The Road To Freedom traveling exhibit and awareness campaign is an ongoing, cross-country bus tour produced by ADA Watch and the National Coalition for Disability Rights (NCDR). Advance work for the tour is in partnership with the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF). The educational tour promotes an understanding of disability rights history and the "people's movement" that led to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In response to the weakening of the ADA in the courts, a separate advocacy component of the tour promotes disability rights as essential civil rights, engages the disability community in the judicial selection process and successfully called on Congress to pass the ADA Amendments Act. To read the our blog, go to http://www.roadtofreedom.wordpress.com and for additional information, go to http://www.roadtofreedom.org. SPONSORS OF THE ROAD TO FREEDOM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE:The Open Society Institute, IndependenceFirst, AARP, AOL, Ted Leonsis Foundation, Bruce Hornsby, Sweet Honey In The Rock, Dircks & Associates, Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center, Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation, Arizona Bridge to Independent Living, National Disability Rights Network, Democracy In Action, Embassy of Croatia, and more. [Photos by Tom Olin]
WASHINGTON, DC WITH YOSHIKO DART
The Road To Freedom bus tour launched from Washington, D.C. on November 15, 2006. The inaugural bus crew included Yoshiko Dart who traveled with us on our first leg of the journey. The late Justin Dart, Jr. and Yoshiko traveled the country collecting "Disability Discrimination Diaries" and building support for passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. Shown here is Debbie Fletter Ward, former VP and Director of Accessibility for AOL, ADA Watch's Jim Ward, Bobby Coward of ADAPT and Yoshiko (holding Justin's famous hat).
The Road To Freedom bus tour launched from Washington, D.C. on November 15, 2006. The inaugural bus crew included Yoshiko Dart who traveled with us on our first leg of the journey. The late Justin Dart, Jr. and Yoshiko traveled the country collecting "Disability Discrimination Diaries" and building support for passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. Shown here is Debbie Fletter Ward, former VP and Director of Accessibility for AOL, ADA Watch's Jim Ward, Bobby Coward of ADAPT and Yoshiko (holding Justin's famous hat).
WASHINGTON, DC WITH YOSHIKO DART
The Road To Freedom bus tour launched from Washington, D.C. on November 15, 2006. The inaugural bus crew included Yoshiko Dart who traveled with us on our first leg of the journey. The late Justin Dart, Jr. and Yoshiko traveled the country collecting "Disability Discrimination Diaries" and building support for passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. Shown here is Debbie Fletter Ward, former VP and Director of Accessibility for AOL, ADA Watch's Jim Ward, Bobby Coward of ADAPT and Yoshiko (holding Justin's famous hat).
The Road To Freedom bus tour launched from Washington, D.C. on November 15, 2006. The inaugural bus crew included Yoshiko Dart who traveled with us on our first leg of the journey. The late Justin Dart, Jr. and Yoshiko traveled the country collecting "Disability Discrimination Diaries" and building support for passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. Shown here is Debbie Fletter Ward, former VP and Director of Accessibility for AOL, ADA Watch's Jim Ward, Bobby Coward of ADAPT and Yoshiko (holding Justin's famous hat).
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