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He also is a former journalist and serves on the East Lansing Arts Commission, as vice chair of the Michigan Disability Rights Coalition and the Bailey Community Association's board.
Michigan Department of Civil Rights is a department of the Michigan State Government created in 1965 to support the work of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission of Michigan's Constitution of 1963. The Commission directs the work of the department and has eight members. [2] The executive director is John E. Johnson, Jr.
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) (1995) – a cross-disability organization that focuses on advocacy and services. American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities (ACCD) (1975) – coalition of local, state and national disability organizations. [1]
Disability law advocacy groups in the United States (6 P) Pages in category "Health and disability rights organizations in the United States" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
On the evening of Monday 23 June 1980 a "tremendous roar filled the Convention Centre in Winnipeg" as the vote was taken to set up the World Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities, soon afterwards known at the Disabled Peoples' International. An Ad-Hoc Planning Committee was established and met several times in the remaining time in Winnipeg ...
Disability rights advocates Patrisha Wright of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), and Evan Kemp Jr. (of the Disability Rights Center) led an intense lobbying and grassroots campaign that generated more than 40,000 cards and letters. After three years, the Reagan Administration abandoned its attempts to revoke or amend the ...
Mia Mingus is an American writer, educator, and community organizer who focuses on issues of disability justice. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] She is known for coining the term ...
Harriet McBryde Johnson (July 8, 1957 – June 4, 2008 [1]) was an American author, attorney, and disability rights activist. She was disabled due to a neuromuscular disease and used a motorized wheelchair .