Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures interviews Diane Coleman, Founder, President and CEO of NOT DEAD YET - The Resistance.
Topic: Status of Assisted Suicide in the United States
Contact: www.notdeadyet.org
https://www.cnn.com/2014/11/26/us/physician-assisted-suicide-fast-facts/index.html
Where Assisted Suicide is legal.
Oregon Washington Montana Vermont California Colorado Washington DC Hawaii
New Jersey Maine New Mexico
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures interviews Rebecca Cokley, Program Officer for US Disability Rights, Ford Foundation. Rebecca serves as Ford Foundation liaison to the President's Council for Disability Inclusion in Philanthrophy.
Topics: Growing Awareness of Funders of Disability Programs
Contact: https://www.fordfoundation.org/about/people/rebecca-cokley/
Resource: Disability & Philanthrophy Forum
https://disabilityphilanthrophy.org/
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Kelly Buckland, Disability Policy Advisor to Secretary of the Department of Transportation.
Topics: Projects in Infastructure funding that include access for people with disabilities. Using your wheelchair on airplanes. Driverless cars for people with disabilities.
Contact: kelly.buckland@dot.gov
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Ron Kovic, author of 'Born on the Fourth of July', 'Hurricane Street' and now completes his Vietnam Trilogy with 'A Dangerous Country An American Elegy'.
"Ron Kovic is one of America's great voices on war and what it does to the body and soul. His story is as timeless and tragic as the country itself"
---Bruce Springsteen
RESOURCES: A Dangerous Country An American Elegy Holly@hollywatsonpr.com
Akashic Books johanna@akashicbooks.com
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Linda Litowsky, Documentary Filmmaker, Producer, Director and Media Consultant.
Topic: Getting Your Disability Message Out.
Contact: revuptx@gmail.com
Resources: Don't Dis The Vote https://vimeo.com/729369895
Change The World https://vimeo.com/433784161
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Cory Bernstein, Staff Attorney for the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN). Cory focus on P&A access authority and institutional settings outside the criminal legal system.
Topic: NDRN and Private Equity
Contact: cory.bernstein@ndrn.org
Private Equity Stakeholder Project
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Cassie James Holdsworth, National ADAPT Grassroots Organizer for over 30 years. Former Director, Community Advocacy for Liberty Resources, Philadelphia.
Topic: Direct Action and System Advocacy. They Can Work Together.
Contact: cassiejames145@icloud.com 215 219 0694
Resources: www.nationaladapt.org
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Larkin Taylor-Parker, Legal Director for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN).
Topic: ASAN's 2024 Policy and Advocacy agenda including 2024 voting outreach plans.
Contact: info@autisticadvocacy.org
Resources: https://autisticadvocacy.org/policy/toolkits/voting/
Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Laura Van Tosh, Leader in the Psychiatric Survivor Movement advocating at the local, state and national levels for over forty years. Laura is the founder of the Mental Health Policy Roundtable.
CONTACT: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-van-tosh-19817622
RESOURCES: www.narpa.org
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Jessica Podesva, National Council on Independent Living's (NCIL), Director of Advocacy and Public Policy.
TOPIC: NCIL's Advocacy, Policies and Challenges in 2024
CONTACT: Jessica@ncil.org
RESOURCES: www.ncil.org https://members.ncil.org/
https://www.ilru.org/projects/cil-net/cil-center-and-association-directory
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Tom Olin, known for his photojournalism and activism in the disability rights movement and campaigns for disability justice over a span of 40 years.
TOPIC: Tom Olin, Photographer and More...
CONTACT: 601 209 0855 crippower@mac.com
RESOURCES: https://tomolincollection.com
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews David Goldfarb, Director of Long Term Supports and Services Policy, The Arc of the United States.
TOPIC: Status of HCBS at the federal level
CONTACT: goldfarb@thearc.org
RESOURCES: www.thearc.org/action
https://www.aging.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/hcbs_access_act_one_pager1.pdf
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Stephanie Thomas, Disability Activist/ADAPT; Author" Disability Organizing 101 and Beyond" Manual; Curator of the ADAPT Museum.
TOPIC: Community Organizing
CONTACT: stephanie.adapt@sbcglobal.net
RESOURCES:
Disability Organizing 101 and Beyond
https://freeourpeople.net/disabilityorganizing101andbeyond/
ADAPT Museum
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Douglas Kruse and Lisa Schur, Professors at the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations; Co-Directors of the Rutgers Program for Disability Research.
TOPIC : Disability Vote Statistics
CONTA CT: lschur@rutgers.edu
RESOURCES: https://smir.rutgers.edu/faculty-research-engagement/program-disability-research/voter-turnout-and-voting-accessibility
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/
Bob interviews Peter Thomas, Managing Partner, Powers Law Firm focusing on Health Care and Rehabilitation Issues.
TOPIC: Health Care Issues in 2024. Opportunities and limitations.
CONTACT: Peter.Thomas@powerslaw.com
202 872 6730
TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/