If you live in Georgia, please come out and show your support for the local efforts to gain access to community living for people with disabilities still living in institutions...
Long Road Home
150 E. Ponce de Leon Ave., Suite 430 Decatur, GA 30030
Contact: Cheri Mitchell, Chair -678-755-6015 E-mail: cherimitchellg@gmail.com
Contact: Jenny Puestow –404-885-1234 E-mail: jpuestow@thegao.org
LONG ROAD HOME 2011 EVENTS
Events Scheduled to Celebrate the Landmark Supreme Court Olmstead Decision and to Bring Attention to People with Disabilities Still Confined in Institutions
Schedule of Events
• Wednesday, June 15 –Decatur, GA
Featuring music, art, food, informational discussion, and freedom stories.
Location and time: Holy Trinity Church, 515 E. Ponce de Leon Ave., Decatur, GA 30030; 11 am to 2 pm
Contact: Josh Cusick–jbcusick@gmail.comor Jenny Puestow –404-885-1234
• Thursday, June 16 –Dalton, GA
Featuring refreshments until 4:30 and speakers Tally Wells, Andy Wade, and Tammy Ruggles
Location and time: Dalton City Hall, 300 W. Waugh St., Dalton, GA 30720; 4 pm to 6 pm
Contact: Faith Reed –423-902-5896 or 706-278-8143
• Saturday, June 18 –Gainesville, GA
Featuring a free hotdog lunch, music from the Lefty Williams Band, and other talents.
Location and time: Roosevelt Square in downtown Gainesville; 11 am to 2:30 pm
Contact: The Disability Resource Center –770-534-6656
• Monday, June 20 –Savannah, GA
Featuring guest speaker Willie Bivins.
Location and time: Living Independence for Everyone (LIFE), Inc.,12020 Abercorn St., Savannah, GA 31419; 11 am to noon
Contact: Mark Swift –mswift@lifecil.comor 912-920-2414
• Tuesday, June 21 –North Augusta, SC
Featuring a showing of the First Long Road Home video, inducted into the Civil Rights Hall of Fame in 2005.
Location and time: Walton Options, 325 Georgia Ave., N. Augusta, SC 29841;Time: To be announced
Contact: Carla Cook –803-279-9611
• Wednesday, June 22 –
• Main Celebration at the Georgia Capitol Building in Atlanta
Featuring speakers, and an art display featuring the work of artists with disabilities.
Location and time: Georgia State Capitol, South Wing rotunda, downtown Atlanta
Contact: Jenny Puestow –404-88-1234 or jpuestow@thegao.org
• Wednesday, June 22 –Bainbridge, GA
This event will feature refreshments.
Location and time: Decatur County Senior Center, 402 W. Water St., Bainbridge, GA 39817; 2 pm to 4 pm
Contact: BAIN, Inc., Center for Independent Living –229-246-0150 or bain@surfsouth.com. RSVP requi
• Wednesday, June 22 –Fitzgerald, GA
Featuring a march and rally.
Location and time: The Jessamine Place, 402 S. Main St., Fitzgerald, GA 31750; 9 am to noon
Contact: Constance Foster –229-426-5298
• Wednesday, June 22 –Rome, GA
This event will feature a Lunch-and-Learn.
Location and time: Sara Hightower Regional Library, Oostanaula and Etowah Rooms, 205 RiverSidePkwy., NE, Rome, GA 30161; 9 am to 1 pm
Contact: Andy Wade –706-314-0008 or 866-888-7845
For more Info go to www.peoplefirstga.org
Long Road Home thanks the following organizations for making these events possible:
Atlanta Legal Aid’s Disability Rights and Mental Health Unit
BAIN, Inc.
Center for Leadership on Disability
Cross Plains Community Partner
disABILITYLINK Northwest
Disability Resource Center
Georgia Advocacy Office
Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities
Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network
Friends of L’Arche Atlanta
Holy Trinity Church
Jessamine Place
Living Independence for Everyone (LIFE), Inc.
