Presidential Candidates' Forum
Our neighbors in New Hampshire hosted a presidential campaign event on Friday November 2, where disability was the focus.
A National Forum on Equality, Opportunity and Access
Hosted by
Granite State Independent Living
Friday, November 2, 2007
Radisson Hotel, Manchester, New Hampshire
All the candidates for president were invited to attend
There were 5 candidates and one campaign manager attending and 16 candidates were invited to participate.
Attending were:
Senator Joe Biden (D-DE)
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT)
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
Senator John McCain (R-AZ, participated by phone)
Former Senator John Edwards was represented by his campaign manager, former U.S. Rep. David Bonior of Michigan
The event was Co-hosted by:
N.H. Developmental Disabilities Council (NH DDC)
N.H. Disabilities Rights Center (NH DRC)
N.H. Institute on Disability (NH IOD)
N.H. Spinal Cord Injury Association
People First of New Hampshire
and was Sponsored by:
AARP * ADA Watch * ADAPT American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) * American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) * Association of University Centers
on Disabilities (AUCD) * Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) * Easter Seals * Epilepsy Foundation * Hands On Video Relay Services, Inc.
(HOVRS) * National Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (NAD) * National Coalition of Mental Health Consumer /Survivor Organizations * National
Council on Independent Living (NCIL) * National Spinal Cord Injury Association * New England Chapter, Paralyzed Veterans of America (NEPVA) * Paralyzed
Veterans of America (PVA) * Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) * Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (TDI) * The Arc of the United
States * United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) * United Spinal Association * VSA arts
This program was offered at no charge and, according to an AP wire story, over 600 were in attendance.
You can view the story at:
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll
/article?AID=/20071103/NEWS08/311030080/-1/news08
You can visit The American Association of People with Disabilities web site for further information on how our presidential candidates view disabilities:
2008 Presidential Election Action Center
http://www.aapd-dc.org/News/election/peac2008.php
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