In July of 2004 ADAPT travelled from around the nation to meet in Seattle Washington for the National Governor's Association (NGA) Conference. Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell was that year's president of the group and after days of protest outside the hotel he came out to meet ADAPT and agreed to our demand that the NGA pass a resolution supporting our goals. Seattle police, originally fearing we were anarchists, came around to supporting our cause. The local disability coalition, the protection and advocacy organization and other local groups were more supportive than in many other towns we'd been to. A final hit on HUD capped off a week of successful actions.