Toolworks

This week, Toolworks is proud to be co-hosting a film event with the Roxie Theater at 3117 16th Street in San Francisco! The film, Give Me Liberty, showcases a diverse group of people from different backgrounds and with differing challenges who connect through their common humanity. Please join us on Friday, August 30th @ 6:30pm for the opening night of this inspiring movie! Showtimes will be running through Thursday, September 5th. For more information and to buy tickets: https://www.roxie.com/ai1ec_event/give-me-liberty/

Looking forward to this!

Love this picture of a fantastic Toolworker! Happy b'day Eric!

We're so proud of the crew at Hayes Valley Bakeworks (featured in this new video from NOW THIS) who've been working so hard to open our second location at the SFPUC (525 Golden Gate). They opened today- shttps://www.facebook.com/NowThisFood/videos/10156333498871115/?fref=mentionstop on by!

It was so great to have our friends at Urban Jazz Dance Company help us kick off our annual meeting yesterday! Can't wait to see them at the International Deaf Dance Festival this summer.

We’re so excited to bring Bakeworks to the SFPUC! Folks are getting trained right now so they’ll be ready when you come to visit!

Our Toolworks community integration volunteers making valentine's day sweet for others!

Toolworks website is now Mobile Friendly Our www.toolworks.org website now works better on smartphones and tablets. On these mobile devices, text size can be changed for better visibility by clicking the -A or +A icons. There’s a new, green Menu button that improves access to key pages. Website videos now playback more easily, and with better audio. More page information can be seen by simply scrolling up or down a page. On our Careers page Resumes and Cover Letters can be uploaded when applying for a position. Please explore our new Toolworks Mobile Friendly website by browsing to www.toolworks.org with your cellphone or tablet.

College experience described in this New York Times article helps Developmentally Disabled individuals achieve success with their dream jobs and life goals, but funding and support are needed.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This video explains why Medicaid is so important to people with disabilities and provides the back story to why people are putting their lives on the line to protect it.

Mike lives at home with his family, where he wants to be and where he's able to be active in his community. He and his mom explain how Medicaid makes this possible and how the current proposed changes would force him from his home.

In 1977, disabled activists took over San Francisco city hall to demand equal rights for over 20 days. The capitol police need to think about that. And they need to know that it is not only unsafe, it's a physical violation to remove someone from their wheelchair without their consent. As the article states, people with disabilities "use Medicaid to be able to work in the community; to be free and independent; to live on this planet". The disability community is not going to be quiet with so much at stake.

Make time this summer to check out this exhibit at the San Francisco Public Library! "In this exhibition, discover a remarkable, overlooked moment in U.S. history. On April 5, 1977, American people with and without disabilities showed the world the power of grassroots activism."

Ability App is (soon to be) "like Yelp for accessibility".