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MCIL News Release Archive

  1. Memphis A D A P T - May 10, 2001
    ADAPT Activist Settles Pro Se Complaint with 54 Restaurants

  2. - M C I L -
    MCIL sues local apartments for greater access

  3. Tennessee A D A P T
    Blockbuster Blocks Access

  4. National A D A P T
    The Rolling Freedom Express Stops in Nashville

  5. The Spirit of ADA Torch Relay 2000
    The Spirit of ADA Torch Relay Comes to Memphis on July 11th celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the ADA

  6. National A D A P T
    National Medicaid reform legislation needed

  7. The Spirit of ADA Torch Relay 2000
    AAPD CELEBRATES 10th ANNIVERSARY of ADA

  8. Not Dead Yet!
    Disability Activists Slam Oregon Report

  9. Not Dead Yet!
    NO BAIL FOR KEVORKIAN

  10. B F M S
    FEDERAL PROBE OF MATAplus BEGINNING

  11. National A D A P T
    Senators Harkin and Specter Introduce Landmark Legislation (S. 1935)
    supports Real Choice in the New Millennium

  12. National A D A P T
    News Releases from the 1999 ADAPT Action in Columbus Ohio.

  13. National A D A P T
    ADAPT Confronts Ohio's Poor Record on Community Services

  14. Not Dead Yet!
    Disability rights groups applauds house passage of HR 2260

  15. B F M S
    Challenge to Mayoral candidates

  16. Not Dead Yet!
    Disability activists protest Singer appointment

  17. B F M S
    1999 City Council Soapbox

  18. Memphis A D A P T
    ADA Victory in the Public Eye
    U.S. Department of Justice announces settlement

  19. National A D A P T
    INTEGRATION and REAL CHOICE

  20. B F M S
    1999 Mayoral Candidate Forum

  21. Memphis A D A P T
    ADA Victory in the Supreme Court
    Tennessee must integrate!

  22. B F M S
    MATA violates the ADA

  23. National A D A P T
    Four Thousand March with ADAPT to Supreme Court

  24. National A D A P T
    Disabled demand integration and real choice
    8 Memphians joining the national call to action

  25. National A D A P T
    ADAPT and NAPAS hold Joint Press Conference

  26. - M C I L -
    The Department of Justice intervenes in Cunningham v. The Public Eye

  27. Memphis A D A P T
    De-Segregate Tennessee!

  28. Not Dead Yet!
    DISABLED ACTIVISTS OUTRAGED BY KEVORKIAN'S MEDIA CIRCUS

  29. - M C I L -
    DISABILITY-ACCESSIBLE GINGERBREAD HOUSE DRAWS NOTICE

  30. Not Dead Yet!
    Oregon disabilities group protests suicide funding

  31. Mid-South Arc
    Local agencies demand long-term care options

  32. Not Dead Yet!
    PRESS CONFERENCE
    Disability Rights Leaders Denounce Assisted Suicide Conference

  33. Not Dead Yet!
    Disability Rights Group Celebrates Defeat of Proposal B

  34. National A D A P T
    A listing of the news releases and documents from the
    fall 1998 ADAPT action in Washington DC

  35. National A D A P T
    Disabled demand options to nursing homes

  36. Not Dead Yet!
    Not Dead Yet calls for murder charges

  37. National A D A P T
    Visitability ordinance passes!
    Austin becomes second city in the nation where housing will welcome all

  38. Memphis A D A P T
    ADAPT activist files a Federal Complaint against a Memphis restaurant

  39. National A D A P T
    ADAPT to meet with National Governor's Association Executive Committee.

  40. Memphis A D A P T
    Greyhound settles an ADA complaint
     brought pro se by an ADAPT activist.

  41. Not Dead Yet!
    Not Dead Yet founder testifies to Congress:
    "Lethal Drug Abuse Prevention Act ...will help to save our lives."

  42. Memphis A D A P T
    ADAPT mares Sundquist's rally

  43. - M C I L -
    NationsBank will accept non-driver IDs

  44. National A D A P T
    Point Of View to air IF I CAN'T DO IT

  45. Not Dead Yet!
    Disability Activists to Disrupt Hemlock Conference

  46. National A D A P T
    Sundquist Epitomizes Flaws in "States' Rights" Vice President Gore, Native Son of First Worst State

  47. National A D A P T
    Mayors Rout and Herenton Support ADAPT While Sunquist Plays Scrooge

  48. National A D A P T
    ADAPT Press Conference at State Office Building

  49. National A D A P T
    ADAPT Occupies Tennessee Governor's Office

  50. National A D A P T
    ADAPT Demands

  51. National A D A P T
    Tennessee FIRST Worst

  52. National A D A P T
    ADAPT Announces 10 Worst States Awards

  53. Memphis A D A P T
    National Disability Rights Conference in Memphis
    to emphasize REAL Choice in long-term care

  54. - M C I L -
    Individual asserts civil rights in federal court
    Dog guides accepted in Memphis taxis

  55. National A D A P T
    U.S. Supreme Court and the ADA:
    Does it apply to prisons?

  56. National A D A P T
    Speaker Gingrich and Minority Leader Gephardt to testify at Hearing for MiCASA

  57. National A D A P T
    The Supreme Court rules nursing home care "unnecessary segregation."

  58. Memphis A D A P T
    ADAPT demands lifts from Greyhound

  59. - M C I L -
    Valentine's Day dance for youth and young adults with disabilities.

  60. National A D A P T
    "THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME" Rally for MiCASA & Tribute to Evan Kemp

  61. Memphis A D A P T
    ADAPT demands Dresden Post Office become accessible

  62. Memphis A D A P T
    MATA breaks promise for new buses
    ADAPT will protest at Trolley opening

  63. Memphis A D A P T
    Seven arrested protesting Greyhound Line's purchase of inaccessible buses.

  64. Memphis A D A P T
    Advocates protest Greyhound's purchasing inaccessible buses

  65. - M C I L -
    Local banks ignore the needs of mid-southerners with disabilities

  66. National A D A P T
    Gingrich Introduces ADAPT's CASA Legislation

  67. Not Dead Yet!
    Disability Rights Activists Celebrate Supreme Cout Victory

  68. National A D A P T
    ADAPT's Washington DC Action

  69. National A D A P T
    Gingrich will sponsor CASA

  70. Memphis A D A P T
    Memphis ADAPT joins protest in Washington D.C.

  71. Memphis A D A P T
    Memphis ADAPT beats back an injunction

  72. Not Dead Yet!
    Disability Activists Decry Death of Arvada Woman

  73. Not Dead Yet!
    Disability Activists Rally at Florida Supreme Court on May 8
    to Oppose Physician Assisted Suicide

  74. Memphis A D A P T
    Memphis ADAPT to answer Summons

  75. Memphis A D A P T
    Memphis Music - Kudzu's sings the Blues for ADAPT

  76. B F M S
    Survey of MATAplus will focus on Service

  77. Not Dead Yet!
    Potential Victims of Assisted Suicide Abuse
    File Brief in Pending Florida Supreme Court Case

  78. Not Dead Yet!
    Activists call for an end to Kevorkian's Freedom

  79. Memphis A D A P T
    Premiere of Shine to Benefit Memphis ADAPT

  80. Not Dead Yet!
    Memphians to hear Dr. C. Everett Koop Speak in Washington, D.C.

  81. - M C I L -
    Zoo Fun Day - Oct. 13, 1996

  82. - M C I L -
    The Maximum Ramp Project - Oct. 19, 1996

  83. - M C I L -
    Christmas Dance for Youth and Young Adults with disabilities - Dec. 6, 1996

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