On July 23rd, approximately 1400 people assembled at City Hall Plaza to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Americans with Dsability Act, as well as to speak out as civil rights and services for people with disabilities face unprecedented challenges.
After several speakers and the raising of the Disability Rights Flag, everyone marched and rolled down Tremont Street and reassembled at the Embrace on Boston Common.
At the Embrace, we heard speeches and chants and sang along to We Shall Overcome.
It was an overwhelming event with feelings of both pride and the need to act.
Other groups have reported on the rally and march.
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Boston City Hall
Speakers at City Hall:
- Commissioner Kristen McCosh
- Dianna Hu, BCIL chair
- Colleen Flanagan, City Commission
- Reggie Clark, Mass Advocates Standing Strong, plaintiff in MBTA lawsuit
- Cabinet Chief Solis-Cervera
- Jerry Boyd. BCIL Board/Chair of Boston Disability Commission
- MBTA GM Phil Eng
March photos
The Embrace
Speakers at The Embrace:
- Rich Smith, BCIL board
- Kat Torres Radisic, BCIL organizer
- Keith Jones, representing The Embrace
- Andrea Lyman, singer
- Alex Green, author/activist/educator
- Angelina Ramirez of Stavros CIL (Amherst and Springfield).
- Maura Sullivan of the Arc of Massachusetts
- Claire Bergstresser, representing the Greater Boston Labor Council
- Franswa Jean-Enard, a PCA representing 1199SEIU
