sharing from our colleagues at Access Living...
Dear Access Living friends and allies,
Tomorrow, June 27, is the last day the US Senate will be in session before the July 4 holiday. They will go back to DC the week of July 8. WE NEED YOUR HELP to make June 27 an awesome day of action for the UN CRPD, also known as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities or "the UN disability treaty."
Anti-CRPD advocates have been calling up Senator Mark Kirk's office by the hundreds. While this week we have heard that several people who are FOR the CRPD have made calls, we need to RAMP IT UP!
Please activate your networks TOMORROW, Thursday June 27, to call Senator Kirk at two offices:
Chicago Phone: 312-886-3506
DC Phone: 202-224-2854
Let's go Illinois! We are counting on you (and your friends, and your families, and your colleagues!). Please report back the number of calls you get back to me at asmock@accessliving.org as we are keeping a tally.
Amber Smock
Director of Advocacy, Access Living
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UPDATED:
Dear Access Living friends and allies,
Pat yourself on the back! After an amazing day with at least 115 calls made to Senator Kirk's office by disability advocates yesterday and some hard work by our friends in Washington DC, it has been confirmed by Kirk staff that Illinois Senator Mark Kirk SUPPORTS THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES!!!!
Having our own Senator Kirk, a man with a disability, stand with us on the CRPD is an amazing feeling. Take time today to CELEBRATE!!!! Thank you to the leadership of our CEO Marca Bristo, our friends at DREDF and USICD, all of our CIL and disability community friends who worked together yesterday. We did it!!!
Amber Smock
Director of Advocacy, Access Living
Dear Access Living friends and allies,
Tomorrow, June 27, is the last day the US Senate will be in session before the July 4 holiday. They will go back to DC the week of July 8. WE NEED YOUR HELP to make June 27 an awesome day of action for the UN CRPD, also known as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities or "the UN disability treaty."
Anti-CRPD advocates have been calling up Senator Mark Kirk's office by the hundreds. While this week we have heard that several people who are FOR the CRPD have made calls, we need to RAMP IT UP!
Please activate your networks TOMORROW, Thursday June 27, to call Senator Kirk at two offices:
Chicago Phone: 312-886-3506
DC Phone: 202-224-2854
Just call the office and say: "Hello, my name is ________ and I am a disability advocate in Illinois. I am calling to urge Senator Kirk as a person with a disability to PUBLICLY support the UN disability treaty. We need to know that he is with us." The office will note your call as part of their call log.Here at Access Living we will be having an Open House all day tomorrow (Thursday June 27) from 11 am to 4 pm and we will be asking attendees to call Senator Kirk too.
Let's go Illinois! We are counting on you (and your friends, and your families, and your colleagues!). Please report back the number of calls you get back to me at asmock@accessliving.org as we are keeping a tally.
Amber Smock
Director of Advocacy, Access Living
# # #
For Access Living homepage: CLICK HERE
UPDATED:
Dear Access Living friends and allies,
Pat yourself on the back! After an amazing day with at least 115 calls made to Senator Kirk's office by disability advocates yesterday and some hard work by our friends in Washington DC, it has been confirmed by Kirk staff that Illinois Senator Mark Kirk SUPPORTS THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES!!!!
Having our own Senator Kirk, a man with a disability, stand with us on the CRPD is an amazing feeling. Take time today to CELEBRATE!!!! Thank you to the leadership of our CEO Marca Bristo, our friends at DREDF and USICD, all of our CIL and disability community friends who worked together yesterday. We did it!!!
Amber Smock
Director of Advocacy, Access Living
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