> Date: June 26, 2017 at 5:56:16 AM MDT > > Subject: Re: ADAPT Message: Take Action > > Good morning everyone, > Corrected links below are provided by Bruce Darling at ADAPT that are > connected to the previous e-mail: > Please use these links. > > Link to the Call to Action and Action/Organizer List: > http://adapt.org/bcra-an-attack-on-the-disabled-americans-call-to-action/ > > Toolkit to #ADAPTandRESIST to #SaveMedicaid > http://adapt.org/toolkit-to-adaptandresist-to-savemedicaid/ > > Press Release Template: > http://adapt.org/sample-press-release-to-save-medicaid/ > > ADAPT Activist Handbook: > http://adapt.org/the-adapt-activist-handbook/ > > >> If you know anyone in the states listed below, please have them call their >> Senators and ask them to vote "No!" on Medicaid Cuts. Zip codes matter now >> as you may be disregarded if you are not a resident in a Senator's state. >> >> There will never be in the next 25 years a greater need for your advocacy. >> (Senator Casey (PA) staff--conference call 6/23. >> >> Americans with Disabilities are at a pivotal point in our history. >> Medicaid, which pays for the assistance many in our community need to have >> life and liberty, is under attack. Republicans have decided that, to fund a >> tax cut for the wealthy, they will devastate the services that disabled and >> elderly Americans rely on. These services include the medications and >> medical care we need to survive, the assistive devices – like wheelchairs >> and ventilators – we need to live our lives, and the funds to pay attendants >> to help us with our daily needs. >> >> The attack on Medicaid is an attack on Disabled Americans and our very lives >> because, if these cuts go through, there is no question that Disabled >> Americans will die. >> Although Republicans claim that they are addressing problems with Obamacare, >> this attack on Medicaid has literally nothing to do with Obamacare, >> President Obama, or his legacy. To be clear, Medicaid was established in >> 1965 – when Barrack Obama was just three years old. >> >> This legislation doesn’t reform Medicaid. If Republicans truly wanted to >> reform Medicaid, they would have worked with the Disability Community to >> implement the reforms we’ve been suggesting for decades. Instead of >> expanding consumer control and demedicalizing services, they chose to cap, >> cut, and gut the program. >> >> Despite every effort to reason with the Republicans who control our >> government, they are intent on pushing this legislation forward with as >> little public review as possible. They simply want to avoid having to >> explain their actions to the American people. They know that they were not >> voted into office to devastate the lives of Americans with disabilities. >> They know that if the public understood what was happening – America would >> tell them to stop. >> With our lives and liberty on the line, it has become clear that others will >> not win this fight for us. They have tried. If Disabled Americans are >> going to live and have liberty, it is up to us to fight for it ourselves. >> >> We have begun the fight. ADAPT staged a die-in our nation’s capital. >> Americans watched in shock as disabled protesters were dragged away and >> silenced. These ADAPTers sent a powerful message, but Senate Republicans >> continue to press forward with their attack. Senate Republicans have made >> it clear that they intend to steal the independence of Disabled Americans >> before they leave Washington to celebrate the Fourth of July and their own >> freedom and independence. >> It is time for the entire Disability Community to TAKE ACTION across our >> nation and demand that Senate Republicans stop their war on the Disability >> Community. ADAPT, NCIL and others in the Disability Community are >> coordinating this effort. >> >> JOIN THE FIGHT! This week GO to the offices of Senate Republicans and >> CONFRONT THEM. >> BE LOUD! Polite and thoughtful hasn’t worked. >> BE ANGRY! This is about our LIVES and our FREEDOM as Disabled Americans. >> MAKE HISTORY! We are not just fighting for ourselves. We are fighting for >> our children, and we are fighting for the generations of disabled Americans >> who will follow us. Their lives and liberty are depending on us. >> Be RELENTLESS! >> >> Actions are being planned in the following locations. To connect with an >> action, contact the individuals listed for that site. If you would like to >> coordinate an action, contact Bruce Darling at bdarl...@cdrnys.org or >> 585-370-6690. >> >> LIST IN PROGRESS… >> >> ARIZONA--Call for information >> Phoenix >> Wednesday, June 28 >> Vicki Cuscino, 215-266-1150, vic...@directilc.org >> Anastasia Bacigalupo, 805-448-4941, anasta...@wcil.org >> >> COLORADO--CAll for Information >> Denver >> Tuesday, June 27 >> Dawn Russell, 303-884-1471, cdawnrussell1...@gmail.com >> Josh Winkler, 720-280-1803, jkwink...@gmail.com >> >> FLORIDA >> Orlando (Tentative) >> Day: TBA >> Ed Hall, phone number, email >> >> GEORGIA >> Atlanta >> Monday, June 26 >> Ken, 404-687-8890, kmitch...@disabilitylink.org >> Stacey, 470-222-6088, srami...@thearc.org >> Dawn Johnson, 404-377-3836 ext.120, d.john...@thefrazercenter.org >> >> INDIANA >> Indianapolis >> Monday, June 26 >> Teresa Torres, 219-688-9957, teresator...@everybodycounts.org >> Ryan McGraw, 313-414-3336, rmcgraw1...@gmail.com >> Scott Nance, 773-793-6969 >> Peter, 773-272-2776, pe...@roustaboutmedia.com >> >> KANSAS >> City: TBA >> Day: TBA >> Mike Oxford, 785-224-3865, ti...@tilrc.org >> >> MAINE >> Portland >> Wednesday, June 28 >> Kings Floyd, 617-997-7519, ki...@ncil.org >> Sarah Launderville, 802-249-4939, slaundervi...@vcil.org >> Bill Henning, bhenn...@bostoncil.org >> >> NEVADA >> Reno >> Tuesday, June 27 >> Katie Savin, 415-322-8750 >> >> OHIO >> Cleveland >> Tuesday, June 27 >> Dominick Evans, 937-776-6330, dominickmev...@gmail.com >> >> PENNSYLVANIA >> Philadelphia >> Monday, June 26 >> Nancy Salandra, 215-779-1014, nancysalan...@libertyresources.org >> German Parodi, 215-971-0660, germanpar...@msn.com >> >> TENNESSEE >> Memphis >> Wednesday, June 28 >> Tim Wheat & Allison Donald, 901-726-6404, t...@mcil.org >> >> UTAH >> Salt Lake City >> Tuesday, June 27 >> Barbara Toomer, 801-598-7907, barb4on...@gmail.com >> >> WISCONSIN >> Milwaukee >> Wednesday, June 28 >> Marilee Adamski-Smith, 715-204-4152, mari...@adamski-smith.com >> >> Link to the Call to Action and Action/Organizer List: >> http://adapt.org/bcra-an-attack-on-the-disabled-americans-call-to-action/ >> >> Toolkit to #ADAPTandRESIST to #SaveMedicaid >> http://adapt.org/toolkit-to-adaptandresist-to-savemedicaid/ >> >> Press Release Template: >> http://adapt.org/sample-press-release-to-save-medicaid/ >> >> It is now or never! >> >> >
