Action Alert

Action Alert: Support Illinois Bills for Students with Disabilities

03.22.21

Dear Access Living friends and allies, We need your help TODAY to support TWO special education bills in the Illinois...

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ACTION ALERT: Support Illinois CESSA Bill

03.18.21

Access Living friends and allies, This Friday, March 19, the Community Emergency Services and Support Act (CESSA) will be heard...

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Action Alert: Support the Illinois Legislative Accessibility Act

03.09.21

Today, we'd like your help to ask our Illinois legislators to pass the Illinois Legislative Accessibility Act. Right now, public...

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Action Alert: Alternatives for Mental/Behavioral 911 Response in Illinois

03.09.21

Access Living friends and allies, Today, we'd like to ask Illinois advocates to help support the Community Emergency Services and...

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ACTION ALERT: Contact Congress for HCBS Covid-19 Relief Funding!

02.17.21

Access Living friends and allies: Today, disability advocates nationwide are participating in a national call in day to make sure...

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Updates from Access Living: Covid Vaccine Q&A on Feb 18; New National Data on HCBS and Covid-19 Risk; NCIL Action Alert

02.16.21

Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021: Upcoming Covid vaccine Q&A for the disability community, new data on Covid-19 risk and HCBS, and...

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Help Fight to Save Mercy Hospital

12.09.20

This week, Chicago activists are stepping up the fight to save Mercy Hospital, a social safety net hospital located in...

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Action Alert: Contact Congress TODAY About Covid-19 Relief!

12.07.20

Congress is once again attempting to find some way to pass much-needed COVID-19 relief. Last week, a bipartisan group of...

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Key Updates and Action Items: Supreme Court, Voting Rights, Computers and Public Benefits

10.23.20

Access Living friends and allies: There's a lot happening this week and we'd like to share the following key updates...

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Action Alert: Disability Advocate Witness Slips Needed for CESSA, Money Bond Reform

10.19.20

[Quick link to take action] Tomorrow, the Illinois legislature will hold a special joint Senate-House committee hearing focused on bail...

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