<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br>Here is a message about a bill that should come up for discussion and a vote in the short session of the Oregon Legislature. Please read and make comments as suggested.<br><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Carla McQuillan<div>President,</div><div>National Federation of the </div><div>Blind of Oregon</div><div>Bell Academy</div><div>Training and Branding</div><div>541-653-9153</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Allison Hobgood <allison.hobgood@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 17, 2020 8:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> allison hobgood <corvallisdisabilityjustice@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Abby Mulcahy <abby.cmlc@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> urgent disability discrimination legislation, please help!<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Hello, All,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Here's an urgent message we wanted to pass on from Senator Sara Gelser about a new, proposed bill we absolutely need to get introduced into the legislature special session and passed next week. Please circulate this message to your other communities and organizations as well, and as soon as possible. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">People with disabilities are being denied crucial services and support during Coronavirus. Here is a link to Sen. Gelser's post about the ways folks in the ID/DD community are especially being targeted: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/sara-gelser/issue-brief-related-to-lc-52/10160220915162501/?fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBd0qGQBg1Obq1VC7DTVR05HD0kzIBSBH2ulte2LvXhftI0FDLyk7QLjQmDMGddfrcPUvMTo97pJmjIaSBwtSgjFaIo1a0eDZBkw_hpBdTMs9aJFLjaJw698HelWPxp6LGeYE51o4KcCqQ6MyJVuzHtwmRJfNstcbfen1sKkRJ4GYuKZ3t8YlRLf17sxo_aSZQkiY67sRpva4nThCUVRVz1qBTJ96DbA1dQ3XuGc1v9Oeiehof7RyVxwoYGFDQ7qr_d2HGi12GZAdfNWIGzBH1S3p_9w2de52wGiVVZ-He69SOX2aeGT1cXuBpNtsbeJ1YR-9PpkAPCfNRKhPzDH_OJ4s4voOec3xOwiv7PWPUvFw&__tn__=K-R" target="_blank"><span style="color:#385898">https://www.facebook.com/notes/sara-gelser/issue-brief-related-to-lc-52/10160220915162501/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Please click this link to connect to Governor Brown’s "state your opinion page": <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/gov/Pages/share-your-opinion.aspx">https://www.oregon.gov/gov/Pages/share-your-opinion.aspx</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In the drop-down tab "Topic" menu on that page, choose "Coronavirus Covid-19" or "Public Safety" or "Healthcare."</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In the message box you can cut and paste the following: </span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Statement in Support of LC 52, Access to Lifesaving Care for Elderly and Disabled Oregonians. I’m asking that LC 52 be introduced into the special session. People with disabilities have always faced barriers to timely, quality health care. That is magnified during the COVID-19 crisis right here in Oregon. In communities across the state, people with disabilities-- particularly intellectual and developmental disabilities-- are being discouraged from seeking care, denied COVID testing, coerced to sign DNR orders, and hastily shuffled into a hospice election rather than treatment. Please help.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Here are the names and emails of other congressional representatives if you want to directly reach out and express your concern or share your personal stories:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Senate President Peter Courtney <a href="mailto:sen.petercourtney@oregonlegislature.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">sen.petercourtney@oregonlegislature.gov</span></a><br><br>Senator Rob Wagner (Democratic Leader)<br><a href="mailto:sen.robwagner@oregonlegislature.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">sen.robwagner@oregonlegislature.gov</span></a><br><br>Senator Fred Girod (Republican Leader)<br><a href="mailto:sen.fredgirod@oregonlegislature.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">sen.fredgirod@oregonlegislature.gov</span></a><br><br>Speaker Tina Kotek<br><a href="mailto:rep.tinakotek@oregonlegislature.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">rep.tinakotek@oregonlegislature.gov</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Representative Barbara Smith Warner (Democratic Leader)<br><a href="mailto:rep.barbarasmithwarner@oregonlegislature.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">rep.barbarasmithwarner@oregonlegislature.gov</span></a><br><br>Representative Christine Drazan (Republican Leader)<br><a href="mailto:rep.christinedrazan@oregonlegislature.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">rep.christinedrazan@oregonlegislature.gov</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thanks for your solidarity and support,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Allison and Abby, for the DEC</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><style><!--
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