People First of Atlanta
People First of Fitzgerald
People First of Georgia
People First Northeast GA Chapter
People First Northwest GA Chapter
People First of Thomasville
Walton Options
Long Road Home
150 E. Ponce de Leon Ave., Suite 430 Decatur, GA 30030
Contact: Cheri Mitchell, Chair -678-755-6015 E-mail: cherimitchellg@gmail.com
Contact: Jenny Puestow –404-885-1234 E-mail: jpuestow@thegao.org
LONG ROAD HOME 2011 EVENTS
Events Scheduled to Celebrate the Landmark Supreme Court Olmstead Decision and to Bring Attention to People with Disabilities Still Confined in Institutions
Schedule of Events
• Wednesday, June 15 –Decatur, GA
Featuring music, art, food, informational discussion, and freedom stories.
Location and time: Holy Trinity Church, 515 E. Ponce de Leon Ave., Decatur, GA 30030; 11 am to 2 pm
Contact: Josh Cusick–jbcusick@gmail.comor Jenny Puestow –404-885-1234
• Thursday, June 16 –Dalton, GA
Featuring refreshments until 4:30 and speakers Tally Wells, Andy Wade, and Tammy Ruggles
Location and time: Dalton City Hall, 300 W. Waugh St., Dalton, GA 30720; 4 pm to 6 pm
Contact: Faith Reed –423-902-5896 or 706-278-8143
• Saturday, June 18 –Gainesville, GA
Featuring a free hotdog lunch, music from the Lefty Williams Band, and other talents.
Location and time: Roosevelt Square in downtown Gainesville; 11 am to 2:30 pm
Contact: The Disability Resource Center –770-534-6656
• Monday, June 20 –Savannah, GA
Featuring guest speaker Willie Bivins.
Location and time: Living Independence for Everyone (LIFE), Inc.,12020 Abercorn St., Savannah, GA 31419; 11 am to noon
Contact: Mark Swift –mswift@lifecil.comor 912-920-2414
• Tuesday, June 21 –North Augusta, SC
Featuring a showing of the First Long Road Home video, inducted into the Civil Rights Hall of Fame in 2005.
Location and time: Walton Options, 325 Georgia Ave., N. Augusta, SC 29841;Time: To be announced
Contact: Carla Cook –803-279-9611
• Wednesday, June 22 –
• Main Celebration at the Georgia Capitol Building in Atlanta
Featuring speakers, and an art display featuring the work of artists with disabilities.
Location and time: Georgia State Capitol, South Wing rotunda, downtown Atlanta
Contact: Jenny Puestow –404-88-1234 or jpuestow@thegao.org
• Wednesday, June 22 –Bainbridge, GA
This event will feature refreshments.
Location and time: Decatur County Senior Center, 402 W. Water St., Bainbridge, GA 39817; 2 pm to 4 pm
Contact: BAIN, Inc., Center for Independent Living –229-246-0150 or bain@surfsouth.com. RSVP requi
• Wednesday, June 22 –Fitzgerald, GA
Featuring a march and rally.
Location and time: The Jessamine Place, 402 S. Main St., Fitzgerald, GA 31750; 9 am to noon
Contact: Constance Foster –229-426-5298
• Wednesday, June 22 –Rome, GA
This event will feature a Lunch-and-Learn.
Location and time: Sara Hightower Regional Library, Oostanaula and Etowah Rooms, 205 RiverSidePkwy., NE, Rome, GA 30161; 9 am to 1 pm
Contact: Andy Wade –706-314-0008 or 866-888-7845
For more Info go to www.peoplefirstga.org
Long Road Home thanks the following organizations for making these events possible:
Atlanta Legal Aid’s Disability Rights and Mental Health Unit
BAIN, Inc.
Center for Leadership on Disability
Cross Plains Community Partner
disABILITYLINK Northwest
Disability Resource Center
Georgia Advocacy Office
Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities
Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network
Friends of L’Arche Atlanta
Holy Trinity Church
Jessamine Place
Living Independence for Everyone (LIFE), Inc.
People First of Atlanta
People First of Fitzgerald
People First of Georgia
People First Northeast GA Chapter
People First Northwest GA Chapter
People First of Thomasville
Walton Options
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