July 2015 - ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia

JULY 201 5
Declaration
The 25th Anniversary of the ADA
ECNV Annual Awards Reception a Success
In this issue:
By Brianna Gross, Communications Manager
The Tapestry of the Way
We Were
4
Voices of Generation ADA
5
25th Anniversary ADA
Events
6
July Calendar
7
Are you a transitioning
youth with a disability?
Go to page 4 to learn how the
LEAP Awards may help you
reach your goals!
The ECNV Annual Awards
Reception on June 11 was an
enjoyable event for all. Virginia
State Senator Toddy Puller
accepted the ECNV Lifetime
Achievement Award which was
presented to her by Delegate
Patrick Hope and ECNV Board
President Lee Page. Senator
Puller spoke of her personal
connection to disability rights
since her late husband, Pulitzer
Prize-winning author Lewis
Puller, Jr., lost both his legs
serving in the Vietnam War. ECNV was
also honored to have Senator Barbara
Favola, Arlington County Board Member
Jay Fissette, and Deputy Commissioner
for Aging at the Department for Aging and
Rehabilitative Services, Bob Brink attend.
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(Left to right) ECNV Executive Director
Brewster Thackeray, Lifetime Achievement
Award winner State Senator Toddy Puller,
and Deputy Commissioner for Aging at the
Department for Aging and Rehabilitative
Services, Bob Brink
A New Dawn!
By Doris Ray, Director of Advocacy
It dawned like no other day – Wednesday, July 26, 1990. Filled with joyful
anticipation, I stood on the South Lawn of the White House, along with 2,000
others from all over the United States, waiting to witness President George
H.W. Bush sign the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 into law.
Flooded with a myriad of thoughts and emotions, I was overcome with the
sense I hadn’t come alone to this moment. My mother, my uncle, and my
grandmother, all of whom were born blind, like me, were here with me in spirit!
From an early age, the stories of the prejudice and discrimination they faced
awakened my outrage and anger about the way society treated people with
disabilities.
My own experience included exclusion from my neighborhood school and
busing across town to segregated classes with other blind students. At a state
college after high school, I was offered an isolated, segregated dorm room
President George Bush signing the
reportedly because I’d be using readers and want to be alone. At the same
Americans with Disabilities Act,
White House South Lawn, Washington, DC, college, another blind student, who had earned a 4.0 GPA, was refused
student teaching needed to graduate and teach high school English because
July 26, 1990.
she could not see the chalk board. She fought it and won, graduating summa
cum laude.
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ECNV Annual Awards Reception a Success (continued)
Operating Partner Tony Bass accepted the ECNV
Business Partnership award on behalf of P.F. Chang’s
Arlington for their support of ECNV throughout the past
year. Our partnership with P.F. Chang’s took the food at
recent events to new heights!
Delegate Patrick Hope
Diana Urquiza was presented the Model of
Independence Award by Executive Director Brewster
Thackeray and Peer Mentor Alexa Mavroidis, who
worked closely with Diana on her journey to
independence. Diana spoke of her time living in a
nursing home and how passionately she wanted to
move back into her own apartment in the community.
She thanked ECNV for helping her reach independence
and stressed how important ECNV is in helping people
live fully integrated and independent lives.
Radney Robertson,
American Airlines Director of
Customer Care DCA
This year’s Awards Reception celebrated three
important disability rights milestones: the 25th
Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA), the 30th Anniversary of the Virginians with
Disabilities Act, and the 50th Anniversary of Medicaid
and Medicare. ECNV is proud to have advocated for
both the ADA and the Virginians with Disabilities Act
early in its existence.
Tony Bass (left) accepting
the award for P.F. Chang’s
Arlington from Lee Page
Diana Urquiza (center) accepting
award from Brewster Thackeray
and Peer Mentor Alexa Mavroidis
ECNV Board Member Bill Staderman
We thank all our supporters for helping us to raise
(left) with Vice President, Business
more than $42,000 at this year's Awards Reception.
Development Officer at the Bank of
More than 10 percent of that was raised through the
Georgetown, Kevin Cory
generosity of silent auction donors and bidders. We
especially want to thank our Silver Sponsors: the
NOVIL Foundation and American Airlines; our ADA
25th Hosts: Henry Claypool and Eve Hill; and our
Bronze Sponsors: Ameriprise Financial, Virginia
Geoffrey and John Andelin, Anthem BlueCross
BlueShield, CENTECH, Diamond Transportation, Dr.
