Community Cinema Co-Coordinator
phillyitvs@gmail.com
215-901-4549
www.communitycinema.org
Community Cinema Film Premiere
Inspires Public Discussion About Disability and Independent Living in Philadelphia
Hosted by Overbrook School for the Blind
THE EYES OF ME
A film by Keith Maitland
Four blind teens. One dynamic year. How do you see yourself, when you can't see at all?
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
7:00pm-9:00pm
Overbrook School for the Blind
6333 Malvern Ave, Philadelphia, PA
FREE and open to the public.
Wheelchair accessible.
Film will be shown with closed captioning. Descriptive audio service provided.
To RSVP and to request audio description, visit whyy.org/memberexperience or call (215) 877-0313 x405.
Panel discussion after film with students and alumni from Overbrook School for the Blind and advocates from Liberty Resources, Inc. a local group that has been fighting for accessibility across disabilities for over twenty years. This intergenerational panel will address the challenges to independent living faced by blind people and the importance of sharing experiences across disabilities.
February 3, 2009 Action Alert: ADAPT "Funeral Procession for Justice" to protest SSI Cuts
WHAT: Funeral Procession for Justice
WHEN: 5:00 PM, Wednesday, February 3
WHERE: Procession begins at 315 S. Broad St.(Broad Street Ministry) and will march to City Hall. Please wear black.
WHY: Nearly 340,000 disabled and senior Pennsylvanians will go to their mailboxes Feb. 3 and experience an SSI cut of $5, and up to $10/month. We join Project Home and ask you to represent for the many who are living on a fixed income and are feeling this impact. The Funeral Procession is a way to demonstrate our sorrow that the state budget legislators and governor and DPW don’t get it.
Taking from the poorest among us damages us all and is no plan for economic recovery.
There's still time to contact officials to oppose the SSI cuts:
Governor Edward G. Rendell's Office
225 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
Phone: (717) 787-2500
FAX: 717-772-8284
www.governor.state.pa.us/
Harriet Dichter
Acting Secretary
Department of Public Welfare
Room 333 Health and Welfare Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105
(717) 787-2600
(717) 772-2062 (Fax)
Representative Dwight Evans
512-E3 Main Capitol
PO Box 202203
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2203
Phone: (717) 783-1540
Fax: (717) 783-2334
State Senator Jake Corman
Room 281
Capitol
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Fax: (717) 772-3146
Edward J. Zogby
Bureau of Policy Health and Welfare Building
Room 431
Harrisburg, PA 17105
ezogby@state.pa.us
February 1, 2010 Action Alert: Oppose SSI Cuts!
Some have acted, others need to act now, and all of us need to act again.
Please oppose the SSI cuts and direct emails ; faxes to all targets listed below.
Don’t hurt the poorest of the poor. DPW had to actually approve these cuts for them to go into action. Consumers on SSI have not shared in the good economic times and sure are not doing well in these bad times. Most people in PA could not make it on the SSI payments that consumers must struggle through with. This $5 hit is very harmful to people who depend on every dollar to make it through most of the month. The $5 cut could be one of their last meals of the month; or a prescription co-pay; or transportation costs to a doctor or friend. Do not let people receiving SSI cut believe for a minute that all of us do not care a whit about their loss. The swift way that these cuts were pushed through deserves a fierce response from all of us.
Contact the Governor's Office
Governor Edward G. Rendell's Office
225 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
Phone: (717) 787-2500
FAX: 717-772-8284
www.governor.state.pa.us/
Harriet Dichter
Acting Secretary
Department of Public Welfare
Room 333 Health and Welfare Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105
(717) 787-2600
(717) 772-2062 (Fax)
Representative Dwight Evans
512-E3 Main Capitol
PO Box 202203
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2203
Phone: (717) 783-1540
Fax: (717) 783-2334
State Senator Jake Corman
Room 281
Capitol
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Fax: (717) 772-3146
Edward J. Zogby
Bureau of Policy Health and Welfare Building
Room 431
Harrisburg, PA 17105
ezogby@state.pa.us
January 22, 2010 Liberty in the News: LRI Mural Artist Featured on Action News
A presentation by Kong Ho at the Independence Arts Studio was recently featured on 6ABC's Action News. Working with Independence Arts Studio and Liberty Resources under a grant from the PA Council on the Arts, Ho and fellow disabled artists will create a disability rights/independent living movement mural on the side of the Sovereign Building, 714 Market Street, which Liberty purchased in 2008.
