Media Advisory

NCD #00-302
August 24, 2000
Contact: Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004
202-272-2074 TTY
mquigley@ncd.gov

National Council on Disability to Conduct Disability Civil Rights Briefing in Denver

WASHINGTON--The National Council on Disability (NCD) is conducting community briefings around the country to share findings and recommendations on federal enforcement of disability civil rights laws with people with disabilities. The next briefing will take place in Federal Region VIII (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming) on September 6, 2000, from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., at the Denver Convention Complex, 700 14th Street, Denver, CO. This meeting, which is open to the public and free of charge, will focus on NCD's new Ten-Point Strategy for the Next Decade of Disability Civil Rights Enforcement (www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/gap.html. The National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems and the Legal Center are assisting NCD in coordinating this event.

For more information, contact Maryann Harvey, the Legal Center, 303-722-0300, or Mark S. Quigley, NCD, 202-272-2008.

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Notes: A second community briefing will be held in Region VIII on September 27, 2000, from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., at the Rapid City Regional Hospital, West Auditorium, 353 Fairmont Boulevard, Rapid City, South Dakota. For more information, contact Barbara Beck, South Dakota Parent Connection, 605-361-3171.