Disability Independence Day 2003
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT
Please be advised that all
information on this website is subject to change. Planning for this event is
ongoing and a schedule of events has not been finalized. Please check back
frequently for updates.
·
Time
·
Pre-registration
(10% Discount on t-shirts & hats)
·
Requests For
Disability-Related Accommodations
·
Transportation
to/from Balboa Park
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Downloadable & Printable
“Save The Date Flyer”
·
Links
Disability Independence Day 2003
SAVE THE DATE
AND BE THERE!
13th Anniversary
of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Friday, July 25, St. Paul’s
Cathedral, 5:30PM – 7:30PM
2728 Sixth St. (on Fifth Avenue @ Nutmeg),
Downtown San Diego
INDEPENDENT VISIONS V Open Reception and Art
Exhibition
A showcase
for artists with disabilities. All are invited
Saturday, July 26, 2003,
11:00AM – 3:00PM
Balboa Park Club in Balboa
Park
Pan American Pl. off Presidents Way in Balboa Park,
San Diego
Keynote
speaker; great music; good food; and yes, we need your help and support…so,
please, be there!
We only want your commitment to SUPPORT, DEFEND,
and PROTECT the rights of Americans with Disabilities and the ADA. Otherwise,
this event is FREE OF CHARGE!
IMPORANT
ANNOUNCEMENT!
DUE
TO A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH THE ON-LINE PREREGISTRATION SOFTWARE, IT IS NO
LONGER AVAILABLE. Pre-registration can still be completed on line by cutting
and pasting the information indicated in the box below with the required
information into an e-mail message. Please send the e-mail message to ornelassharlene@hotmail.com.
This will allow pre-registration on-line. Pre-registration will be extended
until July 24, 2003 to accommodate the changes. Our apologies for any
inconvenience. 41On-line
pre-registration is now available and is strongly encouraged to make it easier
and faster to enter the event. Those who pre-register on or before July 24,
2003 will receive a 10% discount on DID T-Shirts and Caps.
2003
Disability Independence Day Pre-Registration Form:
Instructions for
Pre-Registration by E-mail
1.
Please
copy the information in the box below into an e-mail message to ornelassharlene@hotmail.com.
2.
Type
in your information
3.
Send
e-mail message with your information.
4.
Thank
you for pre-registering!
Are you willing to share your
contact information shared with other persons with disabilities or
organizations for advocacy purposes? (Please type “Yes” or “No”):
YOUR NAME:
ORGANIZATION (if applicable):
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
PHONE NUMBERS (please indicate area code and number):
HOME PHONE:
WORK PHONE:
MOBILE PHONE:
FAX:
TTY:
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
WEB URL:
DID
T-SHIRTS & CAPS: Next
to the sizes indicated below, please indicate the number and you would like to purchase. This is not a
reservation but gives us an idea of the number of T-shirts and sizes that will
be needed.
Small:
Medium:
Large:
Extra Large (XL):
2XL:
3XL:
4XL:
DID Baseball Caps: How many do you want to
reserve?
ADVOCACY RECRUITMENT
Are
you willing to help out with lobbying and advocacy work on important issues for
persons with disabilities? (Please
type “Yes”, “No” or “Not Sure”)
Please
indicate by typing “YES” next to each of the issues indicated below if you are
willing to help with advocacy efforts.
Access:
Education:
Employment:
Health
Care:
Housing:
Independent
Living/Personal Attendant Services:
Legal/Legislation:
Domestic/Spousal Violence:
Other
(Please Describe):
For
a printable pre-registration forms, please on the forms below:
· Pre-Registration
Form – Microsoft Word
· Pre-Registration
Form – Rich Text File
· Pre-Registration
Form – PDF (Requires
Adobe Acrobat
Reader)
Finally,
you may e-mail the information included on the Pre-registration Form directly
to Sharlene Ornelas at ornelassharlene@hotmail.com.
For more information about pre-registration please contact Sharlene at (619)
298-5021 ext. 202.
Disability Independence Day 2003 t-shirts are
available for $10.00 each and caps (baseball style) are available for $5.00
each. T-shirts are available in the following sizes:
Small Medium
Large Extra Large 2XL
3XL 4XL
Caps are adjustable to fit any size.
You
are invited to participate with hundreds of other San Diegans with disabilities
and their supporters to Disability Independence Day to be hosted in Balboa
Park on the evening of Friday, July 25th and Saturday, July 26th.
Tentative events will include a training and reception Friday evening, a parade
through the heart of the park beginning at noon on Saturday to mark the 13th
Anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a
keynote speaker, and a picnic celebration with food and music following the
parade, and advocacy/community organizing activities throughout the day.
