If you’re able, please consider joining us in supporting the Food Bank of Delaware this holiday season so no Delawarean will have to go hungry: www.fbd.org/donate

If you or someone you know needs food assistance, find pantry locations and other resources here: www.fbd.org/get-help

They spoke with students about their own paths to practicing public interest law and shared advice and opportunities for students hoping to pursue careers in legal aid.

We appreciated the chance to meet with such an engaged group of future advocates!

Thanks to Rep. DeShanna Neal, Sen. Nicole Poore, Lt. Gov. Kyle Evans Gay, Gov. Meyer, the State Council for Persons with Disabilities, & the Delaware Developmental Disabilities Council for their leadership & collaboration to ensure Delawareans with disabilities have full access to our community.

"This will help Delawareans have true access to businesses and government programs," said Band. "Rather than put the onus of enforcement on the backs of people with disabilities, through individual complaints and lawsuits, this law creates a process that requires a compliance check from the get-go."

Delawareans with disabilities deserve they an equal opportunity to live, work, shop, & recreate. This law will be transformative, as studies by Disability Rights Delaware & the State Council for Persons with Disabilities show that between 55%to 65% of state parking lots don't comply with the ADA.

For help with voting registration and making a plan to vote, call Disability Rights Delaware at Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.: 302-575-0660.

We encourage Delawareans w/ disabilities to get #VoteReady by taking 3 steps:
1. Check your registration at ivote.de.gov.
2. Update your info if you've moved, changed your name, changed your political party, or recently turned 18.
3. Know your rights to accessible registration, voting, & assistance.

(4/4) Similar advocacy helped to restore HUD funding for our fair housing work and, as the budget process continues over the coming weeks, we hope disability funding will also be protected.

(3/4) We are heartened that the Senate and House Appropriations Committees recently voted to maintain P&A funding levels despite these proposals, thanks to nationwide attention and advocacy efforts.

(2/4) This work is now at risk, due to significant proposed funding cuts facing the national network of Protection & Advocacy systems (P&As), created by Congress in the 1970s to protect & advance the rights of people with disabilities & provide an independent watchdog to prevent abuse & neglect.

🗳️CLASI's Disability Rights Delaware program is committed to ensuring that voters with disabilities can exercise their fundamental right to vote.

👉Learn more about your rights as a Delaware voter here: www.declasi.org/disabilities...