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صفحه اصلی / آلبومها / Washington DC, Spring 1997 Two week action 47
- ADAPT (1073)
PHOTO: In a large room with a huge oil painting on the wall and a white marble statue, a group of ADAPT people sit looking kind of toward the camera. The side of someone's face is visible in the foreground at the edge of the picture. Mike Auberger is in the center of the crowd. - ADAPT (1067)
PHOTO: Two little boys in wheelchairs (Sergi _____ and Kyle Glozier) sit side by side looking at each other, smiling a giving the power fist. Behind and between them another little boy (Nigel Glozier) stands and is about the same height as the two in chairs. Behind them a woman (Laura Glozier) squats down so she is about their height and she is beaming. All three boys wear ADAPT shirts and short haircuts. - ADAPT (1053)
PHOTO: An angry looking policeman with his hands on his hips looks down at a calm, cool and collected looking Mike Auberger as they discuss the action and what will happen next. - ADAPT (1040)
PHOTO Frank Lozano stands speaking through a megaphone in front of the National Home Care Association (NHCA) building. Beside him is Val J. Halamandaris, President of the NHCA. A few protesters at the front of the crowd are visible. The building is fancy red and black brick in intricate designs. Frank is announcing our victory at this protest. - ADAPT (1054)
105th Congress 1st Session H.R. 2020 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of community attendant services under the Medicaid program. In the House of Representatives June 24, 1997 Mr. Gingrich introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce A Bill To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of community attendant services under the medicaid program. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 2 Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 Section 1. Short Title. 4 This Act may be cited as the "Medicaid Community 5 Attendant Services Act of 1997". - ADAPT (1070)
PHOTO: In a big fancy marbled room a huge group of ADAPT folks sit in a circle facing inward. The picture seems to include about a quarter of the circle. Behind the protesters are marble statues of Greek warriors and similar figures. There are giant paintings on the walls of dark classic scenes. - ADAPT (1061)
PHOTO Two policemen from the chest down and from the back, carry Spitfire in a sling position between them. She is wearing green camo with pink writing and all you can read is "disobedience. - ADAPT (1060)
PHOTO A large group of ADAPT protesters face the right side of the group. They are in front of the DOL. Almost everyone has their arms in the air waiving and in the middle Mike Oxford is yelling something across the group, his hands cupped around this mouth. - ADAPT (1064)
PHOTO: Shot from across the street, a long line of ADAPT marchers heads up 7th street. They are passing under the train track bridge and heading east toward HUD. - ADAPT (1066)
PHOTO: Groups of ADAPTers block the fronts of 2 Greyhound buses, one in front of the other. The closer bus has a Richmond sign in its window. Police talk with protesters in front of the second bus. - ADAPT (1051)
[Headline] Protesting Home Care Laws [Image] [Image caption] Bryce Thomas, 9, and his mother, Janet, from Texas, protest outside the National Home Care Association. They joined more than 200 disabled demonstrators who gathered yesterday at the association on Capitol Hill. The protesters demanded. laws to give disabled people more control over home health services and keep them out of institutions. They said nursing homes and nurses' associations oppose their cause. - ADAPT (1039)
PHOTO Photo of a mass of people gathered by a federal building that is up on columns so people can pass under the building. (Perhaps the DOT building.) It's a solid mass of people in wheelchairs and people standing. Mike Oxford stands near the center with a megaphone, the speaker cord goes to someone in a wheelchair who is blocked by others in the crowd. - ADAPT (1037)
- ADAPT (1068)
PHOTO: Three people stand in the doorway of the American Nurses Association. A man wearing an ADAPT of Texas T-shirt is holding the door open by standing in front of it, a woman (Suzy Polkinghorn) is handing out French fries and hamburgers, and another woman with reddish sunglasses (Carolyn Long) is holding up a piece of paper (the letter from the ANA). She is wearing a black Wade and Lincoln memorial T-shirt. - ADAPT (1072)
PHOTO: Martina Robinson sits in a dark place, her chin resting on her hand. She is looking off to her right. In her other hand she holds a bright orange poster that reads, "ALEXIS YOU GAVE US YOUR WORD"