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From: Disability News and Information Service <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 17:58:20 +0530
Subject: Equality+20: How can you support celebration of 20 years of
the Disability Act?
To:
Dear Friends,
Thank you for the tremendous response towards our campaign Equality+20 to
commemorate the 20th year of the Disability Act of 1995. Many of you have
sent in comments and questions about getting involved in this campaign. To
that end, we are sending out this email with a timeline of activities.
*1. 'Signs of the Times'*: This is a logo design competition to mark the
20th year of the Disability Act of 1995. The winning logo will be awarded a
cash prize and will be unveiled on December 3, the International Day of
Persons with Disabilities. Only one entry per person is allowed.
*What can you do*: Please disseminate this information in your networks.
*Deadline: September 30, 2015*.
*2. Twenty stories & more*: The idea of the Equality+20 campaign is to take
the discourse on disability rights away from the big cities and capitals to
the smaller towns and villages of India. To do this, we encourage people to
share stories of how the Disability Act of 1995 impacted their lives. These
can be photos as well. For example, if one school in a remote village in
the North East became accessible for that one student with disability -
that is a story the country needs to hear. Alternatively, this could also
be stories of how change has not reached the villages.
*Please note stories should not be more than 500 words*. These stories will
be shared widely within the disability sector as well as with other
stakeholders. Selected stories will then be compiled in a commemorative
publication.
*What can you do*: Share this information with your networks.
Encourage them to share their stories and
photos.
Share stories of your own grassroots
campaign.
*Timeline: Ongoing from August 1, 2015 - December 3, 2015*.
*3. Walk to Freedom*: This is a rally in Delhi on December 3, 2015 to mark
both the culmination of the campaign as well as the International Day of
Persons with Disabilities. We hope to raise the pitch for an inclusive
India by having thousands of people with disabilities, their friends and
families from across the country coming to Delhi to participate in this
event.
*What can you do*: Spread the word in your network.
Motivate people to start planning to be in
Delhi.
Come to Delhi on December 3 to participate
in the
'Walk to Freedom'
*Timeline: Now till December 3, 2015*
As the days progress, you will of course get more updates and requests
based on specific issues.
Once again, we appreciate your support!
With best regards,
Javed Abidi
Honorary Director, NCPEDP
17.07.2015
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*Communication Unit: *National Centre for Promotion of Employment for
Disabled People (NCPEDP)
A -77, South Extension Part II
New Delhi - 110 049, India
Tel.: 91-11-26265647 / 26265648
Websites: www.ncpedp.org and www.dnis.org
*Find us on Facebook
<http://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Centre-for-Promotion-of-Employment-for-Disabled-People-NCPEDP/270388593023278>
and Twitter
<https://twitter.com/dnisindia>*
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Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU
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