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ADA/504 research and international travel
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| inventing 2005-06-29, 11:48 am |
| Howdy folks,
My daughter is working on her Sr. Thesis. Her specialty area is Disability
History. She is specifically interested in the ADA and its influences, and
more specifically the April 1977 504 Sit In/Demonstration in San Francisco,
and then the other short lived ones in other cities. Was anyone here
involved or know people/persons involved? Is anyone interested in being
interviewed? Or know of journals or writings from that period. My daughter
knows a number of the more well know folks who were involved and will be
chatting with them, but she is also looking for the unpublicised reactions,
uninterviewed participants.
If you can shed any light, please contact me.
still inventing, (boy are we! My daughter is going International this
summer! Any tips there would also be appreciated!)
KC
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"inventing" <stracman@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Howdy folks,
>
> My daughter is working on her Sr. Thesis. Her specialty area is
Disability
> History. She is specifically interested in the ADA and its
influences, and
> more specifically the April 1977 504 Sit In/Demonstration in San
Francisco,
> and then the other short lived ones in other cities. Was anyone here
> involved or know people/persons involved? Is anyone interested in
being
> interviewed? Or know of journals or writings from that period. My
daughter
> knows a number of the more well know folks who were involved and
will be
> chatting with them, but she is also looking for the unpublicised
reactions,
> uninterviewed participants.
>
> If you can shed any light, please contact me.
>
> still inventing, (boy are we! My daughter is going International
this
> summer! Any tips there would also be appreciated!)
> KC
Wow KC! That sounds great. Sr. thesis. when did THAT happen (I mean it
seems she was just a wee little one!)
She probably knows people from the Disability Law Center in San
Francisco. I'm blanking also on the well-known org that the late Adam
Seligman's brother Brad is involved with....maybe someone else
remembers?
Where Internat'al will she be headed? Lucky lucky! I still dream of
returning to Scandinavia one day....but Costa Rica is first on my
list, then Alaska. Not sure yet.
Keep us posted!
Jo
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| inventing 2005-06-29, 11:48 am |
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"Jo" <jocohen@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "inventing" <stracman@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Disability
> influences, and
> Francisco,
> being
> daughter
> will be
> reactions,
> this
>
> Wow KC! That sounds great. Sr. thesis. when did THAT happen (I mean it
> seems she was just a wee little one!)
> She probably knows people from the Disability Law Center in San
> Francisco. I'm blanking also on the well-known org that the late Adam
> Seligman's brother Brad is involved with....maybe someone else
> remembers?
>
> Where Internat'al will she be headed? Lucky lucky! I still dream of
> returning to Scandinavia one day....but Costa Rica is first on my
> list, then Alaska. Not sure yet.
>
> Keep us posted!
>
> Jo
Tiem does go by! But you and I certainly don't get any older.....
She is also looking for letters of introduction if by chance you know
anyone. Fortunately, with her work that now extends nationally, she has a
good network going. And is pleased with the excitement and encouragement
her work is generating. Ultimately she wants to produce a curriculum for
highschool/university study on Disability History, much like the studies on
gender and ethnic histories. That too is getting a lot of support.
another story to add:
earlier this year she was in the same area as a large group of newly hired
police officers/sherrifs from multiple jurisdictions. These people were all
going through rigorous and mandetory training before they could go on duty
at their new jobs, including classes covering harassment, discrimination,
profiling, etc, one of the first on the schedule. And they were all in
uniform. At one point one man made a very rude remark to her in response to
some noises she was making, and when she reacted in a surprised manner at
what he said, he repeated it with a chuckle. Obviously he thought he was
being funny and didn't see the problem. My daughter passed it off, not
wanting to cause a scene with all the 100+ people around them. Unbeknownst
to her, 2 other officers had heard the remarks. They reported them to their
superiors, the man was not only repremanded, he lost his job. And the next
day she recieved a card with a letter of apology signed by every one in the
training class! She was told that since he was in uniform, he faced a
potential felony charge. Don't know if that was true, but that is how it
was represented to her. We were encouraged by the stand that the law
inforcment officers took, the response to the training that the majority of
them had, and the letter to her, which was not mandetory. She had not
complained so was not expecting any response.[vbcol=seagreen]
still inventing,
KC[vbcol=seagreen]
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> another story to add:
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> earlier this year she was in the same area as a large group of newly
hired
> police officers/sherrifs from multiple jurisdictions. These people
were all
> going through rigorous and mandetory training before they could go
on duty
> at their new jobs, including classes covering harassment,
discrimination,
> profiling, etc, one of the first on the schedule. And they were
all in
> uniform. At one point one man made a very rude remark to her in
response to
> some noises she was making, and when she reacted in a surprised
manner at
> what he said, he repeated it with a chuckle. Obviously he thought
he was
> being funny and didn't see the problem. My daughter passed it off,
not
> wanting to cause a scene with all the 100+ people around them.
