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THE FOLLOWING EVENTS ARE LISTED BY DATE.
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Event:
ADA 2010: Celebrating 20 years of Opening Doors
Date: July 15, 2010
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Dayle McIntosh Center
13272 Garden Grove Blvd.
Garden Grove, CA 92843
County: Orange
Details: Keynote speakers: Richard Devylder and
Brenda Premo. The event will include interactive workshops and the
opportunity to be interviewed for a short documentary about the
impact of disability rights legislation in your life.
Sponsors: Dayle
McIntosh Center
Contact: For more information, please contact Sara
Kirker at skirker@daylemc.org
or (714) 621-3300 ext. 367
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Event:
ADA Luau Celebration
Date: Friday, July 16, 2010
Time: 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: The Red Cross Building, across the street
from Marin Center for Independent Living (MCIL)
712 Fifth Street
San Rafael, California 94901
County: Marin
Details: ADA Luau Celebration, Best Hawaiian Dressed
Contest, Food, Games, Door Prizes, Music
Sponsors: Marin Center for Independent Living
(MCIL)
Contact: For more information, please contact Jessie
Sandoval at (415) 459-6245.
http://www.marincil.org/
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Event:
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Celebration of the 20th
Anniversary of the ADA (Washington, D.C.)
Date: July 19, 2010
Location: The Federal Communications Commission Meeting Room
445 12th Street, S.W.
Washington, D. C. 20554
Details: As part of its continuing effort to develop
and implement consumer-focused policies, including disabilities access,
the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will begin its year-long
celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) on Monday, July 19, 2010. More information can be found on
the FCC ADA
Celebration MS Word Flyer.
The celebration is free and the public is encouraged to attend.
Pre-registration is encouraged, but not required. To pre-register,
please send an E-mail to:
Pam.Gregory@fcc.gov, or call
202-418-2498 (voice), 202-418-1169 (TTY).
Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available
upon request - please send an e-mail to
fcc504@fcc.gov or call the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice),
202-418-0432 (TTY).
Contact: For more information, please see the flyer
above or visit the FCC website.
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Event:
National Council on Independent Living's (NCIL) Annual Conference
2010 (Washington, D.C.)
20 Years of the ADA: The Fight Goes On!
Date: July 19-22, 2010
Location: Grand
Hyatt Washington, 1000 H Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Details: The 2010 NCIL Annual Conference will be an
opportunity to reinforce the resolve that will be needed during the
coming years. You can sign up for the NCIL Conference at:
http://ncil.org/conference/conference2010.html.
Contact: For more information, please go to
http://ncil.org/conference/conference2010.html.
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Event:
The Spirit of the ADA...Lead On!
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities
Act (Washington, D.C.)
Date: July 20, 2010
Time: 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Location: Grand
Hyatt Washington, 1000 H Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Important Note: NCIL Conference registration
includes tickets to this event. You do not need to fill out a form
and/or pay if you are registered for the NCIL Conference above. You
can sign up for the NCIL Conference at:
http://ncil.org/conference/conference2010.html
Details: Join us as we celebrate 20 years of the ADA!
Dance to the music of Flame, a rock band from New York and enjoy a
barbecue supper. Flame is made up of 11 people with disabilities and
performs across the USA and in Europe with a song list of over 100
classic rock, country and blues songs from the past five decades.
The
Spirit of the ADA...Lead On! Registration Form in RTF (Not
needed for NCIL Conference attendees)
The
Spirit of the ADA...Lead On! Registration Form in PDF (Not
needed for NCIL Conference attendees)
Sponsors: The National Council on Independent Living,
ADA National Network-DBTACs, American Association of People with
Disabilities, Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law,
Bender Consulting Services, Inc., Committee on Disability Power &
Pride, Epilepsy Foundation, Hearing Loss Association of America,
National Association of the Deaf, National Federation of the Blind,
National Industries for the Blind, Paralyzed Veterans of America,
Shepherd Center, and United Spinal Association (as of 3/19/10).
Contact: For more information, please contact
Natalie Shear by phone or TTY at (202) 833-4456 or (800) 833-1354.
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Event:
ADA Forum: 20 Years of Progress & More to Come!
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Placer Independent Resource Services
(PIRS)
11768 Atwood Rd., Ste. 29
Auburn, California 95603
County: Placer
Details: ADA Forum
Sponsors: Placer Independent Resource Services
(PIRS)
Contact: For more information, please contact PIRS
at (530) 885-6100
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Event:
ADA Open House
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: Independent Living Resources of Solano
& Contra Coast County (ILR)
1850 Gateway Blvd. Suite 120
Concord, California 94520
Details: ADA Open House
Sponsors: Independent Living Resources of Solano
& Contra Coast County (ILR)
Contact: For more information, contact Roger Acuna
at (925) 363-7293, ext. 112
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Event:
ADA Anniversary Open House Celebration
Date: Friday, July 23, 2010
Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: Disability Services & Legal Center
(DSLC)
521 Mendocino Avenue
Santa Rosa, California 95401
County: Sonoma
Details: ADA Anniversary Open House Celebration
Sponsors: Disability Services & Legal Center
(DSLC)
Contact: For more information, please go to
http://www.disabilityserviceandlegal.org/
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Event:
The Silicon Valley Independent Living Center (SVILC)
Disability Pride Festival and 20th Anniversary Celebration of the
Signing of the ADA
Date: July 24, 2010
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Parade line-up is at Catholic Charities of
Santa Clara County, 2625 Zanker Road, San Jose CA
County: Santa Clara
Details: We look forward to seeing you on July 24.
