Things found while cleaning
While cleaning my office I came across a large booklet called “Bob Dylan”. That’s amazing. There are very few things around here with that name on them. It is artfully made and contains a couple of...
View ArticleI have a crush on Rosa Parks
I’m pretty sure you’re supposed to keep your love life off Blogs. But I can’t help it. I have to admit I have a life long crush on Rosa Parks. I was reminded of that fact while writing the article...
View ArticleMavis Staples with a smokin blues band
J.P Lenoir’s ‘Down in Mississippi’ is considered one of the ten best protest songs from the 1960s (Updated July 1, 2012) Mavis Staples was 68 years old when she sang this at the Philly Folk Festival in...
View ArticleI have a dream by Dr. Martin Luther King inspires us
January 19th is Martin Luther King Jr. day across the United States of America. Tomorrow, January 20th, 2009 the United States will inaugurate its first black president, Barack Obama, the son of Dr....
View ArticlePublic attitude toward disabilities took many years to transform
Disability and racial discrimination go hand in hand
View ArticleWho is our Obama ?
President Barack Obama has only been President of the United States for a week and people feel better. We felt better on inauguration day.
View ArticleOlmstead’s Anniversary and Disability Civil Rights
From Steve Gold’s Information Bulletin (6/8/09): Olmstead’s Anniversary and Disability Civil Rights By Steve Gold June 22, 2009, marks the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Olmstead ruling for...
View ArticleSenator Ted Kennedy dead at 77 from brain cancer
A great man who accomplished much for the average man plagued by his own humanity Senator Ted Kennedy has died at home from brain cancer. He was 77 years old. BOSTON – Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the...
View ArticleThere is no place in our society for prejudice, former President George H. Bush
Former President George H. Bush boosts White House on 19th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act “I congratulate President Obama for taking some time today to remember the 19th anniversary...
View ArticleBob Dylan White House Video
Times They Are A Changin' performed at the White House - A gala Civil Rights event at the White House got Bob Dylan to perform at the White House celebrating Black History Month. Dylan's performance...
View ArticleBob Dylan performance at White House moved ahead to Tuesday
If you caught the concert last night – one day early – you were among the lucky ones Snow storms in Washington convinced the White House to move their February 10th free concert ahead one day to...
View ArticleBob Dylan – The Times They Are A Changing
It was an historic performance – how far have we come in granting human rights. From “In Performance At The White House” Bob Dylan’s song Times They Are A Changing has been used to push everything from...
View ArticleTackling disability discrimination takes more than wheelchair ramps
Dribblers please sit on the left”; the underbelly of disability segregation and acceptance. By Matthew Harper – Guardian Blog You’re in a restaurant; dressed up, with friends, family, maybe a partner...
View ArticleNoah Wyle arrested marching for disabled
Popular celebrity Noah Wyle is arrested at D.C. protest by disability rights group ADAPT Hollywood stars are coming out for social activism and the ER cast is leading. Noah Wyle, who played medical...
View ArticleJoan Baez To Get Amnesty Award
Queen of Folk Music Joan Baez will be recipient of Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2015
View ArticleWill it be cobblestones or cripples at UPEI
CTV News coverage of UPEI removing disabled parking from the inner campus.
View ArticleUPEI says PEI building codes don’t apply
UPEI Access-Ability Committee misguided attempt to force disabled into power wheelchairs
View ArticleSupreme Court dismisses Ayangma lawsuit against school board
EDITORIAL STAFF The Guardian A judge of the P.E.I. Supreme Court has dismissed a discrimination suit brought against the province’s French School Board and one of its former superintendents by...
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