Disability Action Hall

Help us present our thank you card to Premier Redford

2012-01-24T15:00:00.002-07:00

Hoping our Premier honors the campaign commitment to raise Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) to the cost of living. Currently the amount is 1188. However it is far lower than what the Stats Canada low-income cut-off says is the average for people to live on.

Nearly 400 people have signed this card.

We hope to present this larger than life card to our premier.

This thank you card has travelled to Churches, halls, conferences, meetings, classrooms, offices and been signed by 400 Albertans who would like to see a raise in AISH. (Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped). The members of the Disability Action Hall are also part of a larger coalition known as the Calgary Ability Network.

Watching out for Christmas! Happy Holidays!

2011-12-18T17:11:00.000-07:00

Thank you to all who joined us for the Holiday Party! Have a great winter break.

To see more photos, click here

Dec 2nd Celebrating International Day of Disabled Persons at Centre Street Church. Free event! Everyone welcome!

2011-09-23T19:46:00.004-06:00

The Hall has been super busy working towards Disability Pride and Culture this month. We are excited to participate in the International Day of Disabled Persons Event held this year at Centre Street Church.

Mary Salvani will be reading some poems about the Right to Love and If Disability Were a Person. We also look forward to the BC Artist and Activist Jan Derbyshire. View amateur video of Jan at BC's 2010 International Day of Disabled Persons's Event.

The event is hosted by Bindu Suri, Journalist & Anchor for Global Television, and features the magnificent comic Jan Derbyshire. The event will include:

Award presentation to a local business who has had a significant impact on persons with a disability in an Employment setting
An information fair featuring local businesses
Performances by local artists with a disability
A performance by Renfrew Educational Services Children's Choir
Displays about disability services and organizations
Art display and show by local artists
Interactive user friendly sessions open and accessible to all ages and abilities including: Seated Yoga, Seated Fitness and Wheelchair Ballroom Dancing

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities was proclaimed in 1992 by the United Nations. The annual observance draws attention to the many ways in which those with disabilities enrich our communities. It also increases awareness and understanding of disability issues and trends, and helps to mobilize support for practical action at all levels by, with and for persons with disabilities. This year's theme is "Together for a better world for all."

The event in Calgary is one of many other celebrations taking place across Alberta, Canada and worldwide that brings together persons with a disability and the general community and aims to:

Showcase the skills, abilities, contributions and achievements of persons with a disability
Promote a positive image of persons with a disability
Involve persons with a disability and the broader community in activities to celebrate and raise awareness of International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Speak Out 11 Photos "Right to Home"

2011-06-08T10:06:00.000-06:00

What an amazing day and gathering of community at Olympic Plaza on Friday June 3rd celebrating safe, affordable, accessible and disaiblity friendly ideas to help us all feel like citizens.

Pictured perfoming is Momo Mixed Ability Dance Theatre and long time disability activist Thomas Poulsen. We are also joined by former Alderman Joe Ceci who is now the Intercity Social Forum ; part of a provincial wide effort to create a provincial plan to eradicate poverty, MLA Kent Hehr and Constable Desmoreau recieving an award from the City Diverstiy Unit on behalf of the Connect Family and Abuse Phone line; helping people with disabilities feel safe in our homes. (403.237.5888)

Awards were also presented to the Dr. Vernon Fannning Centre for the Overnight Suite, MLA Cal Dallas for Motion 505 on Visit-Ability and to the Women's Centre who remains to be an outstanding leader in a street front welcoming environment and resource for Calgarians.

Food and drinks were made possible by 'Spolumbos Fine Food & Deli' and 'Shoppers Drug Mart'.

Thank you to everyone who made this day a day to remember!

