1. L. Dara Baldwin, MPA Senior Public Policy Analyst June 25, 2018
Public Policy Updates from DC and Using Intersectionality in Transition Work
L. Dara Baldwin, MPA
Senior Public Policy Analyst
June 25, 2018

2. Social Justice/Equity Work
“Here's to the extremely enthusiastic ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the extremely enthusiastic ones, we see genius, because the ones who are enthusiastic enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
-Steve Jobs
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3. DC Updates & Intersectionality
Outline for Discussion
NDRN – Information and History
Disability Rights – overview of history & “avenues” of work
Public Policy update DC – Housing and Transportation (Transition issues)
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4. DC Updates & Intersectionality
Outline for Discussion – cont’d V. Intersectionality VI. Three areas of possible collaboration
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5. Today’s Presenter: L. Dara Baldwin, MPA
Senior Public Policy Analyst, National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
Based in Washington, D.C.
Follow Personal Twitter & IG: @NJDC07
Biography
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9. NDRN –
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10. NDRN NDRN – National Office split in three parts
Curt Decker, Executive Director
Technical Assistance and Membership Outreach
Legal Department & Program work
Policy Department – Federal Legislative Policy – Team of three
Eric Buehlmann – Deputy Executive Director of Policy
Dara Baldwin – Senior Public Policy Analyst
Amanda Lowe – Senior Public Policy Analyst
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11. NDRN NDRN – National Office for the P&A Network
To Learn about the P&A Network go to: See video
P&A’s Federally funded program – Labor/HHS – DHHS - Administration on Community Living (ACL)
57 P&A’s – 1 in every state = 50; 1 in every territory = 6; and 1 specifically for the Native American community
Eight programs – to assist with civil and human rights of PWD – PADDS; CAP; PAIMI; PAIR; PAAT; PABBS; PATBI & PAVAhttp://
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12. NDRN
P&A serve all as long as they have a disability – not CJ, divorce, real estate lawyers but Civil Rights
NDRN & P&A network use social justice practice of Intersectionality (a critical race theory) in their work (Kimerlé Crenshaw)
People with disabilities are ALL parts of life and so we use this in our work – race, religions, multiple social economic statuses, sexual-orientation (LBGTQIA), incarcerated, formerly incarcerated, immigrants, refugees etc.
The multi-marginalization and discrimination of this community – AA, Trans woman, Muslim, refugee with a disability
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13. Policy Issues Issue Areas: (a few) ADA/Civil Rights -LTSS
Education Social Security
Emergency Preparedness Technology
Employment Transportation
Fiscal Policy Veterans & Mil Family
Health Criminal Justice
Housing Juvenile Justice
Restraint & Seclusion -Disaster Relief
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14. Disability Rights Issues 115th
Issues of relevance – currently in the 115th Congress
Stopping ADA Notification Laws moving in 115th Congress – House passed H.R. 620 – working so Senate does not
Eliminating Restraint & Seclusion and SRO’s in schools
Saving the ACA (Affordable Care Act) – Medicaid – HCBS Rule
Appropriations – funding our programs & those services used by PWD
Housing – funding for Accessible Affordable
Social Security – protection & funding
Criminal and Juvenile Justice Reform
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15. Transportation – DC Updates
NDRN remains a member of the ACAA Coalition convened by PVA
Updates: House bill to improve ACAA (H.R. 5004) introduced by Rep. Langevin (D-RI) 2/13/
Senate version (S. 1318) introduced by Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D- WI)
Letter of support sent by CCD Transportation TF - d.org/fichiers/CCD-Transportation-Rights-Support-letter-for-ACAA pdf
FAA Reauthorization done – there is now another 6 month extension – Congress has until September 30, 2018 to pass a long-term reauthorization – working to get disability provisions included in this long-term authorization.
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16. Housing – DC Updates
On March 7, 2018, as reported in several news outlets, Secretary Carson decided to remove inclusion and anti-discrimination language from the HUD’s mission statement.
