DESCRIBER: Minnesota Council on Disability logo. Montage of black and white photographs depicting the disability rights movement.
NARRATOR: We’ve been here before. We must stick together.
DESCRIBER: Members of the disability community and allies. Many people are using wheelchairs and holding signs and flags.
NARRATOR: When disability rights are threatened, what gives you hope?
DESCRIBER: Large title with the word “HOPE” appears. A series of testimonials in the Council on Disability’s State Fair booth. Photographs of people with disabilities displayed in the background. James from Rosemount, Minnesota. A person using a wheelchair wearing a baseball cap, sweatshirt and pants. An ASL interpreter is signing.
JAMES: To be honest with you, my hope comes from Jesus Christ no matter what happens in the world. I know that that’s going to work out. Everything else is going to just happen. I can’t let it get me down.
DESCRIBER: Jillian from Minneapolis, Minnesota. A person using a mobility scooter wearing a t-shirt and jeans. An ASL interpreter is signing.
JILLIAN: I think when our disability rights are threatened, the thing that I find the most help with is when I’m able to connect with my community and be surrounded by other people with disabilities, and share our lived experience and our beautiful culture that we’ve created as a dynamic community. And really just find hope and joy in how we care for each other and support one another, even in times when the world around us isn’t the most time.
DESCRIBER: Bianca from Tampa, Florida. A person standing, wearing a t-shirt and jeans. An ASL interpreter is signing.
BIANCA: I would say community, the people in our community, the people who truly care, who who take care of people and advocate and empower. That’s what gives me hope.
DESCRIBER: Graphic sequence.
NARRATOR: We’ve been here before. We must stick together. Stay in touch via social media, Facebook. On our website at www.disability.state.mn.us. By phone at (651) 361-7800 or email council.disability@state.mn.us. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter.
DESCRIBER: Black and white photo credit. Used by permission. Copyright Tom Olin Collection MSS-294. Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections, The University of Toledo Libraries.
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