Join SVILC's Facebook
page to get the most recent updates regarding the Festival and
Celebration.
Contact: For more information, please go to
SVILC's facebook page
or the SVILC ADA Parade
Website. - Be sure to register for the march on the
website! Phone: (408) 894-9041
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Event:
Meet the Next Generation of Leaders at the YLF Annual Luncheon
Date: Monday, July 26, 2010
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Location: Sacramento Convention Center, 2nd Floor
1400 J Street
Sacramento, California 95814
County: Sacramento
Details: Registration: General $30.00 - Youth (ages
15-25) $15.00 - Limited Income $15.00
Sponsors: Youth Leadership Forum Steering Committee
Contact: For more information, please contact Eddie
Rea - eddie@cfilc.org - 916-325-1690
Website: www.calylf.org
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Event:
ADA Anniversary Luncheon Celebration
Date: Monday, July 26, 2010
Time: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: California Theatre of Performing Arts -
Grand Ballroom
562 West 4th Street
San Bernardino, California 92401
Sponsors: Rolling Start, Inc.
Contact: For more information, please contact Julie
Williams - (909) 884-2129, ext. 210
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Event:
ADA Open House Celebration
Date: Monday, July 26, 2010
Time: TBA
Location: Westside Center for Independent Living
(WCIL)
12901 Venice Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90066
County: Los Angeles
Details: ADA Open House Celebration
Sponsors: Westside Center for Independent Living
(WCIL)
Contact: For more information, 1-888-851-WCIL.
http://www.wcil.org/
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Event:
It’s Normal Campaign: 20th Anniversary of the ADA
Date: Monday, July 26, 2010
Time: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Superfest Screenings at
3:30PM
Location: San Francisco City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, California 94102
County: San Francisco
Sponsors: Independent Living Resource Center San
Francisco
Contact: For more information, (415) 543-6222 or
email jessie@ilrcsf.org
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Event:
County-wide ADA FESTIVAL
Date: July 26, 2010
Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: Hayward City Hall Plaza
777 B Street (across from the Hayward BART station)
Hayward, California
County: Alameda
Details: Disability Awareness Activities, Adaptive
Sports Exhibition, Food, Face Painting, ADA Information & Awards,
Music by the California School for the Blind Jazz Ensemble
Featured Speaker: Mary Lou Breslin, Policy Analyst and Co-founder
Disability Rights, Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
Sponsors: Community
Resources for Independent Living ,
Center for Independent Living,
and the City of Hayward
Contact: For more information, please go to the
Community Resources for
Independent Living website.
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Event:
20 years Americans with Disabilities Act (Boston, MA)
Date: July 26, 2010
Time: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Boston Common
Boston, MA
Details: Much remains to be done to achieve full
inclusion for all Americans with disabilities, but it is a different
and better world today, thanks to the first 20 years of the ADA. Help
us to mark this important milestone with a public celebration that
brings great speakers and great performers together in the heart of
Boston.
Sponsors: Boston Center for Independent Living, the
City of Boston, the Disability Policy Consortium, the Institute for
Human Centered Design and the New England ADA Center, and the
Statewide Independent Living Council
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Event:
Delaware Does ADA 2010 (Rehobeth Beach, DE)
Date: July 26, 2010
Time: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Rehobeth Beach, DE on the bandstand on the
ocean
Rehobeth Beach, DE
Details: Government officials will attend, prizes
given by stores and special events are planned!
Sponsors: The Delaware Coalition on the ADA (DCADA)
and Mid-Atlantic ADA Information and IT Center
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Event:
Indiana's ADA Celebration (Indianapolis, IN)
Date: July 26, 2010
Time: 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Location: Indianapolis Artsgarden
Indianapolis, IN
Details: There will be music, dancing, talking, and
of course, cake.
Sponsors: ADA Indiana
Contact: For more information, please go to
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cpps/ada/celebrations/
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July 26 - 28, 2010 - Sacramento ADA 2010 20th Anniversary Event
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Event:
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Forum
Date: July 30, 2010
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: 3008 N. Fresno Street
Fresno, California 93703
County: Fresno
Details: Resources for Independence, Central Valley
will host an ADA forum where consumers will speak and inform local
legislative, transportation, and housing representatives from various
agencies about how the passage of the ADA has affected their lives
and where improvement for future legislation can be made.
Contact: For more information, please contact Kellie
Longo-Albarrán at (559) 221-2330 or
klongo@ricv.org
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Event:
ADA Open House Dinner & Dancing Celebration
Date: Friday, July 30, 2010
Time: 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Communities Actively Living Independent
& Free (CALIF)
634 South Spring Street, Second Floor
Los Angeles, California 90014
County: Los Angeles
Details: Open House, Dinner & Dancing
Sponsors: Communities Actively Living Independent
& Free (CALIF)
Contact: For more information, please contact CALIF
at (213) 627-0477
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