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.

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Resources for implementation of the CARE Executive Order:

• Administration for Community Living at U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: https://acl.gov/
• Executive Order Expands Access to Community Living Services, Supports Family Caregivers
• Fact Sheet about the Executive Order
• ACL Blog: Input Needed: CMS Proposes Rule to Improve Access to and Quality of Medicaid Services
• National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers
• ACL’s initiative on Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce
• Sign up for ACL Updates emails: https://acl.gov/subscribe
• Follow ACL on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aclgov
• Follow ACL on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aclgov

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

Topic: The VITAL Act

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

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

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

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

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

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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/

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

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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.

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Bob interviews Elena hung, Executive Director and Co-founder of Little Lobbyists For a transcript of this program, click here

Richard Petty, ILRU Co-Director

Sandra Breitengross Bitter, ILRU Director of Training

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Hank Hughes, Santa Fe County Commissioner for District 5 and recently retired Executive Director of the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness. He co-founded the Coalition in the year 2000 with other advocates and served as Executive Director from 2001 until 2023.

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

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In this episode, Bob is joined by Hoskie Benally Jr., the Community and Government Liaison for the Native American Disability Law Center.

You can learn more at https://nativedisabilitylaw.org/ 

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In this episode, Bob brings on Thomas Earle, Executive Director of Liberty Resorces Inc. and Liberty Resources Home Choices, Lolita Owens of United Homecare Workers, and Lynn Wiedner, Consumer Directed Worker.

Visit Liberty Resources at https://www.liberty-resources.org/ 

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Guest Bobby Silverstein, former staff director and chief counsel to the US Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy and chief aide to Senator Tom Harkin, the lead sponsor of the ADA in the Senate. Justin Dart often referred to Bobby as the behind-the-scenes architect of the ADA.

Lisa Sloane, Director of Technical Assistance Collaborative 

Please visit www.tacinc.org to get in touch with Lisa or email her at lsloane@tacinc.org

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