Michigan health officials don't track COVID among people with disabilities despite high risk...
Watch the story at bit.ly/mi_coviddatacapture “People with disabilities are at higher risk of death. It depends on a person’s disability,...
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- Mar 14, 2022
- 1 min
Mass Member Meeting - April 28, 2022
ID: Text reads "Join Detroit Disability Power for our Mass Member Meeting, Thursday, April 28, 2022, 6 PM to 7:30 PM ET, on Zoom. RSVP at...
- Mar 10, 2022
- 1 min
Letter: Detroit must fund Office of Disability Affairs budget to expand access to services
“We need the ODA to be a success story. We want our community to be able to access what Detroit has to offer and to offer back our...
- Mar 3, 2022
- 1 min
Voting Accessibility: The Disability Experience
Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 6:00 - 7:30 PM ID: White background with the Detroit Public Library's logo and text that reads "Social Science,...
- Mar 3, 2022
- 1 min
Elevator and Building Safety Virtual Town Hall
ID: A colorful pink, yellow, and orange background with black text that reads: Text reads: "State Senator Stephanie Chang, Elevator and...
- Feb 3, 2022
- 1 min
Affordable Housing Focus Group
What do YOU think about your housing options? What has been your experience trying to find a place to live? What's your vision for...
- Jan 25, 2022
- 1 min
Seasonal Community Care Circle with Healing by Choice!
Join us for a quarterly community care circle for people with disabilities and caregivers. In partnership with Detroit Disability Power,...
- Dec 7, 2021
- 1 min
Sunday Solidarity: Good Power
Sunday, January 16, 2022 | 2:30pm to 5:30pm EST | on Zoom Join us and our partners at Detroit Disability Power for an afternoon of...
- Dec 7, 2021
- 1 min
Virtual Community Care Circle
EVERY THIRD SUNDAY OF THE MONTH, 3-5pm Our monthly Community Care Circles gather virtually every 3rd Sunday from 3-5 pm. Calling all...
- Dec 7, 2021
- 1 min
Opinion: What Biden's plan to boost home care services means for the disability community
12/5/21 “The Build Back Better plan could create 400,000 new jobs, including jobs for caretakers who are currently unpaid family members...
- Dec 7, 2021
- 1 min
Detroit City Council call on Mayor to stop working with attorney who mocked activist with disability
11/10/21 “Detroit City Council members are set to vote Tuesday on a resolution that calls on Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration to stop...
- Dec 7, 2021
- 1 min
How Detroit is addressing barriers faced by voters with disabilities
11/1/21 “Having a document on the website that is not accessible to screen readers harms people's access to voting, particularly the...
- Dec 7, 2021
- 1 min
People with visual impairments can’t access crucial voting info in Detroit, ADA complaint says
10/28/21 “The nonprofit advocacy group Detroit Disability Power has filed a complaint with the city, saying people with visual...
- Dec 7, 2021
- 1 min
ADA complaint: Detroit voters with disabilities barred from accessing election info on city website
10/28/21 “‘We are five days out from Election Day and still the City of Detroit’s website does not have screenreader-useable information...
- Dec 7, 2021
- 1 min
Opinion: Hamtramck city attorney comments about disabled man is example of systemic ableism
10/11/21 “More than 275,590 disabled people live in Wayne County. It’s unacceptable to spend public resources from the county and some of...
- Dec 7, 2021
- 1 min
Stateside: Families of students with disabilities want stronger COVID policies in school
9/29/21 “There was such a divide in the community. Those of us who were for masks to protect the most vulnerable among us included...
- Aug 31, 2021
- 1 min
Attention Members! You’re Invited!
DDP first ever Member Meeting on Thursday, September 23rd @ 5:30 - 7:30pm EST on Zoom.
- Aug 31, 2021
- 1 min
Community Conversation Series #3
DDP is hosting our third in a series of five virtual Community Conversations about ableism, ageism, and racism.
- Aug 18, 2021
- 1 min
Voting rights on Channel 7 WXYZ, MI Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson
8/19/21 DDP joined the Sierra Club and Common Cause for an educational event on voting rights and democracy reform! Secretary of State...
- Aug 11, 2021
- 1 min
Voting rights activists in Detroit call out GOP ‘suppression’ efforts
...we could all vote… So we must get the word out. It’s important that we continue to fight.” -Donna Miller, a Taylor resident
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