CIL Budget Cuts Reversed--Victory in NJ!

by Dora Raymaker · 2009-06-30 16:00:00 UTC
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statue of winged victory against a blue sky with a few cloudsPreempting my planned post for this afternoon to give good news for a change regarding state budget cuts! This just hot in my in box from Next Step:

The 200-plus people who rallied in Trenton on May 14 to restore budget cuts to New Jersey Centers for Independent Living can declare victory. All budget cuts have been restored!

This is the first time I've been able to post back with some good news, some positive results of self-advocate efforts to prevent the states from taking away our lifelines. Hopefully this can help encourage us to keep rallying, protesting, calling, and complaining. Keep telling your stories and making it known that it is not OK to balance the budget by taking away people's ability to survive or have any sort of quality of life.

It's hard work, but we still have hope of success, one small bit at a time.

Read more at Corzine Watch blog.

Dora Raymaker
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