Media Advisory, save the date for Speak Out Thurs June 2nd and Friday June 3rd

2011-05-25T13:59:00.000-06:00

Media Advisory Thursday May 25^th, 2011

For immediate release, Calgary, Alberta

RE: Annual Speak Out Festival “Right to Home”

There’s No Place like Home! Will just be one of the many messages chanted during the annual “Speak Out” festival for June 2^nd and 3^rd in Calgary, Alberta. Members of the Disability Community and home enthusiasts are gearing up for this year’s Speak Out “Right to Home”. We are asking Albertans to save the date and help us come celebrate June 2^nd and June 3^rd! Mayor Naheed Nenshi has officially proclaimed Friday June 3^rd as Speak Out Day! This year we will be celebrating innovative home ideas that are friendly, affordable, accessible and available for citizens with disabilities.

- We will kick off the celebrations beginning Thursday June 2^nd at Arts Central for 1^st Thursdays in the Calgary Arts Development office. Join us as we share an evening of poster making and conversations about the ‘Right to home” from 5-8 pm at 100, 7^th Avenue SW.

- The following day at Olympic Plaza (208, 8^th Avenue SE) Friday June 3^rd it is our 13^th annual “Speak Out” and former alderman Joe Ceci, chair of the provincial wide task force for a provincial poverty strategy will kick off the ceremonies. Mr. Ceci and many esteemed presenters will give a warm welcome to out of town guests from all around Alberta; Edmonton, Red Deer and Southern Alberta as we celebrate “What make a house a home” for people from the Disability Community.

To also make this a day to remember and that there is “No place like home”, enjoy the creative performance and awards celebration honouring good housing ideas in our city that help people with disabilities feel safe and truly engage into community. Also joining us for our celebration of awards will be Momo Mixed Ability Dance Theatre.

Join us as we parade around the reflection pool and also come to chow down with this year’s food sponsor Spolumbo’s. The event is free , everyone is welcome and please wear purple!!!

Contact info:

For more information and to learn more about Speak Out 2011, please contact the Disability Action Hall at 403.717.7630, email actionhall@calgaryscope.org and visit our website at www.actionhall.ca or www.proudtobedisabled.com

1 week to go, come celebrate your pride early!!!! Westin Saturday! B there or b Square

2011-05-25T10:37:00.000-06:00

So excited.... only 1 week left until Speak Out!!!.
And why not get started early with pride?
Check out the global campaign "I am equal"

Celebrating everyone has the right to a home

2011-05-17T15:12:00.000-06:00

The countdown continues...

We are only two weeks away from our annual celebration "Speak Out". This years theme is the Right to Home and we are encouraging all attendees to come out and show your support for everyone to have the "Right to Home."

When we asked Disability Action Hall members what does the "Right to Home" mean to you... here is what people said...

“ABOUT THE RIGHT 2 HOME... We are citizens with developmental disabilities. Like all citizens, we deserve certain rights in our homes. We deserve the right...

·         To choose where we live.

·         To have our homes safe, affordable, accessible and disability friendly

·         To have enough money to afford a decent place to live.

·         To feel safe and be free from abuse.

·         To make personal choices about our diet, what we do in our home, its cleanliness, and so on.

·         To choose who comes into our homes, including friends, family, and support staff.

·         To get the support we need and to know what support we can get.

·         To have privacy.

·         To choose if and with whom we share our home (including children and pets), and to decide together how we will share.

·         To know our rights.

·         To know what to do if we are unhappy.”

Speak Out Friday June 3rd at Olympic Plaza 12-2 pm! Join us!

2011-05-06T15:45:00.000-06:00

Right to Home Speak Out 2011 Call out to community

2011-04-13T14:00:00.001-06:00

Greetings Friends and Community Partners of the Disability Action Hall,

Invitation to Speak Out 2011: Right 2 Home

It’s that time of year again where the Disability Action Hall is celebrating Speak Out 2011’ at the Olympic Plaza Cultural District. It is our lucky thirteenth celebration. This year we celebrate the “Right 2 a Home”. Please join us as we honour spaces and places that help Albertans feel at home. If you would like to take part in the celebration we are calling out for artists, community booths, speakers and to help nominated places we celebrate and would love to live.

· The festivities begin on Thursday, June 2^nd at Arts Central from 5-8 pm where everyone in our city is invited to an art exhibit on celebrated spaces and places by people with disabilities in the gallery. Join us for some poster making and arts display.

