The City of Philadelphia is changing and as some neighborhoods undergo rapid redevelopment rising housing costs can lead to people being displaced from the communities they call home. Community Land Trusts (CLTs) are a tool to ensure permanent affordability as neighborhoods change. CLTs have been used for rental housing, home-ownership, businesses, community gardens, and much […]
View a science fiction television pilot followed by discussion. Refreshments!! Call Patrick, Ext. 695.
LRI’s newest social group. The group will meet every 3rd Friday. Call Bill, ext. 197. The April 27th meeting will have an expert speaker on disability rights. View the PDF flyer here.
Anyone 18-29 years is welcome to attend. Call Mary Beth, Ext. 335 or Bill Krebs, Ext. 197.
What: Participants will meet at JFCS at 2pm for an opening presentation. You will then be given a map of a small area of Lower Merion where you will go and identify the accessibility of local stores and restaurants and record that information in a smartphone app called “Access Earth.” Access Earth is a new mobile and online website aiming to become the world's leading […]
Join us for this intro to ASL course, which is for Hearing Staff and Consumers. John Lewis will be the instructor for this 6 week course, held on both Mondays and Wednesdays each week. Space is limited. First-come first-serve. Register by contacting John Lewis at 267-314-8689, or email: johnlewis@libertyresources.org. Registration closes Thursday, April 26, 2018.
Join us for this intro to ASL course, which is for Hearing Staff and Consumers. John Lewis will be the instructor for this 6 week course, held on both Mondays and Wednesdays each week. Space is limited. First-come first-serve. Register by contacting John Lewis at 267-314-8689, or email: johnlewis@libertyresources.org. Registration closes Thursday, April 26, 2018.
Potluck lunch to follow from 12pm-1pm at in the Wade Blank Room (second floor of LRI) 112 N. 8th St., Suite 600 Philadelphia, PA 19107 Please contact Mary Jo Rohrer at 215-634-2000 ext. 322 or maryjorohrer@libertyresources.org with what you’re planning on bringing. Sign up: 1. Follow this link: https://www.adaptfunrun.net/ 2. Click “Register for a Fun […]
Protests in over 30 state capitals across the US the day after Mother’s Day! Somebody's Hurting Our People: Children, Women & People with Disabilities in Poverty. Together, we will rise up and challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, environmental devastation, and the nation’s distorted morality! We are building a moral movement to […]
Mayor Kenney appointed nine members to the Philadelphia Board of Education (BOE) in April 2018. Beginning in July 2018, the Board will oversee the School District of Philadelphia. In April and May 2018, the new Board members will participate in a series of community listening sessions across the city. Students, parents, educators and residents are […]
Guest Speaker Margaret Passio-Mc-Kenna is a Senior Advocate who will speaks about CAP, which is an advocacy program that can work with you to communicate with OVR or PA: Know your Rights and responsibilities under these programs and Title I of the ADA Understand how the office of Vocational Rehabilitation and Liberty Resources. Inc. Independent Living provide these […]
Join us for Disability Pride Week where we will celebrate each other's differences!
