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Free Our People March
September 4-17, 2003-day by day
144 miles, "From the Liberty Bell to Capitol Hill"
For MARCH information contact:
- Marsha Katz 406/544-9504
- Nancy Salandra 215/627-7255
- Bob Liston 406/544-5137
For RALLY information contact:
Bob Kafka 512/431-4085
For wheelchair and other mobility aid info contact:
Pat King at 303/744-2619
or email Pat at p11ing@earthlink.net
Call To Action
120 people with disabilities from across the U.S., many using wheelchairs and other mobility aids, stated the march in Philadelphia, to be joined by an additional 80 people in Baltimore to cover the last half of the march to Washington, D.C., culminating when a planned 20,000 people gather at the Free Our People Rally on Capitol Hill to demand passage of MiCASSA so there will be No More Stolen Lives.
Where: Beginning with a press conference at the Liberty Bell, in Philadelphia, PA, through Delaware and Maryland, and ending with the rally in Washington, D.C. on Capitol Hill.
When: September 4-17, 2003-day by day
Why: Every day persons with disabilities and people who are aging have their lives "stolen" when they are forced into nursing homes by Medicaid's "institutional bias." Disabled and older Americans, already at risk for forced institutionalization in nursing homes due to this institutional bias in Medicaid, are currently at a sharply increased risk. Budget woes in nearly all states have seen state legislatures slash state budgets, especially the Medicaid programs. Because, under Medicaid, states are not allowed to cut federally mandated services, like nursing homes, first on the budget chopping blocks are the so-called "optional" services, like "home and community based" attendant services and supports. These "optional" services are the ones that help older and disabled Americans stay in their own homes rather than be forced into nursing homes and other institutions. "Optional" services are at additional risk under the proposed Bush budget, which would cap the amounts states spend for optional services while maintaining all currently mandated services (e.g. nursing homes) under Medicaid.
While Congress and the states talk about a program-wide "fix", there is no guarantee that home and community based services will be protected, even though every poll on the subject has overwhelmingly underscored the need and desire for home and community based long-term care rather than institutionalization in a nursing home. There is, though, legislation currently in both houses of Congress that guarantees that disabled and older Americans would have a real choice in where they receive their long term care services and supports. That legislation, the Medicaid Community-based Attendant Services and Supports Act, also known as MiCASSA, has been introduced several times, is widely supported by disability and aging groups, and has yet to be passed. ADAPT's Free Our People March and the Free Our People Rally are designed to draw the attention needed to pass MiCASSA in 2003.
To make a tax deductible donation to the march for food, water, accessible porta-potties, sunscreen, bug repellant, first aid items, generators, tents, cots, fuel for equipment vans, personal assistants/attendants, drivers, and lots more, make checks payable to DIA of PA, Inc.- Free Our People March, 125 South 9th Street, Suite 700, Philadelphia, PA, 19107.
http://www.adapt.orgFor MARCH information contact:
- Marsha Katz 406/544-9504
- Nancy Salandra 215/627-7255
- Bob Liston 406/544-5137
FOR MORE INFORMATION on ADAPT visit their website at http://www.adapt.org/
Free Our People Rally to Be Held
JOIN US IN DC FOR THE
FREE OUR PEOPLE RALLY
SEPTEMBER 17th 1:00 pm
UPPER SENATE PARK
Constitution Ave. between Delaware & NJ Aves.
Visit Legislators September 18th!
COME WELCOME THE MARCHERS AS THEY ENTER OUR NATION’S CAPITOL
SUPPORT MiCASSA!
AND JOIN THOUSANDS OF OTHER ADVOCATES
LET’S UNITE TO MAKE THIS THE LARGEST DISABILITY RALLY IN HISTORY!
JOIN THOUSANDS OF OTHER ADVOCATES AS WE CALL FOR DISABILITY RIGHTS TOGETHER AT THE LARGEST DISABILITY RALLY IN HISTORY!
