Housing Comes First

A Different Kind Of Mayoral Forum

Yesterday, ARISE and the Self-Advocacy Network sponsored another event in the seemingly endless round of Mayoral Forums designed to bore and frustrate even the most civic-minded Syracusan.

This forum was different. (Full disclosure--my wife organized this forum for ARISE. Go Beata!)

The isues discussed are not the typical ones at a mayoral forum, not much talk of Destiny or other economic development projects. It centered on the issues important to folks with disabilities--housing and accessibility in particular.

One good organizing touch at the end--all three candidates were given hard hats emblazoned with "I Will Work For Access" and urged to work for all of those folks who lack housing of their own--either wasting away in a nursing home or forced to live in inaccessible buildings as virtual shut-ins.

posted by Phil @ 1:29 PM