Proposal for Seattle Commission on Disabilities Issues

[eridani]

There is an effort underway to request that the Seattle City Council consider establishing a city Commission on Disabilities Issues. (This is primarily for Seattle residents, though anyone can feel free to support this proposal...) Please email Nick Licata, Chairman of the Seattle City Council Civil Rights Committee, and cc the other City Councilmembers, to request that he advance the proposal to establish a disabilities issues commission. Additionally, please request that the City Council consider repositioning the budget and staff arrangements of the Seattle Office for Civil Rights to accommodate such a new commission as proposed.

Councilman Licata has set a deadline of Noon on Monday, November 3, 2008, to email him this request.

Feel free to use this portion of this email in blasts out to your listservs for allied organizations to garner support and action.

When emailing the Seattle City Council, be sure to have correspondents sending emails include their names and titles they hold with organizations in the community (and include a line that says "For Personal Identification Purposes Only").

Their email addresses are:

jan.drago {at} seattle.gov
nick.licata{at} seattle.gov
richard.mciver {at} seattle.gov
richard.conlin {at} seattle.gov
jean.godden {at} seattle.gov
Tom.Rasmussen {at} seattle.gov
sally.clark {at} seattle.gov
tim.burgess{at} seattle.gov
bruce.harrell {at} seattle.gov

Thank you for your support.
Sincerely, Julian Wheeler,
Seattle Human Rights Commissioner (for personal identification purposes only).


National Disability Community Fundraiser Commendations to the organizers of the historic "Breaking Down Barriers" fundraiser for Barack Obama.

You can still contribute through the following link:
_https://donate. barackobama. com/page/ contribute/ OVFMidAtlantic? custom1=Breaking+Down+Barriers+ marvin+wasserman.
(https://donate. barackobama. com/page/ contribute/ OVFMidAtlantic? custom1=Breaking +Down+Barriers+ marvin+wasserman)
You can contribute on-line and make an impression on the Obama campaign about the positive impact the disability community can make politically.