NATIONWIDE DISABILITIES RIGHTS BUS TOUR

ARRIVING IN EUGENE!!

Advocates Take Unique Approach To Raise National Awareness Of Challenges Faced By People With Disabilities

This year-long, cross-country bus journey launched from Washington, DC on November 15th, 2006 and aims to engage audiences across the United States in the story of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the history of the disability rights movement. We hope to mobilize Americans to keep the promise of the ADA – freedom, inclusion, and opportunity for children and adults with physical, mental, cognitive and developmental disabilities.

AGENDA

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 10 am – 3:30 pm
LTD Plaza and The Atrium 10th and Olive

10:00 AM   BUS ARRIVES

Welcomed By:

• Jon West, Executive Director LILA, Moderator
• Special Music Performance
• Gene Organ, Board President Lane Independent Living Alliance, (LILA)
• Hugh Massengill, Chair of the Eugene Human Rights Committee on Accessibility
• Casey Martin, Head Men’s Golf Coach, U of O and Professional Golfer
• Road To Freedom Bus Tour Speaker

10:00 – 3:30  Exhibits in the atrium, entertainment, informational booths, wheelchair cleaning and servicing, bus tours featuring accessibility, refreshments

2:00 PM    CLOSING CEREMONIES

• Jon West, Executive Director LILA, Moderator
• Music Performance
• Kitty Piercy, Eugene Mayor
• Sid Leiken, Springfield Mayor
• Pete Sorenson, County Commissioner
• Comedy performance by Bjo Ashwill and Gweneth Van Frank
• Gerry Gaydos, Board President, Lane Transit District (LTD)
• Terry Parker, Accessible Services Manager, LTD
• Terry Coplin, Chief Executive Officer, Lane Individual Practice Association
• Molly Elliot, Adaptive Recreation & Inclusion Coordinator, Hilyard Community Center
• Martin Rafferty, Mind Freedom International
• Gene Organ, Board President, LILA