Lives that Matter
Services to be held Thursday, December 22, at 5 PM; Overbo's passing on Monday stuns and saddens friends and advocates.
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Executive Director of California Disability Community Action Network
CDCAN Disability Rights News goes out to over 55,000 people with disabilities, mental health needs, seniors, traumatic brain & other injuries, veterans with disabilities and mental health needs, their families, workers, community organizations, including those in Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino, African American communities, policy makers and others across California.
Service held at 4:30 PM in Pasadena - His Death Among A String of Disability Advocates Including Jim Troesh, Sandy Varga and Laura Williams in LA County Area
About the Author
Executive Director of California Disability Community Action Network
CDCAN Disability Rights News goes out to over 55,000 people with disabilities, mental health needs, seniors, traumatic brain & other injuries, veterans with disabilities and mental health needs, their families, workers, community organizations, including those in Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino, African American communities, policy makers and others across California.
Varga was chair of the Los Angeles County Personal Assistance Services Council Governing Board.
About the Author
Executive Director of California Disability Community Action Network
CDCAN Disability Rights News goes out to over 55,000 people with disabilities, mental health needs, seniors, traumatic brain & other injuries, veterans with disabilities and mental health needs, their families, workers, community organizations, including those in Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino, African American communities, policy makers and others across California.
About the Author
Executive Director of California Disability Community Action Network
CDCAN Disability Rights News goes out to over 55,000 people with disabilities, mental health needs, seniors, traumatic brain & other injuries, veterans with disabilities and mental health needs, their families, workers, community organizations, including those in Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino, African American communities, policy makers and others across California.
About the Author
Executive Director of California Disability Community Action Network
CDCAN Disability Rights News goes out to over 55,000 people with disabilities, mental health needs, seniors, traumatic brain & other injuries, veterans with disabilities and mental health needs, their families, workers, community organizations, including those in Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino, African American communities, policy makers and others across California.
Death stuns advocacy community. Williams was President of Californians for Disability Rights (CDR).
About the Author
Executive Director of California Disability Community Action Network
CDCAN Disability Rights News goes out to over 55,000 people with disabilities, mental health needs, seniors, traumatic brain & other injuries, veterans with disabilities and mental health needs, their families, workers, community organizations, including those in Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino, African American communities, policy makers and others across California.
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Lois Curtis ("L.C.") and Elaine Wilson ("E.W.") from the landmark United States Supreme Court Case, resuling in the "Olmstead Decision." The case was named after the Georgia State Commissioner on Human Resources, Tommy Olmstead.
Bill Powers in front of the Governor of California's office. Photo provided by the California Alliance of Retired Americans (CARA).
Ruth Shelton (left) and Laura Lee (right) taken a few years ago.
