AMPLIFY: A Unified Call to Disability Justice
Reclaiming Our Voices, Igniting the
Rights Revolution
Event Details
• Topic: The
• Date: July 2,2025
• Time: 6 PM Eastern Time, 5pm Centeral,4pm Mountain and 3pm Pacific
• Platform: Zoom
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About the Conversation
“An injustice for one is an injustice for all.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“The time has come to shout, ‘NO MORE SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS! AMERICA FOR ALL!’”
– Justin Dart
ACTION NOW! From ADAPT, ADA Watch, and MindFreedom International Together, we are a
united force with unwavering commitment, vigilant advocacy, and human rights leadership.
We invite all individuals with disabilities, psychiatric survivors, and allies across this nation to
reunite and ignite the intersectional, cross-disability movement in radical solidarity.
The AMPLIFY movement embodies our fervent vision for liberation, human rights, and ultimately
the realization of ReHumanization at this pivotal moment in human history. We honor agency,
autonomy, and human potential through compassionate engagement with restorative
practices. We are calling on our leaders and one another to raise the bar on disability justice
by Reclaiming Our Voices and Igniting the Rights Revolution.
About the Presenter(s)
James P. Ward
MSW is the founder and executive director of ADA Watch and the Coalition
for Disability Rights & Justice (CDRJ), an alliance of disability, civil rights and social justice
organizations working to amplify the many voices of the U.S. disability rights movement. He is a
person with a neurodevelopmental disability, a former elected official and a father. He produced
the award-winning Road To Freedom national bus tour and lived on the road for 18months
mobilizing grassroots support for passage of the ADA Amendments Act, which restored and
clarified vital protections that had been weakened in the courts. A former elected official and
state party executive, Jim is a senior communications and government relations professional
with extensive experience in building powerful coalitions of individuals and organizations to
promote and protect our rights and freedoms. Jim’s career has been distinguished by a
consistent track record of delivering high-profile results by uniting stakeholders, fostering collaboration, raising funds
and generating desired outcomes via lobbying, grassroots organizing and skillful media relations. https://adawatch.org/
Tom Olin
is most known for his photojournalism and involvement in the disability rights
movements and campaigns for disability justice for over the last 40 years. That history includes
10 Independent Living Centers throughout the country, NCIL, APRIL, ADAPT, Not Dead Yet,
MindFreedom, SABE, Mouth Magazine, two tours with the “Road to Freedom” bus, CEO of the
Disability Rights Center, a founding member of DisDATA, and SILVER. He Recently moved to
Tucson, AZ where he joined the board of directors of the Independent Living Center, “DIRECT.”
Mike Oxford
is co-founder of the Kansas ADAPT Chapter and a national ADAPT organizer. A
leader in the disability rights movement for 35 years, Mike served as Executive Director of the
Topeka Independent Living Resource Center for 25 years and as President of the National
Council on Independent Living (NCIL) from 2001 to 2005. Mike was the first recipient of the
NCIL Max Starkloff Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 and is widely recognized for his work
at the national and state levels. Mike currently serves on the Board of the Partnership for
Inclusive Disaster Strategies and consults with the Community Living Policy Center.
https://adapt.org/
About Judi’s Room
Named after celebrated human rights activist Judi Chamberlin, Judi’s Room is a free
event presented jointly by MindFreedom International (MFI) and ‘I Love You, Lead On to
facilitate opportunities for ongoing cross-disability dialogue. It typically begins with a
presentation by one or more expert panelists followed by an open public discussion. If you
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