The Memphis Center for Independent Living

Senator Bill Frist and Deborah Cunningham.

The Memphis Center for Independent Living Presents:

Municipal Election POLITICAL SOAPBOX

September 4, 2007 1:00 to 4:00pm

At 1633 Madison Ave

Candidates for the Mayors office and City Council seats have been asked to discuss how, if they were elected, they would use their office to impact the lives of people with disabilities in the areas of public access, transportation, housing, education, employment and de-institutionalization.

For more information or for a list of confirmed speakers contact Randy @ 901/726-6404 or randy@mcil.org

Event will be held in the MCIL Great Room unless weather allows us to hold the event outside. Light refreshments will be served.

If you are going to attend a MCIL event and/or you need any of our materials in an alternative format or interpreter services please notify us at least five working days in advance of the event.


 

MCIL Journal Index 2007

Date Name
1/4/2007 Trip to Horshoe on MCIL
1/5/2007 ADAPT Youth Appalled at Parents Surgically Keeping Disabled Daughter Childlike
1/10/2007 MCIL comments on Mayor Herenton’s Liberty Bowl Stadium plan.
1/12/2007 ADAPT of Tennessee secures several commitments from Robert Lipscomb at the Memphis Housing Authority.
1/31/2007 Disabled People and Poverty in 2007.
2/1/2007 The Road To Freedom.
2/19/2007 Mental Retardation Is No More.
2/22/2007 Community Choices Act of 2007.
3/7/2007 Harkin introduces the Community Choice Act of 2007.
3/10/2007 Text of S799 the Community Choice Act.
3/26/2007 Tennessee ADAPT Success!
3/2/2007 Motorized Wheelchairs for Nursing Home Residents.
4/2/2007 U.S. Disgrace at UN Convention Signing Ceremony.
4/3/2007 Ask the Candidates to Answer the Questions!
4/5/2007 Help Pass the Community Choice Act.
4/26/2007 Report: U.S. Needs Better System for Disabled.
5/4/2007 When Your Health Privacy is Violated, Complain!
5/13/2007 Disability Rights and the Death Penalty.
5/20/2007 Project Action Announcement.
5/30/2007 Information on the "Ashley Treatment."
6/12/2007 Housing Crisis Facing People with Disabilities.
6/13/2007 Project Based Housing Vouchers and the "Family's Right to Move".
7/10/2007 ADAPT Pushes the Community Services Act.
6/8/2007 Four Memphis Schools To Become ADA Compliant.
6/27/2007 New Report Underscores Housing Crisis Facing People with Disabilities.
7/11/2007 ADAPT recap on Senate HELP Committee long-term care hearing.
7/15/2007 HUD Secretary Asks Housing Authorities for MFP Update.
7/26/2007 Americans with Disabilities Act: July 26, 2007.
8/6/2007 Municipal Election POLITICAL SOAPBOX.
8/8/2007 Disabled People and Physically Restraints in Nursing Facilities.
8/18/2007 FY 2006: Medicaid Expenditures for Institutions versus Community-Based Services.
8/25/2007 On a "Mission from ADAPT," Disability Activists Blow into the Windy City to Attack Segregation.
8/28/2007 Abusing Drugs In Nursing Facilities.
9/12/2007 ADAPT's 2007 Chicago Action.
9/13/2007 ADAPT at AFSCME.
9/20/2007 U of M professors' benefits fall short.
9/24/2007 Another handle? One U.S. Attorney's Lawsuit Against A Nursing Home.
9/25/2007 Community Choice Act Hearing in the U.S. Senate.
9/27/2007 Victory for Institutionalized Californians.
10/4/2007 AARP Supports the Community Choice Act.
10/22/2007 Get Involved!
12/9/2007 Nursing Home Closings Show Broken System