For those European list members who have not seen this...
>May 5th - Europe Day - in the last years has become a date on
>which disabled people from many European countries advocate
>together for equal rights and against discrimination. Initiated
>by Disabled Peoples' International (DPI) and the European Network
>on Independent Living (ENIL), many organisations join in a common
>effort to make Europe Day a strong disability rights day through
>demonstrations, blockades of inaccessible buildings and
>transportation systems, panel discussions with politicians,
>presentations about our demands and work, information booths and
>public relation campaigns in more than 100 cities. In the view
>of the upcoming elections of the European parliament disabled
>people must show that the enactment and enforcement of strong
>anti-discrimination legislation for disabled people is no longer
>the dream of just a few, but a political demand which is
>spreading across borders and challenging politicians.
>
>Inspired by the success of these Europe-wide Protest and
>Awareness Days for Equal Rights, Disabled Peoples' International
>and the German Council of Centers for Self-Determined Living -
>ISL - are calling again for a "Europe-Wide Protest and Awareness
>Day for Equal Rights and Against Discrimination of Disabled
>People" on May 5, 1999.
>
>The structure of this year s activities will be similar to that
>of the previous Protest and Awareness Days: Local, national and
>international organizations participating in the Protest and
>Awareness Day will make their own decisions about the activities
>which they would like to sponsor and organize, depending on their
>own political priorities and conditions in their cities or
>countries. They will also coordinate press activities and the
>public relations campaigns independently. The coordination
>committee from DPI and ISL in Germany again have volunteered to
>do the overall coordination for this year s Protest and Awareness
>Day.
>
>To support us in our coordination effort and to enable all of us
>to send a strong message from the disability community to the
>various political bodies, we need your feedback about the
>activities which you are going to do around the Protest and
>Awareness Day by April 15,1999. This coordination activity will
>be supported by the German campagne for equal rights "Aktion
>Grundgesetz" and its coalition of more than 100 organisations for
>equal rights.
>
>Anyone interested in participating in the Protest Day can contact
>us under
>
>Disabled Peoples International Germany
>c/o ISL e.V.
>Koelnische Str. 99
>D-34119 Kassel - Germany
>Tel. +49 561/72885-46
>fax: +49 561/72885-58
>E.-Mail: [log in to unmask]
Best Wishes
Mark Priestley
Disability Research Unit
University of Leeds
LEEDS
LS2 9JT
UK
Tel: +44 113 2334417/2334418
Fax: +44 113 2334415
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/sociology/dru/dru.htm
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