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Aug 19, 2023

Bob interviews Sue Swenson, President Inclusion International.  Sue served in the Clinton and Obama Administrations and is a former Executive Director of The Arc of the US.

Topic: Right to live in the Community

CONTACT INFORMATION:

sue.swenson@inclusion-international.org

RESOURCES:

Inclusion International

https://inclusion-international.org/

International Disability Alliance

https://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/

Listen, Include, Respect

https://www.listenincluderespect.com/

Pitchfork Approach to Social Change

https://freeourpeople.net/disabilityorganizing101andbeyond/?page_id=54

 

TRANSCRIPT:

https://bff.justwork.io/

 

Aug 11, 2023

Bob interviews John Kemp, President and CEO of The Lakeshore Foundation.  John has many acheivements in the corporate and non-profit world.

CONTACT INFO:

JohnK@lakeshore.org

205 313 7441

RESOURCES:

Lakeshore Foundation

https://g.co/kgs/xgzBms

AstroAccess

https://astroaccess.org/

 

TRANSCRIPTION:

https://bff.justwork.io/

  

Aug 3, 2023

Bob interviews Paul Marchand, Former Disability Policy Advocate working with The Arc and UCP advvocating for community integration policies for people with cognitive disabilities.  Paul led the Disability Policy Collaborative and the Consortium of Citizens with Disabilities for many years.  Paul retired in 2011.

CONTACT INFO:  pmarchand@comcast.net

RESOURCES:

https://thearc.org/

https://www.c-c-d.org/index.php

TRANSCRIPT:

https://bff.justwork.io/

 

Jul 29, 2023

Bob interviews Sharon Gardner, Minister, disability advocate and entrepreneur.  Sharon coordinated Justin W. Dart Jr and Yoshiko's 50 state tour(s) collecting stories of discrimination from people with disabilities.  These stories were used by Congress to justify the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

https://ncd.gov/publications/1988/jan1988

https://www.ncd.gov/publications/1986/Febuary1986

 

TRANSCRIPT

https://bff.justwork.io/

 

Jul 21, 2023

Bob interviews Alexia Kemerling, REV UP Coalitions Coordinator.

TOPIC: POWER The Disability Vote 

akemerling@aapd.com

REV UP is a program of AAPD.  https://www.aapd.com/rev-up/

Disability Voting Rights Week 

https://www.aapd.com/disability-voting-rights-week/

 

TRANSCRIPT

https://bff.justwork.io/

Jul 14, 2023

Bob interviews Lex Frieden, Director of the ILRU program at TIRR, Memorial Hermann.

Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

TOPIC: American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities (ACCD)  

CONTACT INFORMATION:

lexfrieden@outlook.com

lfrieden@bcm.edu

https://www.ilru.org

713 520 0232  

RESOURCES:

What We Have Done (Chapter 13)

https://www.amazon.com/What-We-Have-Done-Disability/dp/1558499199

Handicapping America: Barriers to Disabled People

https://www.amazon.com/Handicapping-America-Barriers-disabled-people/dp/0060104228

 

TRANSCRIPT:

https://bff.justwork.io/

 

 

 

 

Jul 7, 2023

Bob interviews Lauren Pongan, National Director Diverse Elders Coalition

www.diverseelders.org

COALITION MEMBERS

     Natl Asian Pacific Center on Aging

     Natl Caucus and Center on Black Aging, Inc

     Natl Hispanic Council on Aging

     Natl Indian Council on Aging

     SAGE - Advocacy and Services for LGBT Elders

     Southeast Asia Resources Action Center

 

 

TRANSCRIPT

https://bff.justwork.io/

    

Jul 1, 2023

Bob interviews Mary Lou Breslin, Co Founder, former Executive Director and now Senior Analyst for the Disability Rights Education Defense Fund (DREDF)

Topic:  History of DREDF; DREDF's role in the passage and implementation of disability rights legislation; Challenges in front of the disability rights community.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

https://dredf.org//

mlbreslin@dredf.org

 

TRANSCRIPT:

https://bff.justwork.io/ 

Jun 24, 2023

Bob interviews Mike Oxford, ADAPT Activist, Independent Living Advocate, Interim Ex Dir Atlantis Community Inc Denver, Disability Rights and Services Consultant.

