Hello Hello Everyone! Today (May 19) is Day 5 of our week of actions, which is mask distribution day! We know that people are more likely to mask when they have easy access to them, and financial and logistical barriers to getting high quality masks like N95s and KN95s can mean people who want better…
There are only two days left in the Illinois Legislative Session. Here is an action alert directed at legislation that will help end sub minimum wage for people with disabilities. This action alert is from material by Equip for Equality and Access Living. A message from Equip for Equality: All, We have an opportunity to…
This is an Action Alert shared by Equip for Equality regarding Accessible Vote by Mail. Thank you to Equip for Equality for creating this and sharing this. ACTION ALERT: Act Now to Ensure Accessibility of Vote by Mail for Voters with Print Disabilities, Military Families and Citizens Living Overseas Tell Legislators to Support SB…
Over the past two days, Access Living and Equip for Equality have posted action alerts to build support for SB 282, “which would create full Accessible Vote by Mail.” Thank you to both organizations for creating alerts. Below is the Access Living alert. Please read the alert below and take action by sending an email…
Statement from Progress Center Executive Director Horacio Esparza on Judith Heumann English Language Statement Judy Heumann, Your unexpected departure left me inert, exhausted, without being able to articulate words for more than twenty-four hours, without knowing what to say about all that I can say about you… about how great you were; of everything great…
Here is information from the Institutional Rescue and Recovery Coalition. The coalition is in Springfield, Illinois this week, pushing three pieces of legislation in support people with disabilities in Illinois who need community-based supports and who need support getting out of long-term care facilities. From the Coalition: The disability-led Institutional Rescue and Recovery Coalition developed…
Call for Applications Progress Center, in partnership with Chicago ADAPT, proudly announces a Call for Applications for the Larry Biondi Fellowship for Radical Thought & Action. Applicants selected will be part of the inaugural cohort of Larry Biondi Fellows. The application is a PDF Form. Please download the form to complete the application. If you…
Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on People with Disabilities The National Council on Disability (NCD) hosted a Quarterly Meeting on December 8, 2022. Kira Meskin, a Progress Center Community Reintegration Advocate, along with two others, submitted public comment to NCD for its quarterly meeting. The comments were accepted and incorporated into the record of the National…
This week, President Biden announced that the National Public Health Emergency connected to the Covid-19 Pandemic would end in the spring. The date for the end of the emergency is set as May 11, 2023. Governor JB Pritzker of Illinois made a similar announcement. The end of the Public Health Emergency will impact millions of…
Please consider a Year-End Donation to the Larry Biondi Fellowship for Radical Thought & Action Progress Center, in partnership with Chicago ADAPT, proudly announces the Larry Biondi Fellowship’s inaugural fundraising drive. We are setting an ambitious goal of $20,000 to underwrite the stipends and expenses of three Fellowship recipients in the 2023-24 class. The Larry…