NDRN worked with others on a letter of response to this – 573 National, State and Local organizations signed onto this letter.
Secretary Carson issued an open letter to the HUD staff stating that he has no intention of doing this –but the statement leaked does not reflect this.
We are currently working with the same AFFH Rule working group to get a meeting with HUD to discuss this further.
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17. Housing – DC Updates
NDRN – Dara Baldwin the newly formed CCD Emergency Management Ad Hoc committee
NDRN attending the Getting It Right Conference on Disability and EM – May 2018 in DC -
We remain a member of the NLIHC – Disaster Recovery Working Group:
We are meeting with House and Senate members to push for funding for Emergency Management – pre, during and post work that is inclusive of people with disabilities.
We are also meeting with House and Senate members to push for funding for housing recovery funding that is accessible and affordable.
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19. Equity/Intersectionality/Social Trust
Let's talk about race, baby Let's talk about you and me  Let's talk about all the good things  And the bad things that may be…
Don't decoy, avoid, or make void the topic Cause that ain't gonna stop it
- From Salt-N-Pepa (Let’s Talk about Sex)
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20. Exercise on “Exploring Differences”
Talk about the first time you realized you were different
Example: Walking into a room full of people and being the only person of color/woman/different faith
How did that make you feel? Remember those feelings – during this training
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21. Intersectionality Intersectionality – see information sheet
The term was identified in 1989 by Kimberlé Crenshaw who is an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of the field known as critical race theory. She is a full professor at UCLA Law School and Columbia Law School and she is the Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum -
In September 2015 – Prof. Crenshaw wrote Washington Post article “Why Intersectionality can’t wait”
(one of my mentors/who has become a friend) – NDRN works closely with the Professor Crenshaw & AAPF since – on multiple issue areas – but started through the #SayHerName campaign
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22. Equity/Intersectionality/Social Trust
Do you see yourself void of discrimination? Do you recognize your own bias? Do you understand the plight of being disenfranchised or marginalized?
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23. Equality vs Equity
Equality – the quality or state of being equal – like in quality, nature or status – growing up – “we are all the same”
– we are not the same we are very different and we should embrace those differences not shame them or forget they exist
Equity - justice according to natural law or right specifically: freedom from bias or favoritism
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24. Marginalized vs. Discriminated
Marginalize Defined: to relegate to an unimportant or powerless position within a society or group (multi- marginalized groups)
Relegate – to assign to a place of insignificance or of oblivion: put out of sight or out of mind *Social Trust
Discriminate – to make a difference in treatment or favor on the basis other than individual merit
*Words used to make others feel comfortable when discussing race, religion, sexual-orientation – we are living in times where we don’t have time for comfort
Resource: “Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools” by Monique W. Morris
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25. Structural Racism
A system in which public policies, institutional practices, cultural representations, and other norms work in various, often reinforcing ways to perpetuate racial group inequity. It identifies dimensions of our history and culture that have allowed privileges associated with “whiteness” and disadvantages associated with “color” to endure and adapt over time.
Structural racism is not something that a few people or institutions choose to practice. Instead it has been a feature of the social, economic and political systems in which we all exist.
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26. Privilege (White)
“Privilege exists when one group has something of value that is denied to others simply because of the groups they belong to, rather than because of anything they’ve done or failed to do. Access to privilege doesn’t determine one’s outcomes, but it is definitely an asset that makes it more likely that whatever talent, ability, and aspirations a person with privilege has will result in something positive for them.” ~Peggy McIntosh
Being able to…
assume that most of the people you or your children study in history classes and textbooks will be of the same race, gender, or sexual orientation as you are
assume that your failures will not be attributed to your race, or your gender
not have to think about your race, or your gender, or your sexual orientation, or disabilities, on a daily basis...
