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NSCIA Reschedules 2008 SCI Hall of Fame Gala and Related Meetings
National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA) has rescheduled the 4th annual Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Hall of Fame Gala and induction ceremony to the evening of November 17, at the Contemporary Art Center, 900 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA. Building a Culture of Preparedness...Including Everyone, a town hall meeting on disaster preparedness and featuring a keynote address by Lt. Gen. Russel Honore (U.S. Army Ret.), Commander Joint Task Force Katrina, will now be held from 10:30 am to 2:30 p.m., on Tuesday, November 18, at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, 300 Bourbon Street, New Orleans, LA. Online registration is open and includes information on discounted hotel rooms and local transportation.
50 Arrested as ADAPT Takes Affordable, Accessible Housing Crisis to Congress
From their base at "DUH City", groups of ADAPT activists fanned out on the Hill to hit congressional leaders who have responsibility to help solve the housing crisis for low income people with disabilities. Visits to the offices of Rep. Barney Frank (D, MA), a longtime leader on housing issues, and Senators Chris Dodd (D, CT) and Richard Shelby (R, AL), the Chair and ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs resulted in a total of 50 arrests.
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