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Americans with Disabilities Commemoration Roundtable Invitation
Human Rights Department City Hall Annex 1300 Main Street Dubuque, Iowa 52001 -4732 (563) 589 -4190 office (563) 589 -4299 fax (563) 589 -4193 TDD humanrgt©ci tyofdubuq ue.org June 16, 2010 Honorable Mayor and City Council: July 26 marks the 20 Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your dedication to making ADA compliance a priority in our community, and to invite you to attend the Human Rights Commission's ADA Commemoration roundtable to be held from 12:00 — 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 8. We hope you will be able to come and observe the conversation, and we will also submit a report of the information gathered at the event later this year. The discussion at the roundtable will center around the following questions: 1. What are the challenges with transportation you see facing people with disabilities? 2. What are the challenges with education you see facing people with disabilities? 3. What are the challenges with housing you see facing people with disabilities? 4. What are the challenges with employment you see facing people with disabilities? 5. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) strives to ensure that people with disabilities have equal opportunity to participate in employment, government, and places of public accommodation. Other laws similarly address equality of opportunity in housing and education. What progress do you think Dubuque has made with equal opportunity in the last 20 years? 6. Centers for Independent Living (CILs) are non - profit organizations run BY people with disabilities FOR people with disabilities. CILs provide four core services to consumer partners: information and referral, peer support, independent living skills training, and individual and systems advocacy. Would you like to see such a Center in Dubuque? In addition, we are asking interested community member to submit their responses to these questions via an on -line survey at http:/ /www.surveymonkev.com /s /2WL6CFD or to forward their responses to the Human Rights Department at 1300 Main Street, Dubuque, IA 52001 or humanrgt(a�cityofdubuque.orq. Finally, we are enclosing a flyer for the event. Please forward this information to anyone you know who might be interested in attending. Thank you. Sincerely, Anthony Allen, Chair Masterpiece on the Mississippi me purpose of the round table is to discuss how fay our society and commu- nity has come since the passage of the American! with Disabilities Act 20 years ago and to establish where we can go from here to continue to sup- port those living with dis- abilities in Dubuque. he roundtable WI Inc • - • center around a discussion of: Transportation . Accessibility . Housing . Employment . Education . Center for Independent Living Local service providers, representative organizations, businesses, and educational institutions will be taking part. The ublic is welcome to attend and ask uestions offer discussion topics, or p resent their own thoughts. Date: Thursday, July 8 Time: 12pm -2pm Location: Hills and Dales Community Center (3505 Stoneman Rd) Comments regarding these questions can be presented orally or in written form at the public fo- rum, or submitted by July 1 to Kelly Larson at humanrgt@cityofdubuque.orq, through our online survey at http:// www.survevmonkey.com /s /2WL6CFD, or by regular mail c/o Dubuque Human Rights Commission, 1300 Main Street, Dubuque, IA 52001.