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27. Social Trust
A public administration theory first introduced by Robert Putnam of Harvard University – in his book Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community – book
Drawing on vast new data that reveal Americans' changing behavior, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from one another and how social structures - whether they be PTA, church, or political parties - have disintegrated
Until the publication of this groundbreaking work, no one had so deftly diagnosed the harm that these broken bonds have wreaked on our physical and civic health, nor had anyone exalted their fundamental power in creating a society that is happy, healthy, and safe
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28. Social Trust
In addition to this he also discusses some of the many barriers and/o culture that has caused the disintegration of the bonds.
Work together – laws make us Affirmative Action, Civil, Disability Rights laws make us but we don’t worship or play together. How many of us have PWD who are friends outside of work? Who we consider our brother and sisters in life? (Think about this)
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29. Importance of Language
People first language; terms like vulnerable, poor rather than – poverty or low social economic status; LGBTQIA – terms used for the queer nation.
Vulnerable – synonyms – helpless, defenseless, powerless, weak
Defined: in need of special care, support or protection because of age, disability or risk of abuse and neglect
*The fact that someone has any of these characteristics is not why they are vulnerable: “There is nothing wrong with PWD” you can’t have it both ways!
Through no other fault than their own – that is not true – there is fault and it’s structural.
We must identify, accept and learn how to use the facts about structural racism, marginalization and discrimination that have created these situations for them. Many people who are any of a combination of the three find this term offensive when used to describe them and their lives.
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31. THANK YOU
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32. Disability Rights Movement
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33. Disability Rights
Disability Rights – History – fascinating but lacks diversity (see resources slide for readings etc.) LEADON Network & NDLA statement on racism and bias in disability rights community and movement (handout)
Three “avenues” to this work
Paternalistic – we have to take care of PWD
Clinical – we have to “cure or fix” them – genetics
3. Civil and Human Rights - PWD can and should live in the community provided with supports and give opportunities to decent employment, housing and all aspects of life
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34. Connecting & Collaborating
Policy Team Work Plan – Implementing the Policy Agenda
Coalition Work – members of multiple Civil & Human Rights Coalitions
Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funds (CHCDF) -
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD)- d.org/
Justice Roundtable – on several working groups -
Lambda Legal -
Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights -
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35. Connecting & Collaborating
Policy Team Work Plan – Implementing the Policy Agenda
National Black Justice Coalition -
National Center for Transgender Equality -
National LGBTQ Task Force -
National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) -
PFLAG -
Reentry and Housing Coalition -
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36. Resources
LEADON Network – Black #Disability History baldwin-disability-ombudsman/
No Pity by Joe Shapiro (Book on the history of the disability rights movement)
The Nation 2017 Progressive Honor Roll: ADAPT Most Valuable Grassroots Activism
National Disability Leadership Alliance (NDLA) statement on racism and bias in the disability rights movement - from-the-national-disability-leadership-alliance-on-racism-and-bias-within-the- disability-community-and-movement/
60 Minutes Segment with Ed Roberts - roberts/sixtyMinutes.html
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37. Resources Resources cont’d:
ADA training: ADA Network: ADA Basics Building Blocks – series:
Cornell University Disability Statistics Online resource:
“Lives Worth Living” Movie about the disability rights movement - worth-living/
NDRN –Our history: history.html
Words matter – People First Language
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38. Resources Intersectionality – see information sheet
The term was identified in 1989 by Kimberlé Crenshaw who is an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of the field known as critical race theory. She is a full professor at UCLA Law School and Columbia Law School and she is the Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum -
In September 2015 – Prof. Crenshaw wrote Washington Post article “Why Intersectionality can’t wait”
(one of my mentors/who has become a friend) – NDRN works closely with the Professor Crenshaw & AAPF since – on multiple issue areas – but started through the #SayHerName campaign
NDRN - DC Updates & Instersectionality - May 2018 Dara Baldwin

39. National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
Please contact me:
Contact information:
L. Dara Baldwin, MPA
Preferred Pronouns: She/her/hers
Senior Public Policy Analyst
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
Phone: ext. 102
Website:
Facebook: NDRNAdvocates
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