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The ADA Legacy Tour

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Submitted by kristen on Mon, 2014-07-21 09:52
This is the official page of The ADA Legacy Tour. The Tour is a traveling exhibit that criss-crossed the United States from July 2014 - July 2015. It was designed to raise awareness and build excitement about ADA25 - the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was July 26, 2015.
The ADA Bus

The ADA Legacy Tour is complete! Between July 25, 2014 - July 28, 2015, The ADA Legacy Tour logged 23,000, making more than 115 stops in 33 states to raise awareness and build excitement toward ADA25 - the 25th anniversary of the ADA in 2015! Driven by veteran disability rights photographer Tom Olin, the Tour included:

  • The "Road to Freedom" ADA Bus - which traveled to 48 states in 2007 to raise support for the ADA Amendments Act - courtesy of the Disability Rights Center;
  • a four-panel display on the history of self-advocacy, courtesy of the Museum of disABILITY History;
  • displays on The ADA Legacy Project and its effort to preserve of disability history; celebrate disability history milestones; and educate future generations of disability advocates;
  • the ADA quilt - add your signature to thousands of others who have participated in the Tour;
  • displays on the history of the Road to Freedom Tour; and
  • information, giveaways, events, workshops, artifacts, and other programming provided by local hosts.

The ADA Legacy Tour Schedule

2014

  1. July 25-27: Houston,TX hosted by Abilities Expo (Tour Kick-off!)
  2. Parsons, Kansas
  3. Des Moines, Iowa
  4. August 6: St. Paul, MN hosted by Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities; View photo gallery of the St. Paul event.
  5. Washington, Pennsylvania
  6. September 5-7: Boston,MA hosted by Abilities Expo
  7. Allentown, Pennsylvania
  8. September 17-18: Millersville, PA hosted by Millersville University of Pennsylvania
  9. Washington, Pennsylvania
  10. Louisville, Kentucky
  11. Memphis, Tennessee
  12. Little Rock, Arkansas
  13. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  14. October 8-10: Albuquerque, NM hosted by the 2014 Southwest Conference on Disability 
  15. October 17-20: Albuquerque, NM hosted by APRIL Conference
  16. Fresno, California
  17. Marin County, California
  18. Hayward, California
  19. November 21-23: Bay Area, CA hosted by Abilities Expo
  20. San Jose, California
  21. November 25: Berkeley, CA, Ed Roberts Campus, 11:00 to 2:00.
  22. December 2: Phoenix, AZ, Arizona Bridge to Independent Living.

 

