written by Mazuri Colley, CFILC's Information & Assistance Advocate
Congratulations to all of the youth organizers who worked tirelessly on the Disability History Week Campaign. The bill passed unanimously by both the Assembly and Senate because of all of their hard work and dedication! The bill was introduced by Assembly Member Beall.
The 2nd week of October is now California's official Disability History Week!
The significance of this victory will benefit our state for years and years to come; it will begin the process of infusing the importance of Disability History in our schools and other institutions. Soon people of all ages and abilities will be more aware of the many important contributions made by people with disabilities. The youth that were mobilized through this campaign have done great work. Hopefully their dedication and professionalism will inspire advocates of all ages to take action.
Read the bill here: ACR 162
Learn more about: YO! Disabled and Proud
Learn more about the: Youth Leadership Forum
Please join us in congratulating the members of YO! Disabled and Proud on their accomplishment!
What disability history resources have you encourntered that you would like to share with the community? Please share resource names and/or links in the comments section below.
I was just talking to someone yesterday about disability history resources. He reminded me of a great resource: UC Berkeley's website on Disability Rights and the Independent Living Movement.
ReplyDeletehttp://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/drilm/index.html
Here is a direct quote from the website describing the site's oral history section: "The DRILM collection consists of more than 100 oral histories with leaders and shapers of the disability rights and independent living movement from the 1960s onward and an extensive archive of personal papers of activists and records of key organizations."