This
year’s event is tinged with concern and foreboding. While the ADA has made
America more accessible to people with disabilities, the ADA and the rights of
people with disabilities are under attack. Recent Supreme Court rulings have
narrowed the ADA and put people with disabilities at risk in the workplace,
community and at home. All across the land, businesses and State agencies have
attempted to evade complying with the law. While we have achieved some
victories in California and San Diego over the last year in defense of the ADA,
we are under serious attack and have witnessed serious failures of leadership
and betrayals by elected officials who claim to support the ADA and the rights
of Americans with Disabilities.
Come
and celebrate the most important civil rights legislation for Americans with
Disabilities, the ADA! Entertainment, food, fun, demonstrations, workshops, and
maybe even a Town Hall meeting. Family, friends and people who want to make a
difference are all invited.
Requests For Disability-Related
Accommodations
Requests
for disability-related accommodations (ASL interpreter, large print, Braille,
audiotape) should be made no later than July 20, 2003. Attendees are requested
to refrain from wearing perfumed products to assure full access for all. Thank
you.
If you
would like to purchase an ad in our program which will be distributed to more
than 300 people with disabilities on the day of the event, please contact:
Alisa Shuman at: (619)
258-6244
or email her at Redwheler@aol.com
We
will be selling full page, half page, quarter page, and business card (1/8
page) size ads. All proceeds from the
ads are used to support DID. Print
ready ads must be received by June 27, 2003 with appropriate payment to be included
in this year’s program.
You
may also secure a program advertisement by completing and returning the Table and
Program Advertisement Reservation Form (PDF File - requires Adobe Reader)
with the correct payment.
Information Booths and Tables
This
year we are making tables available for organizations, agencies and businesses
to share information about your membership, program or services. Please plan to have one or two people
manning the table to give out information and answer questions. If you would like to reserve a table, please
contact Betty Bacon at (619) 583-3717 or complete and return with the correct payment the Table and
Program Advertisement Reservation Form (PDF File - requires Adobe Reader).
A $25.00 fee will be charged for each table requested. Organizations may share
a table at no additional cost. If we have a large response, priority will be
given to consumer based organizations and agencies. There are a limited number
of tables, so please respond early.
Transportation to/from Balboa Park
Participants
who need transportation to/from the event are advised to plan ahead. The San
Diego Metropolitan Transit System has a bus route (#7) that goes to Balboa Park
and stops at Park Blvd. & Presidents Way. In addition, they have other
resources available specifically for persons with disabilities. For further
information contact MTS at (619) 233-3004 (San Diego) or 1-800-Commute (North
County and elsewhere). Yellow Cab of San Diego’s Freedom Coaches are a fleet of
wheelchair accessible taxis. They can be reached a (619) 234-6161. Links to these
and other resources are provided below.
·
Greater San Diego Transportation Company (Yellow Cab)
(for Yellow
Cab rates click here)
Directions & Maps
The
Balboa Park Club is located on Pan American Pl. off of Presidents Way. The
Spreckels Organ Pavilion is located on Pan American Rd. E. Maps and directions may be obtained by
clicking on the websites listed below.
·
Balboa Park Official Site (Getting to Balboa Park)
·
Balboa Park Map of Facilities
and Monuments
·
Simple Map of Balboa Park Club
Location with directions
·
SignOn San Diego Map of Balboa
Park
Volunteers NEEDED and WANTED!
Volunteers
are NEEDED and WELCOME! Please contact John Johnson at (619) 282-2306 or send
an e-mail message to sandiego_did@yahoo.com
indicating your interest in volunteering.
Downloadable & Printable“SAVE THE DATE FLYER”
Note: To open
“PDF” files you will need Adobe Acrobat
Reader. Click on the icon to the left.
Click
on “SAVE THE DATE FLYER” below for 8½ ” x 11” single page
announcement that you can distribute and post. These are plain text
announcements. A graphic version of a flyer that is a bit more fancy is also
available below as a PDF file.
·
Save
the Date Flyer – Microsoft Word document
·
Save
the Date Flyer – Rich Text File
·
Save
the Date Flyer – Adobe Acrobat PDF file
·
Fancy
Graphic DID Flyer – Adobe Acrobat PDF file
John
R. Johnson
at (619) 282-2306 or
The
Access Center of San Diego, Inc.
(619)
293-3500 Ext. 343 - Voice
(619)
293-7757 - TDD
Or
send an e-mail message to: sandiego_did@yahoo.com
LINKS: Click on the websites below
Accessible Housing for All Coalition
(AAHA):
Please check this website out. It has some VERY important information that will
be a focus of discussion during DID activities.
Please
bookmark this website and check back for important updates, a final schedule of
activities, locations and times.
UNITY OF
PURPOSE – UNITY OF ACTION…
FOR DISABILITY
RIGHTS!
Thank
you for your patience. This website is under construction!
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of American Flag with Adapt Logo, the words “Don’t Tread on the ADA”, graphic
of ADA in ASL, graphics of two blind persons with canes, and the words
“Disabled Americans for Full Access to a Free America”]