2015

  1. January 28-31: Orlando, FL, hosted by the Assistive Technology Industry Association and the Florida Independent Living Council, Inc.
  2. February 27th: San Antonio, http://evasheroes.org/
  3. March 1: Hutto, TX - http://www.thehuttonews.com/news/article_f78fdd5a-b167-11e4-a430-3f8c1570c8cc.html
  4. March 1-4: Austin, TX - http://texasada25.txsilc.org/2014/01/bus-tour-dates-finalized/ * Austin Photo Gallery
  5. March 6-8: Los Angeles, CA - Abilities Expo
  6. March 9-13: Denver, CO - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Atlantis-Community-Inc/232863653391920 * Denver Photo Gallery
  7. March 18: Topeka, KS - http://www.tilrc.org/assests/ada25tilrc35.html
  8. March 30-31: Columbia, MO - http://www.silcolumbia.org/ada/
  9. April 2: Bentonville, AR, Walmart Distribution Center
  10. April 7-8: Hot Springs, AR - https://www.facebook.com/events/1434686760161911/
  11. April 10-11: Memphis, TN - https://sites.google.com/site/mcilaction/coming-up/adatour
  12. April 15-17: Nashville, TN - http://www.cilmtn.org/ada-legacy-tour-celebration-.html, http://vkc.mc....
  13. April 19: Disability Rights Fun Run, Senator Harkin, Union Station, Washington, DC - http://www.adaptfunrun.net/
  14. April 20: Arlington, VA - http://ecnv.org/ada25.html
  15. April 23-25: Grand Rapids, MI - http://disartfestival.org/ada-legacy-tour-bus/
  16. April 29-30: Buffalo, NY- http://museumofdisability.org/information/news-and-events/ , https://www.facebook.com/museumofdisability
  17. May 2: Morgantown, WV - https://www.facebook.com/events/383608141843750/
  18. May 3-4: Greensboro, NC - http://uncgnow.uncg.edu/ada-legacy-tour-stops-uncg/
  19. May 5-6: Raleigh, NC
  20. May 8: Gainesville, GA, https://www.facebook.com/AccessToABetterTomorrow?fref=ts&ref=br_tf
  21. May 10: ADA Symposium and NCCHR, Atlanta, GA - http://www.adasymposium.org/ , http://www.wheel2live.net/home
  22. May 12: Johnson City, TN - https://drctn.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/ada-legacy-national-tour-is-comin...
  23. May 13-14: Knoxville, TN - https://www.facebook.com/pages/disABILITY-Resource-Center/344324208924529
  24. May 15-16: Mobility Expo, Atlanta, GA - http://www.themobilityexpo.com/ada25.html
  25. May 19: Birmingham, AL, http://drradvocates.org/
  26. May 21: Montgomery, AL, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Montgomery-Center-for-Independent-Living/...
  27. May 22: Gainesville, GA, https://www.facebook.com/AccessToABetterTomorrow?fref=ts&ref=br_tf
  28. May 27: Interfaith Summit, Atlanta, GA, http://faithanddisability.org/projects/ada-25th-anniversary/
  29. May 29: Augusta, GA - http://www.waltonoptions.org/ADA25
  30. May 30: Aiken, SC - http://www.waltonoptions.org/ADA25
  31. June 1-2: Charleston, SC - https://www.facebook.com/SCAbility?fref=ts
  32. June 3: Columbia, SC - http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=c86fb5ede9ea4a8329ed696f6&id=87113f3bf8
  33. June 4: Anderson, SC, https://www.facebook.com/events/365108443689003/
  34. June 5: Greenville, SC, http://greenvillecan.org/ada-25th-anniversary-event/
  35. June 6: Anderson, SC, https://www.facebook.com/events/981084071924323/
  36. June 8-9: ADA Bus meets Disability Rights Museum on Wheels, Charlotte, NC
  37. June 12: Shepherd Center, Atlanta, GA
  38. June 13: SDS, USBLN and NCCHR, Atlanta, GA, http://disability.publichealth.gsu.edu/2015/03/20/ada-25-georgia/
  39. June 15: Mt. Vernon, IL, http://abilitychicagoinfo.blogspot.com/2015/06/ada-legacy-bus-tour-stops...
  40. June 16: Springfield, IL
  41. June 18: Indianapolis, IN - http://www.adaindiana.org/index.php?pageId=124
  42. June 19: Blommington, IN - http://www.adaindiana.org/index.php?pageId=124
  43. June 20: Monticello, IN - http://www.adaindiana.org/index.php?pageId=124
  44. June 25: Madison, WI - https://wisconsinadastories.org/schedule
  45. June 26-27: Milwaukee, WI - https://wisconsinadastories.org/schedule-milwaukee
  46. June 30: New York Mills, MN, Photo op for John Nousaine
  47. July 2: Billings, MT - http://www.liftt.org/2015/06/join-liftt-in-celebrating-25-years-of-the-ada/
  48. July 3: Great Falls, MT - http://www.liftt.org/2015/06/join-liftt-in-celebrating-25-years-of-the-ada/
  49. July 3: Helena, MT - http://www.summitilc.org/newsletter/
  50. July 4: Missoula, MT - http://www.summitilc.org/ada25.html
  51. July 7; Duluth, MN
  52. July 7: Superior, WI - https://wisconsinadastories.org/schedule-superior
  53. July 11: Rochester, NY- https://www.facebook.com/rochestercdr
  54. July 13-14: New York, NY - http://www.nyc.gov/html/mopd/ada25nyc/html/home/home.shtml , https://plus.google.com/+ADA25CelebrateJuly26/posts
  55. July 17: Forest Park, IL - http://www.ada25chicago.org/calendar/road-to-freedom-ada-bus/
  56. July 18: Chicago, IL - http://www.ada25chicago.org/
  57. July 20: Toledo, OH - http://www.abilitycenter.org/news-and-events/zooday
  58. July 21: Detroit, MI - https://www.adamichigan.wordpress.com
  59. July 22-23: Columbus, OH -http://www.ada25columbus.com/
  60. July 25: Philadelphia, PA - https://www.facebook.com/DisabilityPridePhiladelphia
  61. July 26: Wilmington, DE -
  62. July 26: Baltimore, MD - http://mdod.maryland.gov/news/Pages/2015ADA.aspx
  63. July 26: Washington, D.C. - http://americanhistory.si.edu/ADA25, http://www.2540celebration.com/ , http://www.ncil.org/2015-annual-conference-on-independent-living/

 

(photo by Tom Olin)