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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

ALERT: Upcoming Senate Hearing on Disability Treaty - Nov 21! WE NEED YOUR HELP!


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Second CRPD Hearing in the U.S. Senate
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November 21st 
9:30 am

Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G-50

YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE!

Panel One:
The Honorable John F. Kerry
Secretary of State
  

Panel Two:

Ms. Frances W. West   Worldwide Director, Human Ability & Accessibility Center, IBM

The Honorable C. Boyden Gray Former White House Counsel and Ambassador

Mr. Jeremy A. Rabkin  Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law

Mr. Curtis A. Bradley  William Van Alstyne Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law School

    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!  You can RSVP for theNovember 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!
   
Senators Menendez and Corker and others on the Foreign Relations Committee need to continue to hear from YOU and know that you support the CRPD!  Your actions show the committee members that the community is behind this treaty and that we want the process to KEEP MOVING FORWARD!  
  
Visit our new citizen action portalwww.disabilitytreaty.org for helpful tools to make those calls.  Or simply click the "We Support CRPD" icon above!  Share the icon 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.

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