· And on Friday June 3^rd, join us for an incredible lunch hour at Olympic Plaza from 12 till 2 pm where we give out awards, food, speeches and enjoy music. We expect anywhere from 150 to 250 people to come out to the celebration. Among the honoured guests who attend are artists, local politicians and people from around the province. It’s a FREE EVENT and everyone is welcome.

For more information and if you would like to share how you would like to be a part of this years’ celebration, please contact us at 403.717.7630, email actionhall@calgaryscope.org. And watch for our announcement in the near future, visit www.actionhall.ca

Please contact us by April 30^th with your ideas, enthusiasm and nominations!

Warmest regards,

Members of the Disability Action Hall

Hear from Trevor about his 1188 Challenge!

2011-03-29T11:20:00.000-06:00

Stay tuned! Its almost been a month since Trevor has taken on the 1188 Challenge.

Watch this Thursday's FFWD to hear about the hows it been!

AISH Campaign 2011: 1188 Challenge in FFWD Weekly

2011-03-24T11:28:00.000-06:00

AISH Campaign 2011: 1188 Challenge in FFWD Weekly to read more about what it is like to live on AISH. How's Trevor doing living on 1188, read some more!

Celebrating 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day

2011-03-11T13:07:00.001-07:00

Disability Action Hall Members joined in solidarity for the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. We read out a speech, read 'I am a person' poem. Featured below are links to the poem, media coverage and photos...

Our statement for International Women's Day (read out by Ian Gordon and Brad Robertson)

Members of the Disability Action Hall stand in solidarity for the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. Our message is a ray of hope. Hope for all Albertans to live without poverty...

$1188 a month is not enough money to live on; the rates need to go up to the cost living, so people with disabilities can live a good life like everyone else.

-People with disabilities are more than likely to be abused and live in poverty; Many of us live on AISH and people in poverty should not be abused.

-People should have a choice on where to live and not live in a place to be abused.

We encourage you to learn about these numbers:

39 39% of adult Canadian women have experienced at least one incident of sexual assault since the age of sixteen.

42 42% of women with disabilities have been or are in abusive intimate partner relationships.

58 58% Alberta had the second highest rate of violence against women in Canada

1188 $ 1188 is what many of us try to live on month to month. Some of us don’t make it.

41,000 Is the number of Albertans living on AISH.

347 $ 347 dollars a month more is what it will take to help Albertans living on AISH to be above the poverty line.

1 Is all it takes... You to help raise awareness...violence and poverty no more for people with disabilities. Learn about the 1188 challenge and fill out a postcard today. Without you. Without us. There is no hope. Hope for life above the poverty line. Happy International Women’s Day everyone!

I AM A PERSON (read by Sue Bente, written by Mary Salvani)

I am a person, who happens to have a disability,
A lot of people see me as one who has no capability.

I am a person, who has got good caring heart,
Who has remained unseen right from the start.

I am a person who has finished school,
where I learned that teachers and peers see me as a fool.

I am a person who feels hurt every day,
Because people say mean things and smack me out of the way.

I am a person who deserves to be fed.
Not sent away every night hungry and off to bed.

I am a person whose sexual boundaries have been broken leaving a void inside me,
That has kept me as a prisoner instead letting me be free.

I am a person who deserves to be treated with dignity, honor, and respect, Instead I feel like I am a reject.

I am a person who feels broken into pieces like is a puzzle,
because the words inside me had been muzzled.

I am a person who deserves to be treated well,
Instead I am living inside a jail cell.

I am a person who needs to be heard.
Yet no one has stopped and cared enough to listen to any of my words.

Media Coverage

Photos of International Women's Day rally at Harry Hays by Colleen Huston

Calgary Journal on rally by Laura Wershler

CBC (scroll to minute 16) News Coverage

Hope for life above the poverty line

2011-03-07T16:24:00.001-07:00

Here is our postcard which we will be sharing at the International Women's Day celebration at Harry Hays, 11:30 am, If you are not able to attend, feel free to pass this blog onto an MLA and share why it is important all Albertans live above the poverty line.

