Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)

ONLINE EVENT: California Aging, Disability & Higher Weight Covid-19 Updates! Friday, January 8 at 3 PM PST 4:30 PM PST Price: Free Duration: 1 hr 30 min Public Anyone on or off Facebook... This informational meeting will be held on zoom and will include presentations from legal and community advocates on crisis care plans in hospital and vaccine prioritization. Will include captioning, ASL interpreting, and Spanish. Register at: tinyurl.com/CACovidUpdates

AN APPRECIATION: Everyone at DREDF honors the pioneering contributions to disability communities and longterm commitment Mr. Thornburgh made by helping secure, protect and sustain our civil rights. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends and loved ones. https://dredf.org//in-honor-of-richard-dick-thornburgh-19/

HOPE! IT'S A THING AGAIN: Your solidarity gives us hope for a happy new year of repairing and rebuilding cross-disability rights for all. Thanks, all you generous folks, who give what you can, when you can. We've almost met our FB goal!

COVID-19/CORONAVIRUS/VACCINES: Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), along with four other disability or aging organizations serving on the California Community Vaccination Advisory Committee, sent a letter to the state’s Vaccination Drafting Guidelines Committee prior to its December 29 meeting. The letter advocates for prioritized vaccination for lower-income persons with disabilities of all ages who receive home and community-based long-term services and supports, as well as those with disabilities who are at great risk of COVID-19 infection and severe illness or death, particularly in light of medical rationing concerns. https://dredf.org//prioritizing-people-with-disabilities-/

Happy Solstice from DREDF! Thank you for your solidarity that brought light to a dark year. https://mailchi.mp/dredf/happy-solstice-from-dredf