Disability Agency CEO calls Cops on Community Leaders

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Wednesday June 06, 2012 · 12:12 PM PDT

2012/06/06 · 12:12

Yesterday a delegation of workers, community leaders, faith leaders and representatives from state and federal government attempted to meet with Barbara Wale the CEO of Arc of Monroe County at the headquarters. They were there to deliver over 150 letters from elected officials, community leaders, religious leaders and residents of Monroe County who want Barbara to refrain from interfering with workers' rights to form a union.

Unfortunately, rather than listen to the community, the Arc of Monroe is listening to high paid union busters from out of state. Arc of Monroe management not only refused to meet with the community leaders they would not even accept the letters!

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Tuesday June 28, 2011 · 11:53 AM PDT

2011/06/28 · 11:53

Today marks an important step in the political process that could give people with disabilities more control over their lives and and allow the workforce providing these services to join together in a union to improve their jobs and the program. AB 1244 (Chesbro) is up for a vote in the Senate Committee on Human Services today. We need to make sure the committee stands with people with disabilities and workers who want self-determination and votes yes on the bill.

Tell the Committee to vote yes!

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Sunday March 21, 2010 · 8:06 PM PDT

2010/03/21 · 20:06

call 202-585-3885
The teabaggers are sitting at home ready to pounce. The public opinion battle starts now.

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Monday December 07, 2009 · 11:53 AM PST

2009/12/07 · 11:53

An amendment has been filed by Senators Hatch and Nelson that will put the language of the Stupak-Pitts amendment in the Senate Health Care bill. Much has been written about the impact of this amendment on women's access to full reproductive health services. Please call your both your Senators now and ask them to vote NO on the Nelson-Hatch amendment.

Call the Senate switch board at 202-224-3121

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Friday July 17, 2009 · 7:51 AM PDT

2009/07/17 · 07:51

The house Appropriations committee is going to vote today on the Labor, HHS appropriations bill. Last week Chairman Obey took the first courageous step to end the 20 year old Federal Ban on Needle Exchange. Unfortunately, bad amendments are expected in full committee mark-up today that could re-instate the ban or restrict needle exchange programs operations. Denying someone a proven prevention strategy is denying them their human rights. We need to generate calls to Appropriators right now to ensure 20 years of misguided ideology driven HIV prevention policy comes to end today.

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Thursday July 16, 2009 · 12:57 PM PDT

2009/07/16 · 12:57

Last Friday, House Appropriations Committee Chair David Obey (D-WI), took the first -- and courageous -- step toward ending the 20-year ban on federal funding of needle exchange. For two decades now, a culture war has taken place, one pitting science against ideology and public health against politics. This prohibition has done nothing but impede efforts to address the global HIV/AIDS crisis. In its markup of the Labor-HHS-Education spending bill, the Subcommittee removed the ban on federal funding of needle exchange programs (NEPs). Lifting the ban provides greater options for States and local jurisdictions that require new and effective tools to prevent the spread of HIV. The ban equips those on the front lines to decide if, how, and where they want to implement syringe access and disposal services.

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Thursday July 09, 2009 · 9:11 AM PDT

2009/07/09 · 09:11

Ahead of important votes on AIDS funding in the House and Senate, activists took control of the Capitol Rotunda this morning at 10am.
According the Politico.com, 26 activists were arrested and charged with unlawful assembly.

"We have tried to work through standard advocacy channels, but were just told to be patient and that there was no money right now," said Project spokeswoman Christine Campbell, on her way downtown to bail out her colleagues. “It was time to up the ante and make some noise."

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Tuesday July 07, 2009 · 1:34 PM PDT

2009/07/07 · 13:34

Every 9.5 minutes, there is 1 new HIV infection in the US and 45 new infections worldwide. In that same timespan, there are 36 AIDS related deaths world wide. Given these troubling statistics, you would think our leaders in Congress would follow through on US commitments to fight AIDS at home and abroad and put our money where our proverbial mouth is. Unfortunately, the Senate is poised to do quite the opposite this week by flat-funding and even cutting funding for US and domestic HIV/AIDS treatment prevention and care programs.

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Friday June 26, 2009 · 6:48 AM PDT

2009/06/26 · 06:48

My heart goes out to all of the people currently struggling for their human rights in Iran, but I am also compelled to keep the focus two Iranian HIV/AIDS physicians who lost their human rights 1 year ago. Drs Kamiar and Arash Alaei, internationally renowned Iranian HIV/AIDS, physicians were detained in section 209 of Evin Prison in Tehran for practicing medicine. Sadly they are continually being joined by new cell mates in the wake of post election demonstrations. One of their current cellmates could in fact be Newsweek Journalist Maziar Bahari, who profiled the Drs Alaei in a documentary he directed Mohammad and the Matchmaker.

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Tuesday May 12, 2009 · 5:30 AM PDT

2009/05/12 · 05:30

Yesterday Iranian American Journalist Roxana Saberi was released from Evin Prison in Tehran. According to a Boston Globe Editorial:

AN INJUSTICE was corrected yesterday when Iran's politicized judiciary dropped an espionage charge against freelance journalist Roxana Saberi, reduced and suspended her sentence, and let her out of prison. There were hints that freeing Saberi, an Iranian-American, was Iran's positive response to recent overtures from President Obama. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rightly called Iran's gesture "heartening."

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Thursday May 07, 2009 · 1:02 PM PDT

2009/05/07 · 13:02

It looks like imprisoned Iranian American journalist Roxana Saberi will have her day in court next week. When will other imprisoned Iranian human rights advocates get theirs? Drs Kamiar and Arash Alaei developed innovative HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention programs that have saved thousands of lives in Iran. They collaborated with the international scientific community to share their knowledge and expertise with other countries. Instead of being rewarded for their diplomacy, they have been convicted of fomenting revolution.

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Thursday April 23, 2009 · 8:57 PM PDT

2009/04/23 · 20:57

Drs. Kamiar and Arash Alaei are well-known Iranian HIV/AIDS physicians who have made breakthroughs in harm reduction and stood up for the health and human rights of the people of Iran. Instead of being rewarded for their groundbreaking work, they’ve been thrown into prison in Iran. Their arrest robs the world of two great physicians and has a chilling effect on public health dialogue and diplomacy worldwide. The more recent arrest and trial Iranian American journalist Roxana Saberi paints a shockingly similar picture of the Iranian justice system's crack down on human rights activists. Well similar except that the Drs. Alaei dont have Jesse Jackson offering to negotiate their release.

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