Tips to live on how to live $1188 per month

2011-03-03T16:26:00.000-07:00

Tips for living on AISH

It can sometimes be very hard to live on $1,188 a month in Calgary, or most places in Alberta. Here are some handy tips to help you make it through the month!

Housing

Don't buy a condo or apartment. Even if you can somehow get one, it’s too expensive to keep!
Don’t be picky about where you live. Illegal basement suites are the cheapest. Pray nothing bad happens to you.
If you sit in the dark, or use candles, you can keep utility costs down.
Try to find a place to live where food is included in your rent. That way you can have something to eat at the end of the month.
Stay with family as long as they will let you.
Rely on your family or friends to pay for toothpaste, haircuts, clothes and tampons. The food bank does not provide diapers or other hygiene items, and you will not be able to afford them.

Food

Don’t eat out.

Try to eat vegetarian.
Cut coupons and look for things on special.
Eat Kraft dinner at least once a month. Buy it by the dozen and go during 1.49 day to buy it (which is usually the first Tuesday of the month).
Buying meat is tricky. Stick to ground beef. Careful about buying meat from the clearance bin.
If you have to feed kids, ask your school about lunch programs.
Meals on wheels is too expensive on AISH. The Good Food Box comes once a month and it provides fresh fruits and vegetables.

Eat ketchup, soup, and cheap noodles. They fill you up, but they're not good for you. So, you'll end up seeing the doctor more. (Don't forget to hope that Alberta improves its health care system).

Ask the local baker if you can have their food before it goes to the garbage can.

Transportation

Walk everywhere if it is a nice day.
Get a low-income transit pass if it is cold (and you live in Calgary).
Walk everywhere you can, you’ll get in shape walk!

Work

Try to find a job close to your house so you can walk. It's hard to get places on time with Access Calgary, so you might be late often.
Find a job where you don't need to buy a uniform. You won’t have the money up front you need to buy work boots, uniforms, training, or fancy office clothes.
Borrow used work clothing from family members because they are often the same size.

Clothing

Hang onto your shoes until they fall apart.
Haggle at the store for something cheaper if what you want is not sale.
Find a place that gives out free clothes. Sometimes you can get free clothes at the Drop-In Centre or the Salvation Army that may fit.
Try to borrow clothes from your brother or sister, if you have one.
If you living in a nursing home, sometimes you can get clothes from dead people.
If you cannot find free clothes, try buying used clothing. If you need extra-large clothing, try to find a discount place to buy a shirt from a big and tall store as many of the stores in the malls are too expensive.

Entertainment

Get free movies from the library.
Ask to take your neighbour’s dog for a walk.

Only go out once a month to the cheap movies—forget about the hockey games!
If you are a student, use the gym at school.

Get used to being lonely. When you don't have money for entertainment, travel, or even basic toiletries, it's difficult to keep relationships with friends, or find a lover.

Emotion

Grow a thick skin. When you have less money, you have fewer choices about your surroundings, transportation, food, etc.

Even better than all of the things above, swap wages with an MLA for a month! Film what it is like to trade places. It would make a great reality TV show!

Happy Valentines Day

2011-02-14T14:18:00.001-07:00

Happy Valentines! We are in the FFWD Blog talking about our film! Visit http://www.ffwdweekly.com/calgary-blogs/culture/2011/02/14/right-to-love-654/

Love Bytes Arts Nite & Arts Central

2011-02-04T14:15:00.001-07:00

https://picasaweb.google.com/actionhall/ArtsCentralFeb3?authkey=Gv1sRgCM-8npXo_rrl-AE#

to see all our photos!