NO MORE STOLEN LIVES!!!For RALLY information contact:
Bob Kafka 512/431-4085FOR MORE INFORMATION on ADAPT visit their website at http://www.adapt.org/
Schedule of the 'Free Our People March'
Thursday, September 4
10:00 a.m. Press Conference at Liberty Bell
10.1 miles Market St. to 38th Street, to Baltimore Ave. (Rte.13)
Spending the night in Glenolden, PA /Delaware County at First Presbyterian Church
Friday, September 5
Travel 16.3 miles on Rt. 13 and Business Rte. 13
Spending the night in Wilmington, DE at Goodwill
Saturday, September 6
Travel 9 miles on Rte. 13;
Press Conference in Wilmington
Sen. Joe Biden invited
Spending the night in Wilmington, DE
Sunday, September 7
Travel 11 miles on Rte. 13
Spending the night in Bear, Delaware
Monday, September 8
Travel 10 miles on Rte. 40
Spending the night in Northeast Maryland at Nazarene Camp
Tuesday, September 9
Travel 13 miles on Rte. 40
Spending the night in Harve de Grace, MD
Wednesday, September 10
Travel 12 miles on Rte. 40
Spending the night in Aberdeen, MD at Estuary
Thursday, September 11
Travel 10.8 miles on Rte. 40
Spending the night in Whitemarsh, MD at Cowenton
Friday, September 12
Travel 11.1miles on Rte. 40
Spending the night in Baltimore, MD at Patterson Park
Saturday, September 13
Press Conference Inner Harbor
Travel 8.7 miles through Inner Harbor
Spending the night in Halethorpe, MD
Sunday, September 14
Travel 7.5 miles on Rte. 1
Spending the night in Jessup, MD
Monday, September 15
Travel 11.8 miles on Rte. 1
Spending the night in Beltsville, MD
at St. John's Episcopal Church
Tuesday, September 16
Travel 10.0 miles on Rte. 1 Rhode Island Ave.
Spending the night in Washington, D.C.
at Israel Baptist Church
Wednesday, September 17
Travel the last distance to Capitol Hill
Rally and press Conference with up to 20,000 people and
Sen. Harkin, Sen. Specter, Rep Davis, Rep. Shimkus expected
Spending the night in D.C. at Holiday Inn Capitol on C Street
For MARCH information contact:
Marsha Katz 406/544-9504
Nancy Salandra 215/627-7255
Bob Liston 406/544-5137
For RALLY information contact:
Bob Kafka 512/431-4085FOR MORE INFORMATION on ADAPT visit their website at http://www.adapt.org/
Wheelchair and Other Mobility Aid Info for the March
Please share this with anyone who might be interested in going on the March.
Contact: Pat King at 303/744-2619
email Pat at p11ing@earthlink.net
or fax him at 303/733-6211 (Make it attn. Pat King)
This information is provided as a public service. It is for reference only. For your safety and convenience, please have a qualified person or mechanic inspect your wheelchair, scooter or power chair, as soon as possible. You will want your chair or scooter to be in excellent shape and fixed well before the march.
Manual Chairs Checklist
Power Chairs Checklist
- all bearings
- tires
- extra inner tube - for tires that don't have air free inserts
- Motor brushes
- Change batteries if more than 1 year old
- Have battery charger checked out to be sure it's in good working order
- All wiring in good order
Scooters
Follow the same checklist as power chairs except batteries -- change batteries if more than 6 mos. old
DO NOT BRING
Small black battery chargers. They won't work with a generator. The name on the charger is Soneil Supercharger and the other is the Dynamic. So if you have one of the old heavy gray chargers have it checked to see if the plug is the right one and it is wired correctly for your chair or scooter and use it on the march.
For More Information
Call Pat King at 303/744-2619 or email him at p11ing@earthlink.net
ALSO-
We need to know about your power wheelchair or scooter:
Make: __________________________________
Model: _________________________________
Battery size: _____________________________
Type of battery charger:________________________
IF YOU PLAN TO MARCH PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL PAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
Phone Pat King at 303/744-2619Email at p11ing@earthlink.net
Fax 303/733-6211 mark it attn. Pat King
FOR MORE INFORMATION on ADAPT visit their website at http://www.adapt.org/
This page provided as a public service for people with disabilities. The Pittsburgh Area Brain Injury Alliance is not affiliated in any way with ADAPT or its members. FOR MORE INFORMATION on ADAPT visit their website at http://www.adapt.org/.
