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Startseite / Alben / Free Our People March, 144 miles Philadelphia to DC, September 2003 85
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144 miles from Philadelphia to D.C. to set our people free!
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[pamphlet] [graphic showing a route from Philadelphia to Wilmington to Baltimore to Washington, DC] [graphic of ADAPT] ADAPT's Free Our People March [image] September 4-17 2003 140 Miles... from Philly to DC, to set our people free!! MiCASSA NOW!!
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[Heading] ADAPT For 20 years, ADAPT has been a leader in the fight for accessible public transportation, the redirection of public funds from nursing homes and institutions to community-based services, and for a national personal assistance policy based on functional need, not diagnosis. MiCASSA (Medicaid Community-based Attendant Services and Supports Act) is the anchor for that policy. ADAPT strategies include using civil disobedience as a tool to garner public attention and effect needed change in the laws, policies, and services affecting persons with disabilities. While members of ADAPT are willing to sit at the table to change policy, we are also not afraid to go to jail if that's what it takes for change to occur. Chaining ourselves to buses resulted in accessibility in city transportation. Due to ADAPT's earliest efforts, Denver had 100% accessible mass transit prior to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The same is true in other cities. ADAPT's demonstrations, protests and marches have had a significant impact on the redistribution of Medicaid dollars in long-term care. Just 10 years ago, more than 80% of long-term care dollars went to nursing homes. Today it's less than 70%, which has resulted in great numbers of people with disabilities being freed from institutional set-tings. It is time to assure that ALL our brothers and sisters have that same opportunity for freedom. ADAPT wants MiCASSA passed in 2003! [Subheading] Free Our People March 2003 marks the fourth time MiCASSA has been introduced in Congress. ADAPT is demonstrating its commitment to get MiCASSA passed in 2003 by organizing a 140 mile march from Philadelphia to Washing-ton, D C.—the Liberty Bell to Capitol Hill. Over 100 members of ADAPT, with allies who are committed to "freedom and justice for ALL," will be-gin this historic March in Philadelphia on September 4, 2003. We will march through Delaware, and Mary-land, all the way to the nation's capitol. Marchers (walking and rolling) will travel 8 to 12 miles per day, stopping at various locations along the way for food and sleep. This will not be going from hotel to ho-tel marchers will be sleeping on cots, on the ground and in tents. We expect to be joined by another 300 people in Baltimore for the trip into Washington, D. C.. Arriving on September 17, our journey will culminate at a rally attended by more than 10,000 people as we deliver our message to Congress NO MORE STOLEN LIVES, PASS MiCASSA NOW! By enduring the obvious discomforts and inconven-iences of the march, we will be demonstrating our un-dying commitment to all persons, young and old, hav-ing the choice AND the opportunity to live in the community with the supports and services they need. This is not going to be easy. This will not be cheap. But, this will happen. And we need your support If you want to participate in the march, or volunteer, make a donation, or assist in some other way, please contact ADAPT's Free Our People March using the form and contact information on the following page. [Subheading] America Needs MiCASSA Now! In 2003, states are cutting Medicaid and services to people with disabilities in order to balance budgets. The ADA is under attack. MiCASSA is essential to safeguard our freedom to live in the community. Mi-CASSA gives people real choice in long-term care And for everyone eligible for nursing facilities or Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded (ICF-MR), the concept and dream of "money following the individual" will become reality under Mi-CASSA. MiCASSA will provide community-based attendant services and supports that are: • Based on an assessment of functional need • Provided in home or community settings, such as schools, work, recreation or religious facilities • Selected, managed, and controlled by the consumer of the service (or a representative designated by the consumer) • Supplemented with back-up and emergency services • Furnished according to a service plan agreed to by the consumer • Enhanced by training available to consumers on selecting, managing and dismissing attendants. [Subheading] No More Stolen Lives ! Pass MiCASSA in 2003
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[Flyer] "I call for solidarity among all those who love justice, all who love life, to create a revolution that will empower every single human being to govern his or her life, to govern the society and to be fully productive of life quality for seld and for all." -Justin Dart For more information contact ADAPT at: ADAPT 1339 Lamar Square Drive #101 Austin, Texas 78704 (512) 442-0252 Email: adapt@adapt.org www.adapt.org www.freeourpeople.org September 17, 2003 [next page begins] Free Our People March and Rally Our people have marched 144 miles from the Liberty Bell to Capital Hill. We demand the passage of MiCASSA (S.971 and HR 2032) and No More Stolen Lives! September 17, 2003 1:00 PM-3:00 PM Upper Senate Park Washington, DC
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