Love Bytes Arts Nite at Arts Central 5:30 to 8 pm

2011-01-27T15:57:00.000-07:00

Love Bytes Night at Arts Central – Thursday February 3rd beginning at 5:30 pm
First Thursday at Arts Central!!!!
February 3rd for an evening of art and mischief at Arts Central in the CADA office located in the basement of Arts Central.
Drop by anytime from 5:30 to 8 pm.
Visit Arts Central website to learn about the 50 galleries that open up their doors for the public . Arts Central is located at 100, 7th Avenue SW (off 1st LRT station westbound or TELUS Convention Centre eastbound or route 3 via centre street) Totally wheelchair accessible! http://www.artcentral.ca/

Love Bytes: Stories About the Right to Love

2010-12-13T14:48:00.000-07:00

See all 14 films by clicking on this link!

Love Bytes: What is the Right to Love Group?

2010-10-19T15:29:00.000-06:00

Wow, over the summer we worked on our stories about the Right to Love. We hope to post our stories on you tube. For now, take a look at why we started and why the right to love is so important to us! Whether you are lesbian, gay, straight, transgendered, bisexual, queer...everyone has the right to love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhrFdIFqSHU

Our Vote 2010: City of Calgary Election

2010-10-18T15:07:00.000-06:00

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
People with disabilities vote despite candidates' failure to address concerns
Thursday October 14th at 4:30 pm City Hall

Members of Calgary’s Disability Action Hall agree that poverty is a major concern for persons with disabilities in this city, one that most candidates fall short of addressing. Despite our disappointment, people with disabilities will once again take part in advance polls on Thursday, October 14th at City Hall. Going as a group is one way we tell candidates people with disabilities have representation and a voice.

Recently the Disability Action Hall, a group of self-advocates and their allies who work on improving quality of life and living standards for people with disabilities and their communities, evaluated the mayoral candidates in the upcoming Calgary civic election. Their evaluation was based on their vision for healthy individuals, families and communities and the five priorities defined by the group as integral to their needs: the right to gather as citizens, the right to access city services, affordable public transportation, disability culture and the arts, and affordable safe homes for all.

Hall members were disappointed with mayoral candidates' stance on issues impacting people with disabilities. Three quarters of the candidates scored below 15% on the Disability Action Hall’s scale. The group also noted that several candidates with aldermanic experience who claim to support the low income transit options voted against it in council. Another overlooked issue not addressed by mayoral candidates is working with our province on rent control.

The Disability Action Hall believes that for Calgary to be a truly vibrant and sustainable city, it must address the needs of its entire people. It encourages candidates to develop policies and plans that eradicate poverty and promote full citizenship. “I wish people would get off business and talk about poverty,” said member Tom Brisbin. “We don’t know if these people know enough about disabilities. We were really disappointed Kent Hehr dropped out of the race, as he took the time to hear our issues about living in a city with a disability.”

The Disability Action Hall is a group of Calgarians with disabilities and allies who have told their stories, taken action and changed lives since 1998.

Voting in Calgary

2010-09-20T14:49:00.001-06:00

Hi there folks who want to vote!

Well the official runners in the election are in today.

Some of you were asking about going as a group together. You can go to any of these locations provided you show up for an advanced vote date between the 6-14 from Noon to 7 pm. One date the Hall may consider is Thursday October 11 at City Hall. Let us know if this date works so we can plan our meeting around voting.

Please bring photo id (if you have it) or government issued id like the AISH card. Even if you don’t have photo id but an AISH card, you can vote! We are hoping to rectify this on the 311 website as one of our members was told they couldn’t, they are wrong.

ID that is accepted in listed on this link: http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_780_237_0_43/http%3B/content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Hall/Business+Units/City+Clerks+Department/Election+and+Information+Services/2010+General+Election/Requirements+of++Voter+Identification+.htm

Here are the places you can do an advanced photo:

http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_780_237_0_43/http%3B/content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Hall/Business+Units/City+Clerks+Department/Election+and+Information+Services/2010+General+Election/Advance+Vote.htm

There are also a whack of facebook groups out there. One in particular is Calgary Civic Election 2010 http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/Calgary2010Election?v=wall&ref=ts

Also, no idea who to vote for? Visit the www.calgarydemocracy.ca website and to also learn about all the mayoral debates going on.

2010-09-01T10:45:00.001-06:00

Another amazing free rad show enjoyed by all!
For more information, check out postings on our facebook page too!