Topic: Olmstead Decision: Getting and Keeping People Out of Nursing Facilities and other Institutions

Contact Information:

mikeoxford@atlantiscommunity.org

mikeoxford@rocketmail.com

785 224 3865

TRANSCRIPT:

https://bff.justwork.io/  

Jun 17, 2023

Bob interviews Mark Johnson, long time ADAPT activist, Connector, Author and new Granddaddy.

Topics: ( Names may change)

Campaign for Disability Justice and Freedom;

Disability Justice and Freedom Caravan;

Friends of Disability Justice, History and Culture.

FOR INFORMATION:

john4404@bellsouth.net

 

FOR TRANSCRIPT:

https://bff.justwork.io/

 

Jun 10, 2023

Bob interviews Dan Kessler, Interim Executive Director, Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL)

CONTACT INFORMATION:

dkessler@april-rural.org

www.april-rural.org

 

FOR TRANSCRIPT:

https://bff.justwork.io/

 

Jun 2, 2023

Bob interviews Anita Cameron, long time Disability Justice Activist with ADAPT and other disability rights organizations.  She is Director of Minority Outreach for NOT DEAD YET. www.notdeadyet.org

Contact Anita: anitacameron007@gmail.com

 

For transcript of show:

https://bff.justwork.io/

 

May 26, 2023

Bob interviews Misty Dion and Tom Earle, CIL CEO's on the intersection of the Supreme Court's Olmstead Decision, CIL's 5th Core Service, eliminating the institutional bias and abuses of state's guardianship laws.

Misty and Tom were instrumental in the creation of LIBERATORS FOR JUSTICE a grassroots organization commited to the elimination of guardianship abuses and promoting alternatives to guardianship.

www.Liberators4Justice.org

 

For a transcript of this show

https://bff.justwork.io/  

May 20, 2023

Bob interviews Alan Holdsworth, Director of Disability Equality in Education.  Topic;  Disability Inclusive Curriculum

https://www.deanetwork.org/

https://www.disabilityequalityeducation.org/

https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/Education-Details.aspx?newsid=1373

 

FOR TRANSCRIPT OF THIS INTERVIEW:

https://bff.justwork.io/

May 12, 2023

Bob interviews David Goldfarb on the effects of the debt ceiling fight on people with disabilities and older Americans. The Arc has developed a Debt Ceiling Advocacy Tool Kit.

For a transcript of this program visit https://bff.justwork.io/

 

May 7, 2023

Resources for implementation of the CARE Executive Order:

For transcription of this show  http://bff.justwork.io/

Apr 29, 2023

Bob interviews Allie Cannington, Senior Manager at The Kelsey, a disability forward housing organization.

Topic: The VITAL Act

 

Apr 27, 2023

Bob interviews Katherine Ott historian at the Smithsonian documenting the disability movement

Apr 17, 2023

This week, Bob interviews Erin Prangley, Policy Director of The National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD).

For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/

Apr 1, 2023

Dan Wilkens, Disability Advocate, Graphic Designer, humorist, storyeller and keen observer of the disability movement.

Mar 25, 2023

This week Bob interviews Barbara L. Lyons, Special Projects Coordinator of Patient's Rights Action Fund.

For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/

Mar 20, 2023

Nancy Salandra, Co-Coordinator "Free Our People" March and ADAPT Activist

For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/

Mar 11, 2023

This week Bob interviews Theo Braddy, Executive Director of The National Council on Independent LivingFor a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/

Mar 4, 2023

Dan McMillan, historian and author of How Could This Happen: Explaining the Holocaust

For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/

Feb 28, 2023

Marshall Martinez, Executive Director of Equality New Mexico, the State LGBTQ Advocacy Organization.

Havens Levitt - LGBT Leader and activist for the LGBT Senior and Elders community in New Mexico.

For a transcript of this program, visit https://bff.justwork.io/

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