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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Alert: Second Disability Treaty (CRPD) Hearing on November 21st! Make Your Voice Heard!

United States International Council on Disabilities

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Second CRPD Hearing in the 
United States Senate
November 21st -- 9:30 am
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G-50

YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE!
Thank you to everyone who attended the November 5th hearing! Based on YOUR incredible show of support,

Chairman Menendez has scheduled the second hearing on November 21st in a larger room to ensure that advocates can be present and show the Committee their support in person!

Secretary of State John Kerry will be a witness in this important hearing, among others.

You can RSVP for the November 21st hearing here! This will help us tell the Committee that the disability community is behind this treaty!

WE NEED YOUR HELP! WE CANNOT STOP NOW!
The Marathon continues!

Your voices must continue to be heard NOW!

Senators Menendez and Corker and the other Foreign Relations Committee members we are focused on need to continue to hear from YOU and know that you support the CRPD! It will continue to show the Foreign Relations Committee that the community is behind this treaty and that we want the process to KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

Visit our new citizen action portal, www.disabilitytreaty.org,  to CALL these target Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee! Click the "We Support CRPD" icon above! Share it everywhere! Post it on your website, Facebook, and Twitter! They need to hear from our movement now or we will not succeed.

You can also contact:
Senator Corker at 202-224-3344 and

Senator Menendez at 202-224-4744.

Forward this message onto your lists of friends and colleagues so they can join us in sending a message to the Foreign Relations Committee that we are watching them! Thank you for your help!

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