ADAPT and SEIU Rally in D.C. for Home Care at PHInational.org

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Members of ADAPT, the United States’ largest grassroots advocacy organization for people with disabilities, and SEIU, the nation’s largest union for home care workers, created a stir in the nation’s capitol last week when they gathered to protest the Obama administration’s perceived lack of support for the Community Choice Act (CCA).

The three-day rally held April 27-29 drew considerable media attention when many of the 400 ADAPT members in attendance blocked Independence and Constitution Avenues, crawled up the steps of the Capitol Building, and chained themselves to the White House fence. Nearly a hundred, many of them using wheel chairs, were arrested by Washington, D.C. police for exceeding the size limit for protesting without a permit outside the White House (“More Than 100 Arrested in Series of Protests,” The Washington Post, April 28)……

ADAPT and SEIU Rally in D.C. for Home Care at PHInational.org