Media Advisory

NCD #00-303
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 Anchorage

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 X (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) on September 7, 2000, from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., at Egan Center, 555 West Fifth Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska. 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 Disability Law Center of Alaska are assisting NCD in coordinating this event. For more information, contact David Fleurant, Disability Law Center of Alaska, 907-565-1002, or Mark S. Quigley, NCD, 202-272-2008.

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Notes: A second community briefing will be held in Federal Region X on September 21, 2000, from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., at the Portland Conference Center, 300 NE Multnomah Street, Portland, Oregon. For more information, contact Robert Joondeph, Oregon Advocacy Center, 503-243-2081.