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UNITY IN ACTION!
DISABILITY CAPITOL
ACTION DAY
MAY 20, 2004
The vision for Disability Capitol
Action Day was that people of all disabilities could come together on
one day, after the May Revise, to fight not just for our own disability
issue, but for each other. On May 20, 2004 that vision became a reality
as over 2,500 people representing all disability groups spent the entire
day fighting to preserve our freedom and way of life.
The large crowd overflowing through the West side of the Capitol was
perhaps the most diverse ever seen in a disability rally, diverse in
ethnicity, ages, and disability. We were the disability voice of
California coming together. We were people with all kinds of
disabilities, family members, friends, and workers all united in our
common cause. As one organizer said so eloquently, "This is what we can
do when we ALL work together."
And we were successful. The critical budget hearings in the Senate and
Assembly that day saw major victories for our cause in IHSS, wages and
benefits, SSI/SSP, and developmental services.
For a full report on Capitol Action Day by the California Foundation for
Independent Living Centers, see
http://cfilc.org/projects/cad.htm
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