Olakunle Olaniyan, Shola Oyewole, and Paralyzed
Veterans of America.
The silent auction was a big success with over 100
items. Top items included 175,000 American
Airlines miles, Washington Nationals tickets, a
signed football from the Washington Redskins, and
luxury hotel stays. About 200 attendees enjoyed
jazz music from Abby Nightingale, drinks, and
delicious appetizers.
(left-right) Speed Davis, ECNV Board
Vice President Soula Antoniou,
ECNV Board President Lee Page
“We are so grateful to everyone who came out to
support ECNV at the Annual Awards Reception,”
said Executive Director Brewster Thackeray.
“Though this event only happens once a year, it
supports our important work of empowering people
with disabilities to live independently throughout
the entire year.”
Guests at the Awards Reception
For more pictures of the event by Hap Rust, please
(left-right) Funke Oyewole, Bayo
go to our website at www.ecnv.org.
Oyewole, Taylor Werner,
and Layo Oyewole
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A New Dawn! (continued)
Upon graduation, I sought my first job but
encountered barriers, including application
forms that forced one to disclose one’s disability
and interview appointments that were withdrawn
upon arrival. Back then there was no recourse
under the law.
I recalled my friends and colleagues unable to
enter government buildings, restaurants,
grocery stores, pharmacies, movie theaters,
and too many other places because they
weren’t accessible. I bristled thinking of the
downtown eatery that turned away one of my
friends, saying that his cerebral palsy would
offend other customers. I remembered my
anger growing as I waited three hours with a
visiting friend at Tyson’s Corner for a bus with a
working lift while drivers either passed us by or
claimed the lift was broken.
I reflected on how we finally decided
we’d had enough and organized as a
cross-disability rights movement to
advocate for our rights. It started in
1968 with returning Vietnam veterans
and civilians with disabilities working
to get a law requiring that all newly
built or leased federal buildings and
facilities be accessible.
More advocacy by people with
disabilities resulted in the Rehabilitation Act
passing Congress in 1972, but President Nixon
vetoed it because it contained the Title V
disability rights provisions, including Section
504. In response, Judy Heumann led disability
rights activists in a blockade of Times Square,
gaining national news attention. Congress
overrode Nixon’s veto.
However, by 1978, even with a new President,
Section 504 implementing regulations were still
unsigned. The American Coalition of Citizens
with Disabilities, the first national grassroots,
cross-disability organization, staged sit-ins at
federal offices nationwide, leading to the Carter
Administration finally signing the regulations.
Section 504’s coverage was broad with entities
getting federal funds, including state and local
governments, schools and universities, and
transit systems prohibited from discrimination
based on disability and required to make
programs and facilities accessible.
Sadly, after a hopeful start, many states,
localities, and other entities ignored Section
504, or were lax in enforcing it. Some, including
most transit authorities, openly opposed its
provisions and went to court and to the new
Reagan Administration in 1981 trying to
significantly weaken its requirements.
Seeing our new found rights withering away,
Americans with all types of disabilities joined in
solidarity with renewed resolve to secure
passage of a national civil rights law.
ECNV Board of
Directors
Lee Page
President
Soula Antoniou
Vice President
Helena R. Berger
Treasurer
Tiffany Joslyn
Starting in 1983, a national grassroots disability
Secretary
rights movement known as ADAPT began using
Dolores Dabney
direct action aimed at exposing the
Maya Flores
inaccessibility of American communities. Their
Erica Midboe
goal was to get the transit industry to drop its
Julie Nepveu
challenge to making buses and subways
Wanita Niehaus
accessible, and to highlight the need for
William Staderman
disability rights legislation, which would make
access the law of the land.
ECNV Staff
Momentum built with more marches, rallies and Brewster Thackeray
Executive Director
protests from 1984-90. Centers for
Independent Living, like ECNV,
Community Services
organized people with disabilities in
Cynthia Evans
communities throughout the country to
Director
advocate for disability rights. One
Selvin Garcia
result in Virginia was passage of the
Brianna Gross
Virginians with Disabilities Act in 1985.
Alexa Mavroidis
Other disability rights advocates
Andrew Shaw
worked the halls of Congress seeking
support for an omnibus disability rights Medicaid Programs
act.
