The Road to Freedom is a year-long, national bus tour and photographic exhibit of the grassroots “people’s movement” leading to the passage of the
ADA. A project of ADA Watch and the National Coalition for Disability Rights, the bus is traveling throughout the
U.S. to tell the story of the struggle for disability rights and of the need for expanded educational and economic opportunities for children and adults with physical, mental, cognitive, sensory and developmental disabilities.
Contact: Deborah Nebel, Director of Public Policy, Linking Employment, Abilities & Potential (LEAP) and Project Director for the Developmental Disabilities Council’s Center for Public Policy, 216-696-2716, ext. 106
WHAT: Road to Freedom Bus Tour –
Cleveland,
Ohio Stop
· Exhibits highlighting the Disability Rights struggle with photographs by award-winning photographer Tom Olin.
· Local resource information and speakers, including Jim Ward, President of ADA Watch.
· Members of our congressional delegation and local elected officials have been invited to welcome the bus to Cleveland.
· Performances by Jeff Moyer, singer/songwriter and Dancing Wheels
· Activities planned for all ages. “Kids Corner”
· Event is free and open to the public.
WHEN: Saturday, October 20, 2007
Bus & Exhibits are open from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Official
Cleveland welcome, music and brief program at 11:00 a.m.
Performance by Dancing Wheels at 11:45 a.m. or immediately following program
Mini Concert by Jeff Moyer from 1:00-1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Trinity Commons, at the Cathedral
2230 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland,
OH (Access from Prospect Ave. Parking available.)
Location is physically accessible and computer-assisted real-time captioning, sign-language interpreting services and Braille materials available.
WHO: Event made possible by: Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners (HR) and the Commissioner’s Advisory Committee on Persons with Disabilities; Catholic Charities Health & Human Services; Center for Mental Retardation, the ARC of Cuyahoga County; Cleveland Sight Center; Cuyahoga Community College; Deaf & Deaf-Blind Committee on Human Rights; Easter Seals Northern Ohio; Linking Employment, Abilities & Potential; Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry; May Dugan Multi-Service Center; Northeast Ohio Chapter of the American Constitution Society; Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council’s Center for Public Policy at LEAP; Organize!
Ohio; Paralyzed Veterans of
America Buckeye Chapter; Services for Independent Living, Inc. (as of 10/8/07)
