Remembering the 504 Sit-ins

This is a link to a "podcast", a recorded interview with a participant in famous sit-in in April of 1977. If you take the link, you can choose from a variety of speeds for the recording and you can listen to the entire interview.

From the press release:

During the month of April, the disability community marked the 30 year anniversary of the sit-ins that brought about signing and implementation of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. These regulations forced all federally funded programs and services to be made accessible to people with disabilities. Convincing the government to implement 504 was not easy and eventually led advocates to stage sit-ins at various federal buildings around the country; the longest of which went on for over three weeks in San Francisco. The efforts of those involved were successful when, on April 28, 1977, the regulations implementing 504 were signed. You can learn more about the sit-in and the effort to force the government to implement 504 by clicking here.

HolLynn D’Lil participated in the San Francisco sit-in both as a photojournalist and as a person with a disability. She joins me this week on DisabilityNation to talk about the sit-in, what it was like to participate and how being involved impacted her life.

Connecting Tags; rights, choice, accessibility, fan-the-flame, copower, prosynergy