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RESCHEDULLED FROM 7/10. This event is now hybrid! Please register if you'd like to join us over Zoom. The link will be included in your confirmation email.
Disability Pride Month is celebrated in July to honor the passage of the American Disabilities Act (ADA) which was signed into law on July 26, 1990. The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits the discrimination of disabled folks to ensure equal rights and opportunities for everyone. To learn more about the history of disability rights and the fight for freedom, join librarian Jane for a movie screening and discussion.
PBS Colorado Experience Season 5 Episode 14: The Gang of 19 - ADA Movement. Run time: 56m 40s.
Screening: 1-2pm
Discussion: 2-3pm.
Discussion will feature a Photovoice project to advocate for health equity, transportation, and community accessibility and resources, presented by Sally Jo Snyder. The Photovoice method educates communities on the lived realities of marginalized individuals through participant-taken photos and narratives. These photos have appeared in the State Capitol, the Senator John Heinz History Center, Universities, and community centers.
Meeting Room A. Please register if you'd like to join us over Zoom! The link will be included in your confirmation email.
Screening summary: "Encouraged by civil rights movements of the 1960s, the Disability Rights Movement gained momentum leading to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. Decades earlier in 1978, 19 individuals tossed aside their wheelchairs and blocked city buses deemed inaccessible for the physically disabled. Discover how this one act led to years of advocacy in Colorado and inspired the nation."