DONATE NOW IN THIS EDITION: Spring Forward with DRA Eagle & Turkey Awards Are Back! Board Spotlight: Lucy Lee Helm DRA Increases Access for Disabled GGNRA Visitors The Fight for Juvenile Justice Continues Spring Cleaning: A Creative Way to Give Spring Forward with DRA Dear Friends, With spring here, timing could not be better for … Continue reading “April 2014 E-Newsletter”
Golden Gate Park to Become More Accessible
The Court has preliminarily approved a class action settlement in Gray, et al. v. Golden Gate National Recreational Area, et al. For more information about the settlement and your rights, click here to connect to the Notice of Proposed Class Settlement: Class Notice in English Class Notice in Spanish Class Notice in Chinese Click Here … Continue reading “Gray, et. al v. Golden Gate National Recreational Area, et al. Class Notice”
Disabled access at Golden Gate recreation area to be improved
Berkeley, CA – March 17, 2014 – Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) and the National Park Service (NPS) have entered into a landmark settlement agreement that will significantly improve access to Golden Gate National Recreational Area (GGNRA) for the thousands of people with mobility and vision disabilities who visit GGNRA each year. This agreement is the … Continue reading “Landmark Settlement Agreement Substantially Improves Accessibility to Golden Gate National Recreational Area”
Timetable Set for Rules on Wheelchair-Accessible Taxicabs
Juvenile Detention Scrutinized
DONATE NOW / FORWARD TO A FRIEND IN THIS EDITION: DRA Kicks Off 2014 With A Bang! Board Member Spotlight: Dan Brown New Faces Of DRA DRA Defends The Right To Vote Recruiting Summers And Fellow DRA Kicks Off 2014 With A Bang! Dear Friends, We are just a month into the New Year and … Continue reading “February 2014 E-Newsletter”
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA – The United States Department of Justice and Department of Education have filed a statement of interest in a lawsuit challenging the solitary confinement policies and practices and failure to educate youth with disabilities in Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall. According to the federal class action lawsuit, filed in August 2013 by Disability … Continue reading “U.S. Education and Justice Departments Criticize Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall Over Treatment of Youth with Disabilities; Participate in Lawsuit Against Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall”
In Final Weeks, a Push to Put Bloomberg’s Stamp on Major Legal Cases