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 calls on Congress to pass the ADA Restoration 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]
ADA TOWN MEETINGS
Participants in the town meeting at the Road To Freedom bus stop at the Southern Poverty Law Center's Civil Rights Museum in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Road To Freedom town meetings highlight the state and local perspective on keeping the promise of the ADA. Topics include ADA restoration, ADA enforcement, voter registration, judicial nominations, transportation, health care, youth issues and more.
ADA TOWN MEETINGS
Participants in the town meeting at the Road To Freedom bus stop at the Southern Poverty Law Center's Civil Rights Museum in Montgomery, Alabama.
The Road To Freedom town meetings highlight the state and local perspective on keeping the promise of the ADA. Topics include ADA restoration, ADA enforcement, voter registration, judicial nominations, transportation, health care, youth issues and more.