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Mar 16, 2024

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/

 

Mar 9, 2024

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     

              www.ndrn.org

 

Resources: https://www.ndrn.org/resource/new-report-details-how-private-equitys-stranglehold-on-medical-equipment-industry-hurts-people-with-disabilities/

Private Equity Stakeholder Project

https://pestakeholder.org/

 

TRANSCRIPT:  https://bff.justwork.io/

 

Mar 2, 2024

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

                   https://libertyresources.org/

                   

 

 

Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/

Feb 24, 2024

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

www.autisticadvocacy.org

 

Resources: https://autisticadvocacy.org/policy/toolkits/voting/

 

Transcript: https://bff.justwork.io/

 

 

 

Feb 17, 2024

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

                      https://mindfreedom.org/

                      www.madinamerica.com

 

TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/

 

Feb 10, 2024

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/

 

Feb 4, 2024

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/

 

   

 

 

 

Jan 26, 2024

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

https://www.casey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/the_home_and_community-based_services_hcbs_relief_act_of_2023.pdf

 

TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/

 

Jan 19, 2024

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

                  wheelwoman3@gmail.com

 

RESOURCES: 

Disability Organizing 101 and Beyond

 https://freeourpeople.net/disabilityorganizing101andbeyond/ 

ADAPT Museum

www.adaptmuseum.net

 

TRANSCRIPT:  https://bff.justwork.io/

 

Jan 12, 2024

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

                   dkruse@rutgers.edu

 

RESOURCES: https://smir.rutgers.edu/faculty-research-engagement/program-disability-research/voter-turnout-and-voting-accessibility

 

TRANSCRIPT:  https://bff.justwork.io/

 

Jan 5, 2024

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/ 

Dec 22, 2023

Bob interviews:

Allison C. Carey - Professor in Dept of Sociology and Anthropology at Shippenburg University;

Pamela Block - Professor of Anthropology at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada;

Richard K. Scotch - Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Univ of Texas at Dallas

TOPIC:

ALLIES and OBSTACLES - Disability Activism and Parents of Children w/Disabilities

Contact Information:

Allison - ACCare@ship.edu

Pamela - pblock@uwo.ca

Richard - Richard.Scotch@utdallas.edu

Temple University Press - https://tupress.temple.edu/books/allies-and-obstacles

 

TRANSCRIPT:  https://bff.justwork.io/

 

Dec 15, 2023

Bob interiews Erica McFadden, Director Office of Independent Living Programs

https://acl.gov/ils-programs

TOPIC: Independent Living Office: Programs and working with Independent Living advocates

CONTACT:.Erica.Mcfadden@acl.hhs.gov

 Resource: A History of the Independent Living Movement on YouTube

https://youtu.be/YjaUwQMsPYs?si=C46ldeb_rbKB9P4c

 

TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/

 

Dec 8, 2023

Bob interviews Janine Bertram, Disability Journalist, Activist and keen observer of the Independent Living Movement.

TOPICS: Remembering Evan Kemp;  Issues confronting the Independent Living Movement

CONTACT: janinebk@mac.com

RESOURCES: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/08/14/evan-j-kemp-jr-dies/8720e012-1c21-4646-baee-8873a8b2dc56/

https://issuu.com/faircountmedia/docs/ada25_complete_book/s/144842

 

TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/

 

Dec 1, 2023

Bob interviews Kimberly Tissot, President and CEO ABLE-South Carolina

https://www.able-sc.org/about-us/staff-board/kimberly-tissot/

 

TOPIC: Independent Living Centers: Past, Present, Future 

ACTION: A group called "Liberators for Justice" is developing a Call to Action focused on                           A Recommitment to IL Principles 

FOR INFORMATION:  ktissot@able-sc.org

 

TRANSCRIPT: https://bff.justwork.io/

Nov 18, 2023

Bob interviews Bill Gaventa who is a Speaker, Trainer, Consultant in Faith and Disability.

He is Founder and Director Emeritus of the INSTITUTE ON THEOLOGY AND DISABILITY.  https://faithanddisability.org/institute-on-theology-and-disability/

He is author of "DISABILITY AND SPIRITUALITY: RECOVERING WHOLENESS  https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481309400/disability-and-spirituality/

CONTACT: bill.gaventa@gmail.com

 

TRANSCRIPT:  https://bff.justwork.io/

 

Nov 10, 2023

Bob interviews Michael Gamel-McCormick, U.S. Senate Disability Policy Director

TOPIC:  The Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Relief Act of 2023;

             Institutional Bias;

             Potential effects of government shutdown;

https://www.casey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/the_home_and_community-based_services_hcbs_relief_act_of_2023.pdf

CONTACT:  Michael_gamel-mccormick@aging.senate.gov

                   202 224 4193

 

TRANSCRIPT: https;//bff.justwork.io/ 

Nov 3, 2023

Bob interviews Jill Jacobs, Commisioner of the Administration on Disabilities at the Administration for Community Living, ACL and Jennifer Johnson Deputy Director of the Administration on Disabilities at ACL.