Layo Oyewole
A final push to get a bill through Congress
culminated in a massive disability rights march
and crawl up the Capitol steps in 1990. Finally,
after a historic public debate, both Houses of
Congress passed the bill and sent it to
President Bush for signature. And, so here we
were at the White House.
President Bush mounted the stage. He spoke
those beautiful words, “Let the shameful wall of
exclusion finally come tumbling down.” And,
with the flick of his pen, it was done, and
everything had changed!
Changed – did I really think that all of the
physical and attitudinal barriers had simply
disappeared with the signing of the ADA? We
all knew there would be years of struggle and
advocacy ahead. But, in that wonderful, jubilant
moment, we could revel in what we had
achieved. For the first time, we had rights under
the law, and we had recourse against the
injustice of discrimination. Access was the law
of the land.
It was a new dawn, like no other – and, we
weren’t going back!
Director
Rachel Henry
Hannah Manila
Jennifer Reese
Advocacy
Doris Ray
Director
Accounting
Jorge Pineda
Administrative
Ruchika Lalwani
LEND Office
Tracee Garner
Jennifer Reese
ECNV Project
Contractors
Robert Lo
Ed Weiss
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The Tapestry of the Way We Were
By Lenore Levin, Recent ECNV Board Member
As we look back to a time prior to the
passage of the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA), I reflect on a significant
memory. My older brother broke his neck
in a car accident and became
quadriplegic. He went for rehabilitation to
Rusk Institute in New York City where his
roommate was a young man named
Speed Davis from Kansas City, Missouri
who had broken his neck in an accident
the same year. When I was six years old, my mother
brought me to the rehab hospital to hand out cookies to my
brother and the other quadriplegics, including Speed. Fiftyone years later, while attending the ECNV Annual Awards
Reception, I introduced myself to a man in a wheelchair,
only to find out it was Speed, my brother’s former
roommate.
on Disability from 1994 to 1998 and was the President of
the Committee on Handicapped Adults with Disabilities in
the Office on Disability Policy in the Department of Labor.
“Life happens and sometimes we acquire a disability,” said
Speed. “It's only one part of our lives. We need to seek the
freedom and ability to pursue the other parts of our lives
successfully."
Speed was close friends with Judy Heumann. Judy is an
internationally recognized leader in the disability community
and was a vital player in the disability rights movement. In
1974 she worked on legislation that would later become
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) while
serving as a legislative assistant to the Chair of the U.S.
Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. She was
also active in the independent living movement and
became the deputy director of the Center for Independent
As an active member of ECNV and a former board
Living in Berkley. Among her most notable early
member, I find myself reconnected to incredible disability
accomplishments was leading the sit-in that blocked
advocates who worked within the disability rights
Madison Avenue in New York City in 1972 to protest
movement long before the ADA was enacted including
Nixon’s veto of the Rehabilitation Act. This demonstration
Speed, leading disability rights advocate and Special
and others from across the country were pivotal in
Advisor for International Disability Rights at the Department convincing Congress to override the veto and vote the
of State Judy Heumann, and ECNV Director of Advocacy
Rehabilitation Act into law in 1973.
Doris Ray. We all came to disability rights separately and in
different ways, but through our journeys have met and
As a recent college graduate, Doris Ray saw Judy and the
fought for equal rights together.
other demonstrators blocking Madison Avenue on the
nightly news. A third generation blind woman, she knew
Speed’s first professional advocacy was in St. Louis, MO,
first-hand the prejudices and discrimination that people with
where he was instrumental in starting Paraquad, a Center
disabilities had always faced.
for Independent Living. He was the Chair of the National
Paraplegic Foundation, then moved to Boston to work at
“When I saw them taking over Madison Ave. on national TV
the National Spinal Cord Injury Association of Newton, MA I was in tears. I never dreamed that I would ever meet
where he met the current ECNV Board Vice President
Judy,” Doris said.
Soula Antoniou. Speed later served on the National Council
But, eight years later, Doris attended the American
Another Chance for LEAP
Those selected to receive an
Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities conference where
Awards Coming Soon…
award will be announced by
Judy was speaking and met her for the first time. When
July 10.
