[nfb-talk] Fwd: [berkeley-disabled] Fwd: Hello - CALL TO ACTION : #ADAPTandRESIST to #SaveMedicaid this piece clearly outlines the ways in which the Republican Bill would affect blind and other disabled people

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> From: "Nancy Kennedy Nancybk at aol.com [berkeley-disabled]" <berkeley-disabled-noreply at yahoogroups.com>
> Date: June 27, 2017 at 12:45:19 PM PDT
> To: educateadvocateca at educateadvocateca.com, IHSSConsumersUni at aol.com,  CDR-MembersXchange at yahoogroups.com, adapt-cal at yahoogroups.com,  adaptlosangeles at gmail.com, berkeley-disabled at yahoogroups.com,  bipoole at verizon.net, jadler at adleradr.com, chucgjorge at gmail.com,  cotero at abilityfirst.org, andregreen473 at gmail.com,  rbardeaux at roadrunner.com, lynfilm at gmail.com, rhernandez at drcinc.org,  miles-deborah at sbcglobal.net
> Subject: [berkeley-disabled] Fwd: Hello - CALL TO ACTION : #ADAPTandRESIST to #SaveMedicaid
> Reply-To: Nancy Kennedy <Nancybk at aol.com>
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> From: Linda Taylor <ltaylor at cdrnys.org>
> To: 'Nancy Kennedy' <nancybk at aol.com>
> Sent: Mon, Jun 26, 2017 1:10 pm
> Subject: FW: Hello - CALL TO ACTION : #ADAPTandRESIST to #SaveMedicaid
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> From: Dara Baldwin [mailto:daraldb18 at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 9:17 AM
> To: Linda Taylor; Ann McDaniel; Billy Altom; Brian Peters; Bryon McDonald; Christy Dunaway; Darrel Christenson (DarrelC at ability360.org); Eldon Luce (elconsult at hotmail.com); Ericka Reil; Heidi Sieggried; James Turner; Jan Derry; Jeff Hughes; Jeff Iseman; Jessie Lorenz; Jim Dickson; Kathy Hoell; Kelly Buckland; Lee Schulz; Lindsay Baran; Lou Ann Kibbee; Marsah Unruh; Maureen Hollowell; Maureen Ryan; Mike Bachhuber; Peter Johnke; Roberta Sick; Shari Myers; slaunderville at vcil.org; Steve Higgins (shiggins at iacil.org);  Susan Tachau; Tim Fuchs; Bruce Darling; Samuel E. Liss
> Subject: Fwd: Hello - CALL TO ACTION : #ADAPTandRESIST to #SaveMedicaid
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> Hi All,
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> THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for your solidarity and great work on this!
> This week is imperative - there actions planned around the country! 
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> Please send this out to your networks! 
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> GO FUND ME: 
> https://www.gofundme.com/u2jc4-adapt
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> Information on Actions: 
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> Link to the Call to Action and Action/Organizer List:
> http://adapt.org/bcra-an-attack-on-the-disabled-americans-call-to-action/
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> Toolkit to #ADAPTandRESIST to #SaveMedicaid
> http://adapt.org/toolkit-to-adaptandresist-to-savemedicaid/
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> Press Release Template:
> http://adapt.org/sample-press-release-to-save-medicaid/
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> ADAPT Activist Handbook:
> http://adapt.org/the-adapt-activist-handbook/
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> Americans with Disabilities are at a pivotal point in our history.  Medicaid, which pays for the assistance many in our community need to have life and liberty, is under attack.  Republicans have decided that, to fund a tax cut for the wealthy, they will devastate the services that disabled and elderly Americans rely on.  These services include the medications and medical care we need to survive, the assistive devices – like wheelchairs and ventilators – we need to live our lives, and the funds to pay attendants to help us with our daily needs.
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> The attack on Medicaid is an attack on Disabled Americans and our very lives because, if these cuts go through, there is no question that Disabled Americans will die.
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> Although Republicans claim that they are addressing problems with Obamacare, this attack on Medicaid has literally nothing to do with Obamacare, President Obama, or his legacy.  To be clear, Medicaid was established in 1965 – when Barrack Obama was just three years old.
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> This legislation doesn’t reform Medicaid.  If Republicans truly wanted to reform Medicaid, they would have worked with the Disability Community to implement the reforms we’ve been suggesting for decades.  Instead of expanding consumer control and demedicalizing services, they chose to cap, cut, and gut the program.