Free Rad Show

2010-08-10T13:35:00.000-06:00

We hope folks had a great time at the Free Rad Show.
Visit us on facebook to learn about the next one! Fun was had by all!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Calgary-AB/Disability-Action-Hall/53951259018?v=photos#!/event.php?eid=134573639915750&ref=mf

Annual gathering and candle light vigil

2010-07-12T15:21:00.000-06:00

Join us for our annual picnic.
This year we will acknowledging those who have passed away in the disability community from abuse.
Meet and greet 5-7 pm
Candlelight Vigil 6:30 pm
Please call 403.717.7630 for more information or email us at actionhall@calgaryscope.org

Calgary Elections! Questions for our future mayor and alderman

2010-07-06T17:01:00.001-06:00

Disability Action Hall has these questions for our future alderman and mayor!

What is the Right to Love Group?

2010-07-06T17:00:00.000-06:00

The Right to Love Group!

We are proud to be sexy!!! One group member says all he had heard about is how wrong it is to love. Many of our members have only been able to define our birth as a part of our sexuality. Some people in our group have never been kissed. We believe if our community learns to support our right to love, we will be able to reduce our r changes of abuse and create fulfilling relationships with people we love and care about.

Q. What is the Right to Love Group?

Since as long as we can remember the Disability Action Hall has been talking about our right to love. We have joined in a partnership with the Calgary Sexual Health Centre and together and we hope to be challenging attitudes about our right to love. We believe everyone is a sexual human being and deserves to educated and supported. Some of us experience lip services saying its okay to date. Other are told over night guest are against fire regulations or to talk to our parents. Really? Talk to our parents?
We are a group of people with disabilities who want to change attitudes about our right to love.
We want to talk about healthy sexuality into the everyday world and celebrate our sexuality.
We are a group that came out of the Disability Action Hall and for the next three years we will be painting the town red with love

Q. What has the Right to Love Group done so far?
Last Valentine’s day we celebrated at Broken City. We had over 45 people join us, dance and celebrate in our right to love. We are very excited about an upcoming photo shoot to help launch our Radical Love Tour.

Q What are your plans?
We have big plans! Our plan is to work with allies, parents and organizations who are supportive our right to love. We escpically enjoyed the opportunity to audit and provide feedback to a course taught by the Calgary Sexual Health Centre on how caregivers can help support us in our right to love. We will also be taking a few courses about love in the next couple of weeks. We are getting educated and excited about creating spaces for dating, friendship and in the minds of all Albertans.

How can people join you and learn more about the Right to Love?

You can call us at the Disability Action Hall at 403.717.7630 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 403.717.7630 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, check out our website www.actionhall.ca or visit our facebook group http://www.facebook.com/pages/Calgary-AB/Right-To-Love-Group/312222725495 If you want to learn more about the Calgary Sexual Health Centre please call 403.283.5580 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 403.283.5580 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or visit www.calgarysexualhealth.ca And don’t forget to come to Speak Out 12 where all Calgarians will be joining us in song and dance and painting the town red about love!

Speak Out 12

2010-06-07T17:23:00.000-06:00

What a day! To look at all our great photos, please click on this link!
http://picasaweb.google.com/actionhall/SpeakOut12#

Map and program for Speak Out 12

2010-05-31T16:39:00.000-06:00

2010-05-31T10:35:00.000-06:00

Join us for Speak Out 12! The Right to Love
Free food, music and entertainment!

Friday June 4 2010 from 12 t0 2 pm!

Olympic Plaza 255 8th Avenue SE

Call 403.717.7630 for more information

Right to Love photo shoot

2010-04-20T00:55:00.000-06:00

We are getting ready to share our excitement! Celebrating the Right to Love at this year's Speak Out 12 - at Olympic Plaza on Friday, June 4th, 2010.

Stay tuned for more great photos and news!!! Or visit our album right now by clicking on album to see all the fun we had on the photo shoot! What a great day it was for weather, smiles, radical steps towards love for all!