Doris became one of the co-founders of ECNV in 1983, she
Thanks to a grant from The
was right at the forefront of fighting for the Virginians with
HSC Foundation, ECNV is
However, if you missed the
Disabilities Act and later the Americans with Disabilities
offering assistance to
first deadline, there’s great
Act.
individuals with disabilities
news! Starting Monday, July
ages 14 to 26. The Life
Enrichment Awards Program
(LEAP) Awards are given to
help young consumers reach
a transitioning life goal.
Examples include tuition
assistance, funding to start a
business, tutoring and
personal instruction, attire for
an interview or other such
expenses. They are items not
covered by Medicaid or
insurance and will be
purchased directly by ECNV.
13, we will again accept
applications for the final round
of 2015 awards. The deadline
to submit your application is
Friday, August 21. Awards
will be announced by Monday,
September 7.
To learn more about this
opportunity please go to
www.ecnv.org or send an email to Cynthia Evans at
[email protected].
Doris, Judy, and Speed are only a few incredible advocates
who are now connected to ECNV. I personally have seen
the movement from all sides. My brother, mother, and
father were all nursing home patients. I spent my career
providing services to the elderly and people with
disabilities. My husband also acquired a disability. In 1997,
I found myself a hospital patient, then a rehab patient and
ECNV consumer after sustaining a brain injury. I later
became an ECNV Board member. Advocacy has always
been my passion. Reflecting back to before the passage of
the Americans with Disabilities Act and looking ahead, I am
grateful to know so many amazing advocates as we
continue to work together to fight for full inclusion.
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Voices of Generation ADA
Generation ADA are people with disabilities born after the ADA was enacted. Hear from two Generation ADA advocates:
Sarah Goldman, graduate student
When I look back on my life as a
person with a disability, I think of all the
challenges and obstacles I’ve had to
overcome to have equal opportunity in
society. I often find myself frustrated
wishing things could be different and
feel overwhelmed by where I should
start in fixing the many barriers. Yet in
the midst of my frustration, I remind
myself of how lucky I am, knowing that
if I had been alive over 25 years ago, before the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) passed, I would not have had
nearly as many accommodations in my daily life as a
person with a disability as I do now. I think about how
grateful I am to be able to go to almost any public place
and have no steps or curbs for my wheelchair to get over,
how I can ride almost any form of public transportation with
little to no barriers, and how I’ve been able to successfully
attend and graduate from a public university having been
100% accommodated on campus both within and outside
the classroom. These are all things I take for granted on a
daily basis, but before the ADA passed, these realities I
take for granted would have been more obstacles to
overcome.
independence to live away from home, watching thousands
of people with disabilities at the U.S. Capitol begging to
have their voices heard, watching people get out of their
wheelchairs and fight to climb flights of stairs of the Capitol,
and being arrested for wanting equal rights. These people,
who are just like me, paved the way for this generation to
be accommodated by the ADA. That day, they became my
role models, and watching them sparked a fire in my soul.
I discovered that my passion is to be a role model and
continue paving the way for those with disabilities in my
generation and the generations to come.
When I’m tired of fighting challenges and barriers, I remind
myself of those that came before and how they fought for
me to be where I am today. I remind myself how lucky I am
to have a voice that can be used to speak up for myself
and for others that do not have a voice. Most importantly, I
remind myself of how lucky I am to have a purpose of
being a trailblazer and vessel for change on this earth.
I am so excited about the ADA’s 25th anniversary this year
and for the opportunity to be in Washington, DC for the
celebration and NCIL conference. Getting to network with
other advocates like myself re-energizes me and helps fuel
my purpose. Together, we can combine our strengths and
I remember sitting in my social policy class watching the
passion to help make a difference for the next generation
documentary, Lives Worth Living. It was the first time I was of ADA 25. One of my favorite sayings is: You must be the
exposed to disability history and it overwhelmed me with
change you wish to see in the world, because if not us,
emotion. I remember watching Ed Roberts fight for his
who? And if not now, when? Happy Birthday, ADA!
Maddy Ruvolo, Chair of the NCIL Youth Caucus, Systems Change Advocate at
Marin Center for Independent Living
As a member of Generation ADA (or, in keeping with our
millennial status and propensity for social media #GenerationADA), I have had the great privilege to grow up
in a post-ADA world. Most significantly for me, as someone
with a chronic illness, this has meant accommodations in
the classroom and in the workplace. It means curb cuts and
accessible transit for many of my friends, and it has given
this generation the confidence to expect our rights.
