Thanks to our partners at @BostonCIL and @DPC_MA; to House legislative sponsor @RepJimODay; and to @repjohnlawn, who met with MA wheelchair users yesterday about bill S2546 https://t.co/ut1cig246a
Please reach out to your State Senator *this afternoon* to ask them to cosponsor + actively support key amendments to the FY24 supplemental budget to better serve families experiencing homelessness!
Read more here: https://t.co/3ua41EPjy9
#mapoli#endhomelessness
Help make housing more accessible and affordable for all Massachusetts residents! Contact your Representative this week and urge them to cosponsor a budget amendment to fund housing grants and bolster the Alternative Housing Voucher Program: https://t.co/1g0pC6cDwW #AboutUsByUs
Catch Disability Policy Consortium (@DPC_MA) Board member Heather Watkins (@hwatkins927) in action at the Disability & Philanthropy Forum's (@DisPhilanthropy's) recent webinar, "Disability & Lived Experiences of Communities of Color," here: https://t.co/0cYBjvtFx4!
📢Tell @MassGovernor: Keep Stop the Spread Sites Open.📢
PCR tests are the “gold standard” of COVID tests, detecting infection earlier than rapid tests, and producing far less false negatives.
We must preserve this free public service. #FreeFastPCR4All
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Do you need any dose of the #COVID19#vaccine? @My_Ombudsman & DPC will be hosting a vaccine clinic at DPC's new, accessible office space in Boston: 3/27, 10AM-4PM. COVID vaccine recipients are eligible for a $75 gift card. Flu shots also available! #DisabilityAwarenessMonth
A few more thoughts about our upcoming symposium that I was going to save until our event, but here goes: as a Black & disabled woman, an attorney & advocate & brand new “academic,”
Do you take the T? Please use this tweet as an invitation to VENT
Comment and RT your thoughts on the new speed restrictions on ALL @MBTA trains and what they'll mean for you. We want to hear from you on @GBHNews!
@Delta a blind employee of ours arriving in Boston today had the supports we requested ignored, and when our ED arrived at the airport to meet him, no one had any idea where he was. Can you please connect us to your accessibility point person so we can discuss the matter?
Join @DPC_MA, @BostonCIL, @SEIU & our community partners at 1 p.m. ET this Wed., Mar. 1, at the Union Hall for @32BJSEIU (26 West St., Boston) as we rally to support Personal Care Attendants in their campaign for higher wages, better benefits & enhanced flexibility! 1/6
See the flyer linked here for more info., including a planned route, remote registration link, instructions for requesting accommodations, & organizer contacts: https://t.co/jywIy93rcE 5/6
26 million people already applied for #CancelStudentDebt relief, and 16 million were approved before Republicans decided to play politics with people’s lives.
Enough.
@POTUS did his part. The Supreme Court must let the people receive this critical relief.