[Nfbmo] FW: Nationwide Call to Action on the Convention on the Rights of ...

Mon May 20 23:41:23 UTC 2013

Cory,
      Thanks for your note on the possible  reconsideration of the 
Convention on the Rights of Persons with  Disabilities.    Below is a section from 
your forwarded post, in  this case, regarding the tactics opponents of the 
treaty are engaging  in:

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Example: Right now the opposition is  circulating a sign-on letter in the 
House of Representatives addressed to senate  leadership indicating their 
opposition to the treaty. The House does NOT vote on  treaties, but they want 
to attack disability rights on a Senate issue! Check to  see if your 
representative has signed the letter circulated by Representatives  Doug Lamborn 
(CO) and Jeff Duncan (SC).
end quote
     There is no URL to find this letter.   Do you know how to find it?  I 
can look it up and report to the affiliate  which, if any, of Missouri's 
national Reps have signed the  letter.

Thanks,
Dan

In a message dated 5/20/2013 11:25:07 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
cory.j.mcmahon at gmail.com writes:

Good  morning, Everyone-FYI.

Sincerely,

Cory  McMahon

From: Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund  
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Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 9:32 AM
To:  cory.j.mcmahon at gmail.com
Subject: Nationwide Call to Action on the  Convention on the Rights of 
Persons with Disabilities

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CRPD NETWORK CALL TO  ACTION

www.disabilitytreaty.org  
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If you were unable to make our community leadership call last  week, we 
heard from Senator Harkin as he called us to  action.

Senator Harkin explained that “the number of calls that  came into the 
Senate offices last year opposing the disability treaty  outnumbered the ones 
that came in supporting it by a factor of 50 to 1. But we  also know that the 
vast majority of the American people want this and support  it.”

As Marca Bristo, USICD’s President, said on the call,  “We're calling upon 
our Senators to have the courage and the dedication to do  what's right.... 
It's seldom that people have a second opportunity to do the  right thing.”

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

*    We hope  to have a hearing in June in the Senate Foreign Relations 
Committee, and we  ask you to come and REPRESENT YOUR STATE.
*    We ask you to make  calls, visit your member’s offices (either in 
Washington DC or in their local  offices), send emails, and talk to the press in 
your state. 

Disability  advocates have been told by senators and their staffs “we have 
not decided  yet.” Do not settle for their indecision – keep going back 
until they give you  an answer.

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*    If you need assistance in organizing contact USICD (  
egrant at usicd.org) or DREDF ( rneuhaus at dredf.org) and we will help  you.

THE TRUTH CAMPAIGN: ANSWERING THE  OPPOSITION

There are three main myths being spread about the  treaty and we want to 
help you answer them for your members.

*   Sovereignty: Let your U.S. Senators know that you care about this  
treaty and tell them not to get fooled by the lies and misrepresentation of  the 
leaders of the Home School Legal Defense Association.  All human  rights 
treaties passed by the U.S. Senate include the same RUD (RUD = legal  binding 
condition added to treaties) that we have on the Disability Treaty to  
protect U.S. sovereignty.  U.S. sovereignty has not been affected by the  those 
treaties and our sovereignty will not be impacted by this  treaty.
*    Abortion: There is nothing in this treaty that  changes abortion 
rights in this country. It simply states that woman with  disabilities should 
have the same access to health care as woman without  disabilities. It is a 
statement of non-discrimination only NOT a change in  U.S.  law or policy.
*    Homeschooling/parental rights:  This is a non-discrimination treaty 
that does NOT change our law but confirms  our commitment to disability rights 
and allows us to impact disability rights  globally! That means NO changes 
to U.S. laws covering parental rights.   That means kids can still can get 
homeschooled – nothing relating to  homeschooling changes. Furthermore, the 
treaty supports people with  disabilities and their right to live in the 
community among family and  protects parents and children from separation on the 
basis of  disability.

We must spread a TRUTH campaign against the lies  being told about the 
treaty.  

Example: Right now the  opposition is circulating a sign-on letter in the 
House of Representatives  addressed to senate leadership indicating their 
opposition to the treaty. The  House does NOT vote on treaties, but they want 
to attack disability rights on  a Senate issue! Check to see if your 
representative has signed the letter  circulated by Representatives Doug Lamborn 
(CO) and Jeff Duncan  (SC).

REMEMBER

This is not just a disability  campaign, our coalition has over 500 
organizations representing Veterans,  Civil Rights groups, Human Rights groups, 
Religious groups, GLBT groups, among  many others – all working in 
collaboration. We ask you to contact those groups  in your community to join you in the 
campaign for the passage of the treaty.  If you need assistance getting in 
contact with groups in your area, please  contact USICD and we will send you 
those contacts.

As Senator  Harkin said, “If the disability treaty does not pass, it will 
make it more  difficult for other disability legislation in the future. 
Passing the CRPD  would put more life into our efforts on all sorts of disability 
 policies.”

We need YOU to help us ensure that the CRPD  passes!  You can learn more at 
the new website dedicated to the  CRPD:  www.disabilitytreaty.org  
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access a new community  webinar.  Don’t delay – we need you now!

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