The People United will never be defeated
1997 – Washington – Cassie James
The police made the AHCA conventioneers leave the common areas, and began to arrest. City buses were lined up in the circular drive in front of the hotel and busload-by-busload we were hauled off.
1996 – Atlanta – Mark Johnson
I knew there were people working in housing authorities across the country, many their entire careers that would never have this opportunity. I understood the power of ADAPT.
1996 – Houston – Dawn Russell
Once all members got to the location, we swarmed into the Republican Headquarters and COMPLETELY filled the building—actually quite small, but ADAPT has a way of packing many wheelchairs into the smallest of areas.
1995 – Lansing – Bob Liston
125 people were arrested that day because I took off my hat!
1995 – Washington/Baltimore – Johnny Crescendo
The demand was simple – redirect 25% of Medicaid dollars currently going into nursing homes back into home and community-based attendant service.
1994 – Las Vegas – David Wittie
Wednesday morning started at 8 a.m. as people donned rain ponchos and garbage bags. On this cold and rainy day, we were taking our message to the halls of Congress
1994 – Washington – Diane Coleman
It turned out that the Nashville police had spent thousands of dollars researching how to deal with ADAPT, and how to arrest us “sensitively.”
1993 – Nashville – Marsha Katz and Bob Liston
The program ended with a march to the White House where ADAPT reached through the fence to plant crosses with the names of people who had died in nursing homes.
1993 Washington – Elenor Smith
Now, this was the day that Erik and I had decided that we would marry each other at the end of the Action. I had decided that day to be arrested.
1992 – San Francisco – Jimmi Schrode