[IL-Talk] Action Alert: Help Save Section 504
Debbie Pittman
debbiepittman99 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 19 04:07:41 UTC 2025
There is another e-mail I put out courtesy of Leslie with even more information. Please read it.
Thanks Leslie for passing it along.
Warmly,
Debbie P
Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 18, 2025, at 8:17 AM, Robert Hansen via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> 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.
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> Robert Hansen
> hansen.robert70 at gmail.com
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>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2025, 8:09 AM Bill Reif via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
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>> 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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>>>> *From:*Beth Glas <bglas at leapinfo.org>
>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, February 13, 2025 9:56 AM
>>>> *To:* Ted Sielski <tsielski at leapinfo.org>; delcenia at prodigy.net;
>>>> Renee <arringtonrs at gmail.com>; Schiemja at gmail.com;
>>>> *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>
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 12, 2025 4:10 PM
>>>> *To:* Beth Glas <bglas at leapinfo.org>
>>>> *Subject:* Action Alert: Help Save Section 504
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>>>> Lynette Taylor provides American Sign Language interpretation while
>>>> surrounded by approximately 60 disabled protesters and a camera man.
>>>> Image credit: AP Images.
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>>>> 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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>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>> <
>> https://ncil.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a4649d8020a3f6a932e262dea&id=c6d4c06c38&e=6be0bcc40b>:
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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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>> https://ncil.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a4649d8020a3f6a932e262dea&id=bd019f2552&e=6be0bcc40b
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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
>>>> <
>> https://ncil.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a4649d8020a3f6a932e262dea&id=fae057672f&e=6be0bcc40b
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>>>> and asking them to submit an amicus brief on the importance of 504
>>>> for disabled people.
>>>>
>>>> *Resources*
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>>>> * Fact Sheet on Section 504 (PDF)
>>>> <
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>>>> * About the new Section 504 rules
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>> https://ncil.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a4649d8020a3f6a932e262dea&id=41b016c664&e=6be0bcc40b>to:
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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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