I Remember That Very First Meeting
[SARN Memo for December 28, 2011]
Telling our group’s story is one way we can build a strong group. We learn who we are when we know the story of our group.
This holiday season, make a time to tell the stories of your self-advocacy group members. Gather your group together. Invite old-timers. Invite family, too. Ask: How did our group get started? What’s one thing you remember about the early days? What were the main concerns of the founding members of our group?
When we tell and retell about our group’s history, we build our movement. This season, let’s all find time to tell these important stories to each other.
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Disability History Exhibit
What was life in the past like for persons with developmental and other disabilities? The Disability History Exhibit is a collage of 22 panels tracing 3,000 years of seldom-told history.
Today’s Trivia Question:
Self-advocacy follows in the footsteps of a number of rights movements in the US. One of the rights movements that helped inspire the self-advocacy movement was the gay rights movement. The Stonewall riots and the ensuing rallies in New York City sparked the beginning of the gay rights movement. What year did this happen?
- 1949
- 1959
- 1969
- 1979
(The answer will be published in the next Memo.)
Answer to December 21st Trivia Question: a. 1900
Question was: Clifford Beers of New Haven, CT, was perhaps one of the first self-advocates in the US. He and several others formed an organization to expose and end abuse in institutions. He was placed in an asylum in what year?
- 1900
- 1920
- 1940
- 1960
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