January 8, 2010 Blind Woman Mistreated by US Airways
In this investigative report, NBC 10's Luann Cahn interviews Pauline Mazer, a blind and partially deaf woman who found herself stranded at the Philadelphia Airport terminal, unable to get to the baggage claim, after US Airways staff failed to properly accommodate her--not once, but twice, despite the airlines assurances that future incidents would be avoided.
Liberty Resources staff members Lynne Maleeff and Joel Moffatt appear in the piece giving brief statements.
December 23, 2009 ADAPT in the News: ADAPT Halts SEPTA Train in Protest
On December 14th, ADAPT activists halted a SEPTA train on the Market-Frankford El line in response to SEPTA's lack of wheelchair accessibility. Click here for CBS 3's coverage of the action.
December 14, 2009 Action Alert Urge Congress to Secure Funds for the National Housing Trust Fund
Call Your Members of Congress Again to Secure $1B for National Housing Trust Fund
Funding for the National Housing Trust Fund could be imminent. Senate and House offices needed to hear from you about the importance of ensuring capitalization of the NHTF at $1 billion and providing project-based voucher funding for most of the NHTF units.
December 11, 2009 ADAPT Victory Alert An Important Step for Seniors and Individuals With Disabilities: AFSCME Declares Support for Community First Choice Option in Health Reform
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) has announced that they fully support the Community First Option!
ADAPT has worked long and hard to bring AFSCME from not supporting such issues like the Community Choice Act, to taking a big step forward in supporting the Community First Choice Option!
We will get more information out soon, but here is the release AFSCME sent out.
December 8, 2009 ACCESSIBLE HOUSING TO PREMIERE
AT THE MARINE CLUB CONDOMIMIUMS
Liberty Resources and Liberty Housing & Development Corporation will celebrate the Grand Opening of the Liberty Community Integration Project at the Marine Club Condominiums, 1100 S. Broad Street, on Wednesday, December 16th from 3:30 – 5:30PM. Brenda Laroche, Deputy Regional Director of H.U.D. and Thomas Earle, C.E.O. of Liberty Resources, will be the Keynote Speakers as they present 11 fully accessible properties to the public and people with disabilities.
November 19, 2009 Liberty in the News Liberty Wheels Featured on KYW Newsradio
Click here to read the full story on KYW1060's website.
November 4, 2009 Liberty in the News: Proposed Disabilities Act expansion discussed
By Jane M. Von Bergen
Inquirer Staff Writer
What happens if the boss fires a worker for insubordination and the worker counters with a claim under the Americans With Disabilities Act that he is being discriminated against because of a psychological disability that interferes with normal social interaction?
"Employers may think twice as they attempt to manage employees who may be engaged in disruptive, insubordinate behavior," said Darryl G. McCallum, a management lawyer from Shawe Rosenthal L.L.P. in Baltimore.
That was the kind of scenario, among others, raised yesterday when Stuart J. Ishimaru, acting chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other EEOC and Department of Justice officials held a "town hall listening session" for comments on proposed regulations governing an expansion of the act.
October 20, 2009 Liberty in the News: Training Session Gives Disabled New Job-Seeking Skills
by KYW's John Ostapkovich
Dozens of disabled job seekers got a chance on Tuesday to hone their interviewing skills on the quick.
NBC10 Meteorologist Michelle Grossman shares her story and answers questions from local business people and job seekers
"Disability Mentoring Day," hosted by the Liberty Resources Academy on Market Street in center city, brought together about equal numbers of those looking for work and those with insights on how to get it.