We are so grateful for the activists
who chained themselves to buses
and crawled up the steps of the
Capitol and executed the longest sitin of a government building in U.S.
history. We are also frustrated,
because 25 years after the ADA, it
feels like we should be further along.
Of course, growing up after the ADA passage hasn’t meant But we are translating that frustration
the disappearance of ableism in our lives. We are intimately into action as best we can - working in advocacy
familiar with the stigma associated with our disabilities, the organizations, blogging about our personal experiences,
pitying glances or the inaccessibility of so many spaces or
bringing our perspectives into other social justice
the accusations of fraud when we dare request those
movements. I know so many amazing disabled young
legally guaranteed accommodations. For disabled youth of people who are already doing incredible work, and I think
color, queer disabled youth, and low income disabled
the disability community has every reason to be excited
youth, the barriers are that much greater. Though we
about the next generation of activists.
undoubtedly have it better than generations before, there is
still tremendous work to be done.
Generation ADA is here for the fight.
Sarah and Maddy will be presenting workshops at the NCIL Annual Conference on Independent Living.
For more information, go to www.ncil.org/2015-annual-conference-on-independent-living
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25th Anniversary ADA Events
Josh Blue, An Evening of Comedy
Thursday, July 16th, 5:40 - 7:00 p.m., Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. Free, no tickets required.
Headliner Josh Blue won the fourth season of NBC’s reality series Last Comic Standing. As a comedian
living with cerebral palsy, Blue centers much of his act on his disability. This performance is being offered
in collaboration with the U. S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
www.2540celebration.com/events/event/celebration-opening-performance/
ADA 25th Anniversary: Championing Disability Rights
July 16th - August 2nd, 10:00 a.m.- 9:00 p.m., Kennedy Center Family Theater Lower Lobby
As one of the chief sponsors of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Senator Edward M. Kennedy
ensured that millions of Americans living with disabilities would be protected against discrimination.
This exhibit examines the Senator’s contributions to the passage of this legislation, and includes two
portraits from the VSA Permanent Art Collection of Senator Kennedy by well-known artists Andy
Warhol and Jamie Wyeth. www.2540celebration.com/events/event/ada-25th-anniversarychampioning-disability-rights/
© The Andy Warhol Foundation
for the Visual Arts, Inc.
The Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990-2015
July 20 – TBA, American History Museum, 2nd Floor
Passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 was a landmark moment in Civil
Rights. The legislation made clear that disability was not a medical issue but rather one of
equality. The museum features objects from the national collections that capture the
significance and legacy of the ADA through the stories of four people.
www.si.edu/Exhibitions/Details/The-Americans-with-Disabilities-Act-1990-2015-5582
Conversations on Latinos and the ADA
Friday, July 24th, 12:00 - 4:00 p.m., National Museum of American History
This brainy gathering of professors, activists, and professionals from around the country takes on the historical and
cultural issues related to how disability has been understood among Latinos/as in the United States.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/events#/?i=5
Disability Film Festival
Saturday, July 25th, 10 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. National Museum of American History, Warner Theater
The museum screens three documentary films made by or about people with disabilities. Following each film, a curator
moderates a lively conversation among the audience members, directors, historians, or others connected to the
production. americanhistory.si.edu/events#/?i=2
ADA25 Legacy Bus and Disability Rights Museum on Wheels
Sunday, July 26th, 12:00 p.m.— 4:00 p.m., National Museum of American History, Madison
Drive on Mall side of the Museum grounds.
The bus and the traveling museum will spend the afternoon at the museum, creating historic
photo-ops for its many followers. americanhistory.si.edu/events#/?i=2
Americans with Disabilities Act 25th Anniversary: A Celebration of Pride, Power, and Promise,
Monday, July 27th, 7:00 p.m. — 11: 00 p.m. Grand Hyatt, 1000 H St. NW Washington, DC 20001.
Tickets can be purchased at www.disabilityleadership.org.
This community-wide celebration is being hosted by the National Disability Leadership Alliance (NDLA) and will be the
largest ADA Anniversary event in the United States.
NCIL 2015 Annual Conference on Independent Living, and March & Rally to
US Capitol
Monday, July 27th through Thursday, July 30th Grand Hyatt, 1000 H St. NW
Washington, DC 20001.