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> Despite every effort to reason with the Republicans who control our government, they are intent on pushing this legislation forward with as little public review as possible. They simply want to avoid having to explain their actions to the American people.  They know that they were not voted into office to devastate the lives of Americans with disabilities.  They know that if the public understood what was happening – America would tell them to stop.
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> With our lives and liberty on the line, it has become clear that others will not win this fight for us.  They have tried.  If Disabled Americans are going to live and have liberty, it is up to us to fight for it ourselves.
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> We have begun the fight.  ADAPT staged a die-in our nation’s capital.  Americans watched in shock as disabled protesters were dragged away and silenced.  These ADAPTers sent a powerful message, but Senate Republicans continue to press forward with their attack.  Senate Republicans have made it clear that they intend to steal the independence of Disabled Americans before they leave Washington to celebrate the Fourth of July and their own freedom and independence.
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> It is time for the entire Disability Community to TAKE ACTION across our nation and demand that Senate Republicans stop their war on the Disability Community.  ADAPT, NCIL and others in the Disability Community are coordinating this effort.
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> JOIN THE FIGHT!  This week GO to the offices of Senate Republicans and CONFRONT THEM.
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> BE LOUD!  Polite and thoughtful hasn’t worked.
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> BE ANGRY!  This is about our LIVES and our FREEDOM as Disabled Americans.
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> MAKE HISTORY!  We are not just fighting for ourselves.  We are fighting for our children, and we are fighting for the generations of disabled Americans who will follow us. Their lives and liberty are depending on us.
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> Be RELENTLESS!
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> Actions are being planned in the following locations.  To connect with an action, contact the individuals listed for that site.  If you would like to coordinate an action, contact Bruce Darling at BDarling at CDRNYS.org or 585-370-6690.
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> LIST IN PROGRESS…
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> ARIZONA
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>   Phoenix
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>   Wednesday, June 28
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>   Vicki Cuscino, 215-266-1150, vickic at directilc.org
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>   Anastasia Bacigalupo, 805-448-4941, anastasia at wcil.org
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> COLORADO
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>   Denver
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>   Tuesday, June 27
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>   Dawn Russell, 303-884-1471, cdawnrussell1965 at gmail.com
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>   Josh Winkler, 720-280-1803, jkwinkler at gmail.com
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> FLORIDA
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>   Orlando (Tentative)
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>   Day: TBA
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>   Ed Hall, phone number, email
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> GEORGIA
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>   Atlanta
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>   Monday, June 26
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>   Ken, 404-687-8890, KMitchell at disabilitylink.org
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>   Stacey, 470-222-6088, SRamirez at TheArc.org
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>   Dawn Johnson, 404-377-3836 ext.120, d.johnson at thefrazercenter.org
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> INDIANA
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>   Indianapolis
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>   Monday, June 26
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>   Teresa Torres, 219-688-9957, teresatorres at everybodycounts.org
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>   Ryan McGraw, 313-414-3336, rmcgraw1983 at gmail.com
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>   Scott Nance, 773-793-6969
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>   Peter, 773-272-2776, peter at roustaboutmedia.com> 
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> KANSAS
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>   City: TBA
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>   Day: TBA
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>   Mike Oxford, 785-224-3865, tilrc at tilrc.org
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> MAINE
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>   Portland
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>   Wednesday, June 28
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>   Kings Floyd, 617-997-7519, Kings at ncil.org
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>   Sarah Launderville, 802-249-4939, slaunderville at vcil.org
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>   Bill Henning, bhenning at bostoncil.org
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> NEVADA
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>   Reno
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>   Tuesday, June 27
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>   Katie Savin, 415-322-8750
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> OHIO
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>   Cleveland
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>   Tuesday, June 27
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>   Dominick Evans, 937-776-6330, dominickmevans at gmail.com
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> PENNSYLVANIA
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>   Philadelphia
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>   Monday, June 26
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>   Nancy Salandra, 215-779-1014, NancySalandra at LibertyResources.org
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>   German Parodi, 215-971-0660, GermanParodi at msn.com
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> TENNESSEE
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>   Memphis
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>   Wednesday, June 28
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>   Tim Wheat & Allison Donald, 901-726-6404, tim at mcil.org
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> UTAH
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>   Salt Lake City
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>   Tuesday, June 27
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>   Barbara Toomer, 801-598-7907, barb4onflr at gmail.com
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> WISCONSIN
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>   Milwaukee
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>   Wednesday, June 28
> 
>   Marilee Adamski-Smith, 715-204-4152, marilee at adamski-smith.com
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