[IL-Talk] Action Alert: Help Save Section 504
Robert Hansen
hansen.robert70 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 18 14:16:23 UTC 2025
Yeah because section 504 is the backbone of all of our issues. And Musk and
Trump seem to not care about anything or anybody. I hope Illinois stays on
board. I read this from the general nfb post.
Robert Hansen
hansen.robert70 at gmail.com
On Tue, Feb 18, 2025, 8:09 AM Bill Reif via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> Debbie, thanks much for posting this. This litigation is very much worth
> knowing about. I surely hope Musc/Trump don't get wind of this and cause
> the U.S. Justice Department to flip its position. This is right out of
> their play book in challenging any agency with rule making authority. I
> would hope that Illinois is already on record as supporting Section 504.
>
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> Bill
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> On 2/17/2025 6:51 AM, Debbie Pittman via IL-Talk wrote:
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> >> *From:* Suzanne Turner via Ohio-Communities-of-Faith
> >> <ohio-communities-of-faith at nfbnet.org>
> >> *Date:* February 13, 2025 at 10:44:30 AM CST
> >> *To:* smturner.234 at gmail.com
> >> *Cc:* smturner.234 at gmail.com
> >> *Subject:* *[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] Action Alert: Help Save
> >> Section 504*
> >> *Reply-To:* Nfb of Ohio Communities of Faith Mailing List
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> >> *Cc:* *Subject:* Fw: Action Alert: Help Save Section 504
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> >> See below. Information is also at https://dredf.org/protect-504/.
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> >> *From:*NCIL <ncil at ncil.org>
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> >> *Subject:* Action Alert: Help Save Section 504
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> >> <https://mailchi.mp/ncil/save-504?e=6be0bcc40b>
> >>
> >> Lynette Taylor provides American Sign Language interpretation while
> >> surrounded by approximately 60 disabled protesters and a camera man.
> >> Image credit: AP Images.
> >>
> >> Action Alert: Help Save Section 504**
> >>
> >> In September 2024, 17 states filed a court case against the United
> >> States government. The states want to get rid of Section 504. The
> >> case is called /Texas v. Becerra/.
> >>
> >> Read the complaint (PDF)
> >> <
> https://ncil.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a4649d8020a3f6a932e262dea&id=a67e26ab02&e=6be0bcc40b>:
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> https://ncil.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a4649d8020a3f6a932e262dea&id=d0eb80dcd8&e=6be0bcc40b
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> >>
> >> Section 504 is an important law that protects people with
> >> disabilities from discrimination. Section 504 and its rules say that
> >> places like schools, hospitals, and doctors’ offices can’t
> >> discriminate if they get money from the United States government. If
> >> the court rules in favor of the states bringing the lawsuit, it would
> >> be very harmful to the disability community.
> >>
> >> Section 504 and its rules are very important to the disability
> >> community. We need your help to save Section 504. If we lose Section
> >> 504, other civil rights laws could be in jeopardy too.
> >>
> >> The states bringing the case are: Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
> >> Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana,
> >> Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia.
> >>
> >> *Take Action*
> >>
> >> If you live in one of the states that is bringing the case, you can
> >> take action by contacting your state Attorney General using NCIL’s
> >> Advocacy & Action Center
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> https://ncil.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a4649d8020a3f6a932e262dea&id=c6d4c06c38&e=6be0bcc40b>:
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> >> https://bit.ly/40UFup4
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> https://ncil.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a4649d8020a3f6a932e262dea&id=ba852f7942&e=6be0bcc40b>.
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> >>
> >>
> >> * Ask them to drop out of the case /Texas v. Becerra/.
> >> * Share a personal story about how 504 has impacted your life, such
> >> as an example of how you were harmed before 504 became law, or
> >> how you would have been harmed if it never became law.
> >>
> >> Note: Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr and Montana Attorney
> >> General Austin Knudsen cannot be contacted using the Advocacy &
> >> Action Center. Use this link to contact them
> >> directly:https://bit.ly/42TUQN9
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> >>
> >> If you *do not* live in one of the states that is bringing the case,
> >> you can take action by contacting your state Attorney General
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> https://ncil.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a4649d8020a3f6a932e262dea&id=fae057672f&e=6be0bcc40b
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> https://ncil.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a4649d8020a3f6a932e262dea&id=dcaf03d654&e=6be0bcc40b>)
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> >> and asking them to submit an amicus brief on the importance of 504
> >> for disabled people.
> >>
> >> *Resources*
> >>
> >> * Fact Sheet on Section 504 (PDF)
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> https://ncil.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a4649d8020a3f6a932e262dea&id=292f24a83d&e=6be0bcc40b
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> >> * About the new Section 504 rules
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> >> * Find out how to contact your state Attorney General directly
> >> (targeted states only).
> >> * Read a plain language explainer of the issue; and
> >> * Access the archive of the February 12 Disability Community
> >> Briefing: What You Can Do to Stop the Attack on Section 504. The
> >> archive will be posted as soon as possible after the event
> >> concludes.
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