NCIL’s Annual Conference draws individuals of all ages and disabilities from all 50
states. Registration at www.ncil.org/2015-annual-conference-on-independent-living/.
The NCIL March and Rally — starting at the Grand Hyatt and going to the Capitol— are
free and those who are not registered for the conference are invited to participate.
ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia Events
Contact Ruchika Lalwani for ECNV events at (703) 525-3268 or [email protected] unless otherwise indicated.
Thurs
9
Fri
10
Tues
21
Fri
24
1:00 p.m. — 3:00 p.m. EXCEL! Employment Networking Group at ECNV, 2300 Clarendon Blvd,
Suite 305, Arlington, 22201. This month’s topic will be Stress Reduction Techniques by Mark Gorkin, a
therapist and humorist known as the “Stress Doc.” RSVP to [email protected].
6:00 p.m. The ENDependents Social Group will be meeting for TGIF Dinner at Delhi Dhaba, 2424
Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201. You are warmly invited to join us! Cost is just the food you order.
1:30 p.m. Transportation Options Seminar, ECNV, 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 305, Arlington, 22201.
A discussion of transportation options & resources with ECNV’s Travel Trainers and WMATA’s Travel
Trainer Cherie Leporatti. RSVP to [email protected].
5:30 p.m. The ENDependents Social Group at ECNV, 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 305,
Arlington, 22201. Join us for food and fun for $5!
Disability Advocacy
Wed
1
12:00 p.m. INOVA Stroke Support Group, Fair Oaks Medical Campus, 3580 Joseph Siewick Drive,
Inova Cancer Center, Lower Level – Room B, Fairfax, 22033. Contact Helen Parker at
[email protected].
Wed
8
7:00 p.m.— 9:00 p.m. Fairfax Long Term Care Coordinating Council, Fairfax County Government
Center - Conference Rooms 9 and 10, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, 22035. Contact
Patricia Rohrer at 703-324-2051, TTY 711.
Wed
8
7:00 p.m. Alexandria Commission on Persons with Disabilities (ACPD), Chet & Sabra Avery
Room 2000, City Hall, 301 King St., Alexandria, 22314. Contact Mike Hatfield at (703) 746-3148(V) or
[email protected].
Thurs
9
7:00 p.m. National Federation of the Blind of Virginia Potomac Chapter,
St. George's Episcopal Church, Room 115, Arlington. For more information call (703) 646-1130 or
[email protected].
Thurs
16
7:00 p.m. Loudoun Disability Services Board (DSB), Loudoun County Government Center,
1 Harrison St. S.E. Leesburg, 20177. Contact Catherine Motivans, [email protected] or
(571) 258-3282.
Thurs
16
6:30 p.m. National Federation of the Blind of Virginia Fairfax Chapter, the Providence Community
Center, 3001 Vaden Drive, Fairfax, 22031. Contact John Bailey at (703) 994-2040 or
[email protected].
Tues
21
7:00 p.m. Arlington County Disability Advisory Commission (ACDAC), 2100 Clarendon Blvd.,
Conference Room 311, 3rd Floor Arlington, 22201. Contact Anna Maynard, (703) 228-7096 (V/TTY) or
[email protected].
Mon 27
Thru
Thurs 30
NCIL 2015 Annual Conference on Independent Living, Grand Hyatt, 1000 H St. NW, Washington, DC
20001. NCIL’s Annual Conference draws individuals of all ages and disabilities from all 50
states. Registration at www.ncil.org/2015-annual-conference-on-independent-living/.
Thurs 30
Thru
Fri 31
Arlington Getting It Right Workshop!, Hilton Arlington, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, 22203.
Provides tools to facilitate full integration and inclusion in every aspect of emergency
preparedness. Register at http://www.portlight.org/page.html.
Community Events
Sat
4
Mon 27
Thru
Sat 1
8:00 p.m. 4th of July Concert and Fireworks, The National Mall, Washington, D.C. Live concert by the
National Symphony Orchestra and several pop artists on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building. The
concert is followed by fireworks over the Washington Monument. Free event.
Loudoun County Fair, Loudoun County Fairgrounds, 17564 Dry Mill Rd. Leesburg, 20175.
Schedule of events and tickets at loudouncountyfair.com.
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advocacy tools so we can achieve, maintain, and maximize our freedom.
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