Advocacy
250 years later, here's what actually got lost.
I love this country. I don't love a flag, and I think a lot of people mix those two things up without realizing it.
This year's Fourth of July landed weird for me. With the current administration in office, I couldn't get into the mood for cookouts and …
Thirty-six years ago today, a civil rights law went into effect that said — in plain terms — disabled people belong everywhere. In jobs. In schools. On buses. In buildings. In public life.
That was the promise.
The promise is still being negotiated.
What the ADA Was Built to DoFor anyone who wasn't …
“We need to ground ourselves in an ethos of sustainability, of care, of solidarity and mutual aid and repair of the systems that we need in order to have a future. That can be its own philosophy.” — philosopher Shannon Valor
Her quote advocates for a worldview centered on sustainability: responsible resource use, care for each other and the environment, solidarity through collaboration, mutual aid, and repair rather than competition or neglect.
🔁 Reblogged from vox.com