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]
MARCH FOR RESPECT
"See Their Abilities" caption on a sign held by marchers in the March for Respect in Dallas, Texas.
"See Their Abilities" caption on a sign held by marchers in the March for Respect in Dallas, Texas.
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY
University staff, youth leaders and other speakers listen and talk to the press at the Road To Freedom bus stop at the San Jose State University.
University staff, youth leaders and other speakers listen and talk to the press at the Road To Freedom bus stop at the San Jose State University.
EUGENE, OREGON
Drumming for Freedom at the Road To Freedom bus stop in Eugene, Oregon.
Drumming for Freedom at the Road To Freedom bus stop in Eugene, Oregon.
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
The Road To Freedom bus in front of the capitol building in Sacramento, California. The event combined the Road To Freedom and Disability Capitol Action Day.
The Road To Freedom bus in front of the capitol building in Sacramento, California. The event combined the Road To Freedom and Disability Capitol Action Day.
BOISE, IDAHO
Advocates with signs declaring "Nothing About Us Without Us" and "All of us working together will make a better world."
Advocates with signs declaring "Nothing About Us Without Us" and "All of us working together will make a better world."
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
Road To Freedom bus at the California State Capitol in Sacramento with DOGFITE: Disability Organizing Group for Initiating Total Equality.
Road To Freedom bus at the California State Capitol in Sacramento with DOGFITE: Disability Organizing Group for Initiating Total Equality.
DISABILITY PRIDE PARADE
Activist with T-shirt emblazoned with "F.R.I.D.A: Feminist Response in Disability Activism" at the Disability Pride Parade in Chicago, Illinois.
Activist with T-shirt emblazoned with "F.R.I.D.A: Feminist Response in Disability Activism" at the Disability Pride Parade in Chicago, Illinois.
VIDEOGRAPHER SCOTT COOPER
Our friend and colleague Scott Cooper filming at the Disability Capitol Action Day and Road To Freedom bus stop in Sacramento. Scott is traveling America filming interviews with disability rights leaders.
Our friend and colleague Scott Cooper filming at the Disability Capitol Action Day and Road To Freedom bus stop in Sacramento. Scott is traveling America filming interviews with disability rights leaders.
EUGENE, OREGON
Eugene Organ (Yes, his real name!), LILA Chair, speaks in front of the Road To Freedom bus at the Eugene, Oregon event.
Eugene Organ (Yes, his real name!), LILA Chair, speaks in front of the Road To Freedom bus at the Eugene, Oregon event.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Road To Freedom exhibit and reception at the Seattle University School of Law.
Road To Freedom exhibit and reception at the Seattle University School of Law.