Unbeknownst
> to her, 2 other officers had heard the remarks. They reported them
to their
> superiors, the man was not only repremanded, he lost his job. And
the next
> day she recieved a card with a letter of apology signed by every one
in the
> training class! She was told that since he was in uniform, he faced
a
> potential felony charge. Don't know if that was true, but that is
how it
> was represented to her. We were encouraged by the stand that the law
> inforcment officers took, the response to the training that the
majority of
> them had, and the letter to her, which was not mandetory. She had
not[vbcol=seagreen]
> complained so was not expecting any response.
> still inventing,
> KC
Wow, good for the brothers in Blue! That guy should NOT be a cop! How
kind of them to send a card all signed. Hope Springs eternal, huh! She
sounds so classy, and she keeps proving that she can handle situations
with grace and strength. She'll go far, KC, you know that, don't you?
 )
What sort of 'letter of introduction' is she looking for?
Jo
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| inventing wrote:
> My daughter is working on her Sr. Thesis.
ohmigosh ... time flies !!
> still inventing, (boy are we! My daughter is going International this
> summer! Any tips there would also be appreciated!)
If you post or e-mail me the countries, I may be able to help ... spent a lot of
time living outside of the USA, and my son studied abroad last summer.
--
Tourette Syndrome - Now What?
http://tourettenowwhat.tripod.com
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| inventing wrote:
> She is also looking for letters of introduction if by chance you know
> anyone.
Post or e-mail countries ... I may know people, depending on where ...
--
Tourette Syndrome - Now What?
http://tourettenowwhat.tripod.com
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| Blurt Durtwurd 2005-06-29, 10:49 pm |
| In article <eLadnUWVbdnWUV_fRVn-rw@comcast.com>,
inventing <stracman@comcast.net> wrote:
>earlier this year she was in the same area as a large group of newly hired
>police officers/sherrifs from multiple jurisdictions. These people were all
>going through rigorous and mandetory training before they could go on duty
>at their new jobs, including classes covering harassment, discrimination,
>profiling, etc, one of the first on the schedule. And they were all in
>uniform. At one point one man made a very rude remark to her in response to
>some noises she was making, and when she reacted in a surprised manner at
>what he said, he repeated it with a chuckle. Obviously he thought he was
>being funny and didn't see the problem. My daughter passed it off, not
>wanting to cause a scene with all the 100+ people around them. Unbeknownst
>to her, 2 other officers had heard the remarks. They reported them to their
>superiors, the man was not only repremanded, he lost his job. And the next
>day she recieved a card with a letter of apology signed by every one in the
>training class! She was told that since he was in uniform, he faced a
>potential felony charge. Don't know if that was true, but that is how it
>was represented to her. We were encouraged by the stand that the law
>inforcment officers took, the response to the training that the majority of
>them had, and the letter to her, which was not mandetory. She had not
>complained so was not expecting any response.
They must have known who she is or known some way to find out. How
did they find her?
If they knew about the work she does, I wonder if that influenced the
quick action. Doesn't really matter, though. Doing the right thing
is right no matter the influences.
Felony charges seems too harsh if he hadn't completed the course, yet.
That would make it seem that they shouldn't even let them wear the
uniforms before completing the course where the subjects of harassment
and discrimination are taught.
Maybe they need to either wait 'til they complete the class before
giving them their uniforms, or else move the harassment and
discrimination up sooner in the training, since they consider it so
serious as to consider felony charges.
It's no surprise your daughter continues to do so well, BTW. Wishing
her a great trip overseas.
Blurt
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"Blurt Durtwurd" <blurtdurtwurd@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> It's no surprise your daughter continues to do so well, BTW.
Thats true, Inventing gets to sit back now and reap the rewards of her
great parenting skills and all the "inventing" she has done!
Congratulations to you and your daughter on her successes
jodi
Wishing
> her a great trip overseas.
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> Blurt
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| inventing 2005-07-03, 12:15 pm |
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"Blurt Durtwurd" <blurtdurtwurd@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> They must have known who she is or known some way to find out. How
> did they find her?
>
> If they knew about the work she does, I wonder if that influenced the
> quick action. Doesn't really matter, though. Doing the right thing
> is right no matter the influences.
Someone she was with knew one of the officers, so they made the connection
back to her.
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> Felony charges seems too harsh if he hadn't completed the course, yet.
> That would make it seem that they shouldn't even let them wear the
> uniforms before completing the course where the subjects of harassment
> and discrimination are taught.
I don't understand all of it. However, these were fully hired and deputised
officers, and this was not the beginning of their training.
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> Maybe they need to either wait 'til they complete the class before
> giving them their uniforms, or else move the harassment and
> discrimination up sooner in the training, since they consider it so
> serious as to consider felony charges.
My understanding is that it is one of the first classes they take.
>
> It's no surprise your daughter continues to do so well, BTW. Wishing
> her a great trip overseas.
>
> Blurt
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