Be A Driving Force on the ADA Legacy Bus Tour

Would you like to do your part for the ADA Legacy Tour? The ADA Legacy Project is seeking a number of co-pilots to help Tom Olin reach all the stops on the ADA Legacy Tour.http://www.adalegacy.com/ada25/ada-legacy-tour

The ADA Legacy Tour bus pays tribute to the cross-disability efforts that led to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. The ADA Legacy Tour bus is currently traveling across the U.S. to unite communities in celebrating the 25th anniversary of the ADA this comingJuly 26. To date, the bus has traveled to 18 states and more than 11,500 miles.

This bus was originally procured for the 2006-2007 Road to Freedom Tour, which sought to engage the nation on the story of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the need for amendments to further the law's impact. Both the Road to Freedom and the ADA Legacy Tours are inspired by the historic 50-state journey taken by the husband-and-wife team of Justin and Yoshiko Dart in 1988 to garner grassroots support for the yet-to-be-passed Americans with Disabilities Act.

The ADA Legacy Project & Tour (http://www.adalegacy.com/) is a collaborative effort to preserve disability rights history, generate buzz and excitement around the ADA, to educate the public, especially younger generations, on the movements leading up to the ADA and to pose the question of What will you do now to further disability rights in a post-ADA generation?

Co-pilots get great benefits. They will be traveling, sleeping, and eating on the bus with the famous social documentarian Tom Olin who, since 1985, has used photography to document disability rights history. While learning about the history of disability in the United States, co-pilots will be part of a living tour that also makes history. Co-pilots for the 35 RV and trailer must have a current drivers license, auto insurance, and a sense of humor. Experience with RV hook-ups and ability to lift boxes and attach and detach the trailer are a plus. In addition to driving the RV, duties include route navigation and set up and take down of displays at various stops. Anyone interested in marketing, media, photography, and grassroots organizing could learn amazing things from traveling with Tom Olin.

Can you be a part of that driving force to help on the ADA Bus Tour? You can sign up for sections of the tour route. Contact David Fulton, who is coordinating co-pilots atdavefulton@me.comor503-333-4288.

For more information on the ADA Legacy Project seewww.adalegacytour.com.