Thanks to Mary, Ian, Thomas, Jennifer, Carla, Oscar, Olga, Kosahn, Nicole, Amanda and Lacey for all your hard work.

What a blast!

Handing over messages for MLAs to protect public services

2010-03-18T16:25:00.000-06:00

Join Together Alberta Provincial Aciton

2010-03-18T15:41:00.000-06:00

The Disability Action Hall hand delivered messages from women living in Edmonton, people with disabilities and support workers to protect the social fabric of Alberta.
We met Jerry Toews and are very excited about the provincial message to hand deliver the 3 km message to MLAs. Stay tuned.

Services We Need, rally at the legislature

2010-03-17T15:51:00.001-06:00

Saving our service that we need.
The Disability Acton Hall is very concerned about the cuts to services.
If you would like to join us and 3000 Albertans to deliver a 3 km message to MLAs,
visit the Join Together Alberta website
www.jointogetheralberta.ca

See you at the leg Saturday March 20th, 2010

Celebrating public spaces

2010-02-03T13:30:00.000-07:00

The Disability Action Hall wanted to let council know how much we enjoy using the public space at city hall as they debate how to revise how groups can use the space. We gave them this letter and spoke at council.

Call to Action, call 311 and tell your alderman to support the work of the Fair Calgary Project

2010-01-21T14:37:00.001-07:00

CALL TO ACTION
Please call your alderman and let them know the need to support the work of Fair Calgary.
Fair Calgary is a project that is looking at the fees charged by city services are fair.
the committee voted down the recommendations, however on Monday, council will officially vote if this project continues.
Fair Calgary is a city project which was instrumental in getting the low-income transit pass available to citizens living on l0w-income, in addition to fee assistance program for recreation.
Help make our city affordable for all!!!

Right to Love Cabaret

2010-01-21T14:11:00.000-07:00

Join us for our upcoming Right to Love Cabaret. We will be also at the Picture this film festival on February 8th viewing films about the right to love. For more information about the films, visit www.ptff.org
Everyone is invited to the Sunday February 14th, 2010 celebration! Bring a friend. Entertainment, games and music!

Celebrating International Day of Disabled Persons

2010-01-07T09:23:00.000-07:00

Wow! Over 150 people packed the city hall atrium to celebrate International Day of Disabled Persons! What a show! And thanks so much to all the trade show booths displaying exciting work for disability culture, education, employment and opportunities!

Self Advocacy Summit as Success!

2010-01-07T09:19:00.000-07:00

Wow! Our third conference with self-advocates from around Alberta! We are getting louder, prouder and stronger! This conference was a great opportunity to share what we know and practice self-advocacy. Our most exciting step was to put our plan into action. Stay tuned as we hope to show you a video of all the people who attended!

Poverty Talks report is out!

2009-09-08T10:27:00.000-06:00

The Poverty Talks report is out! Visit http://www.wtep.ca to download the PDF.

You can also see the document on our blog and on the Poverty Talks Facebook page!

Plan It in Calgary

2009-07-02T08:51:00.000-06:00

Sharing our dream

2009-03-27T10:19:00.001-06:00

On March 26 many of the Hall members shared our three year work plan we call "Our Dream".
We talked about the five most important areas important to people with disabilities. We shared how we were connected as individuals, as a group and in the community. We talked about how our plan came from focused conversations, collaborations and ten years of working on social justice.

D - Disability Pride and Culture
R - Relationships and Networking
E - Enough money to live
A - A 'home' for all
M- My services I need

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Raising Awareness with Hot Dogs

2009-03-20T15:51:00.000-06:00

Raising Awareness

2009-03-20T15:35:00.000-06:00

Members of the Disability Action Hall worked together to help raise funds for the Self-Advocacy Summit in October 2009.

Our goal is to get enough funds to send Hall members to meet new people, connect, share ideas and spread the word people with disabilites are proud!

We had a great day at the Chesney's Home Hardware Store at the Grand Opening! Good times were had by all!

Thanks to Homeware store owner Clark, all the great employees and friends of Chesneys and to CSPD's Mickey for connecting us up for some great hot dogs!