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Category Archives: Protest
“Music By Prudence” & Moments in Disability History
Listen: May 4, 2-3 pm PST KPFA And the Oscar for Best Documentary Short goes to….. “Music by Prudence!” We begin this program with the story of an incredible singer from a school for disabled people in Zimbabwe and … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Adrienne Lauby, Americans with Disabilities Act, Deaf, Film, Leah Gardner, Music, Politics, Protest, Story Telling - Disability
Tagged Liyana, Lucky Touch Fortune Cookie Company, Music by Prudence, Prudence Mabhana
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Budgets, Budgets and more Budgets
Listen (60 min Special) Part One, Part Two IHSS Consumers Union Interview (5:41) To contact the IHSS Consumers Union: call 562-435-4236 or email ihss.consumers.union@gmail.com< What’s in the Way of Winning the Budget Fight. Commentary by Jacob Lesner-Buxton (3:11) When the … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Adrienne Lauby, California Budget, Community, Eddie Ytuarte, IHSS, Protest, Shelley Berman, Story Telling - Disability
Tagged California Disability Community Action Network (CDCAN), IHSS Consumers Union., Kathy Kates, Marty Omoto, Nancy Becker Kennedy
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Mental Disability Within Occupy
Listen (29 min) The stereotyping of people living with mental disabilities and homeless people during the Occupy encampments could have set our mutual liberation back for decades. If it doesn’t, it will be due to a radically different story from … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Adrienne Lauby, Community, Mental Disability, Politics, Protest, relationships
Tagged David Parks, Eve, Herbert Darren, Occupy L.A., Occupy Santa Rosa
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Disability and the Occupy Movement
Listen (28 min) The “Occupy” movement with a disability slant . . . a heavy disability slant. Organizer Marg Hall analyzes current events happening almost literally on our back yards. Stephanie Miyashiro talks about sitting mere yards in front of … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Eddie Ytuarte, Leah Gardner, Protest
Tagged Marg hall, Stephanie Miyashiro
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My MediCaid Matters Rally, D.C. & S.F.
On September 21, activists led by ADAPT and 90 allied organizations rallied in support of Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California) which is slated for deep cuts by the Super Committee on Budget Cuts– both Dems and Republicans. Pushing Limits Producer, Marissa … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, California Budget, Health Insurance Reform, Protest
Tagged ADAPT, CUIDO, My Medicaid Matters
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Smart Meters: Making Us Sick?
Listen (29 min) Why this controversy over Smart Meters? Is Pacific Gas and Electricity being honest in its contention that smart meters are safe and will save consumers money in the long run? Do smart meters constitute another threat to … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Eddie Ytuarte, Protest, Shelley Berman
Tagged Capitola, Electromagnetic, Joshua Hart, PG & E, Radio waves, Santa Cruz, Smart Meters, Stop Smart Meters
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Attack on Medi-Cal and Medi-Care; Hope Rises for a Single-Payer Health Plan in California
If you don’t get involved, decisions about these live-saving programs will be made without you. LISTEN 29 min radio program Republican Representatives Ryan and Toomey have each proposed plans to decimate Medi-Cal and Medi-Care, health insurance coverage for a … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, California Budget, Eddie Ytuarte, Health Insurance Reform, Marissa Shaw, Politics, Protest
Tagged California Chapter Physicians for a National Health Program, Dr. Hank Abrons, health insurance reform, Independent Living Resources, Oregon, single-payer, Steve Weiss
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Turning the Ship of State
LISTEN 28 min Policy vs Protest. Insiders vs Outsiders. (R to L) Sunaura Taylor, Jessica Lehman, Marianna Ruybalid surrounded by police. Photo by Jameson Ligni We look at this centuries-old debate as it plays out for people with disabilities in … Continue reading
Posted in Adrienne Lauby, Eddie Ytuarte, Politics, Protest
Tagged California budget cuts, Jameson Ligni, Mary Lou Breslin, Policy, Protest
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We’re Here, We’re Proud, Together and Loud
More than 200 people with disabilities and their friends demanded to speak directly with Governor Schwarzenegger, Tuesday, July 7. They blocked the front of his Sacramento office for more than six hours. Twelve protesters refused to leave the building at … Continue reading
Posted in Adrienne Lauby, IHSS, Protest
Tagged California budget cuts, civil disobedience, Governor Schwarzenegger
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