TOPIC:  Programs, policies and how Adm on Disabilities works with grassroots

CONTACT:  https://acl.gov/about-acl/administration-disabilities

 

TRANSCRIPTION: https://bff.justwork.io/

Oct 27, 2023

Bob Kafka interviews Dennis Borel, Executive Director of the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities (CTD) for 23 years. CTD founded in 1978 is one of the oldest state cross disability coalitions in the United States.

TOPIC: 20th Anniversary Team Everest:  A Himalayan Journey 2003 (Organized by CTD) 

CONTACT:  https://www.txdisabilities.org/

RESOURCES: 

https://youtu.be/Dt6vBVNWOro?si=l7Cyr6HbeIZY2UXO

 https://vimeo.com/21365400

https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20030315&slug=everest115

https://www.amazon.com/Awesome-Accident-adapting-accident-extraordinary/dp/B0B28KPPD2

TRANSCRIPTION:   https://bff.justwork.io/

 

 

Oct 6, 2023

Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Darcy Milburn, Director of Social Security and Healthcare Policy at The Arc of the US.

TOPIC:  SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act

CONTACT:  The Arc of the US      https://thearc.org 

RESOURCE:  SSI Savings Penalyt Elimination Act

https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-brown-cassidy-announce-first-bipartisan-bicameral-bill-in-decades-to-update-supplemental-security-income-program

 

TRANSCRIPTION: https://bff.justwork.io/

 

 

Sep 29, 2023

Bob Kafka host of Barrier Free Futures KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM, interviews Scott Cooper, Director of   "IT's OUR STORY".  Scott is currently working with the DISABILITY HISTORY AND CULTURE COLLABORATIVE  (DHCC)

CONTACT:

http://www.itsourstory.com/

itsourstory@gmail.com

202 340 2575

DISABILITY RIGHTS MUSEUM - GOOGLE GROUP

https://groups.google.com/g/disability-rights-museum/

 

TRANSCRIPTION:

https://bff.justwork.io/

  

Sep 22, 2023

Bob interviews two long time National ADAPT activists, Nancy Salandra and Mike Oxford.

Nancy recently retired as an Independent Living Specialists Liberty Resources Philadelphia.

Mike is involved with the Community Living Policy Center/Brandeis and Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies.

TOPIC: 20th Anniversary of the ADAPT FREE OUR PEOPLE  March  144 miles Phila to DC

CONTACT INFORMATION: www.NationalADAPT.org

RESOURCES:  2003 FREE OUR PEOPLE March

https://adapt.org/2003-philadelphia-free-our-people-march-nancy-salandra/

ADAPT Museum Collection

https://adaptmuseum.net/gallery/index.php?/category/55

 

TRANSCRIPTION:  https://bff.justwork.io/

 

Sep 16, 2023

Bob interviews Day-Al Mohamed, Human/Disability Rights Advocate, Author, Filmmaker/Director and Disability Policy Expert.

CONTACT:  daysmail@gmail.com

RESOURCES:

Lift Me UP - Tribute to Judy Heumann

https://g.co/kgs/8NYE83

Kitty O'Neil - American Masters/PBS

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/renegades-pilot-kitty-oneil/18248/

 

TRANSCRIPT:

https://bff.justwork.io/ 

Sep 9, 2023

Bob interviews Teresa Nguyen, Director of the Community Living Equity Center, The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University.

CONTACT: https://heller.brandeis.edu/community-living-policy/clec/home.html

email: clequity@brandeis.edu

#clpolicy

 

TRANSCRIPT:

https://bff.justwork.io/

 

 

 

Aug 25, 2023

Bob interviews Ariana Aboulafia, Policy Counsel, Disability Rihts in Technology at the Center for Democracy & Technologgy, CDT and Henry Claypool, Disability Rights Adocate, served in the Clinton and Obama Administration and nowis a Disability Consultant.

Topic: "Centering Disability in Technology Policy   Joint Report released by AAPD and CDT

https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/centering-disability-120821-1326-final.pdf

Center on Democracy & Technology

https://cdt.org/

American Association of People with Disabilities

https://www.aapd.com

 

TRANSCRIPT:

https://bff.justwork.io/

 

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