The COVID-19 pandemic has brought countless changes to the lives of Minnesotans with disabilities. Many have lost caregivers. Others been forced to leave day activity programs and jobs, and stay…
Day: February 1, 2021
Get ready for rally days
Although the buses won’t roll and the capitol rotunda won’t echo with chants and cheers, it’s still time to make disability. Disability groups still plan to rally and organize during…
State lawmakers hurry to earmark $550,000
A requirement in state law that could divert $550,000 dollars away from programs for people with disabilities is being contested by state lawmakers. A Senate committee began scrutiny of the…
Scanlan's life experiences shaped her commitment to advocacy
Joyce Eileen Scanlan drew on her own experiences with blindness and disability-based discrimination to champion the rights of others. Described as “able, tough and determined,” she led in state and…
Petrie a founder of MRCI
Art Petrie was not only a developer and shaper of the city of Mankato. He also had compassion for people with disabilities. Petrie, 86, died in December 2020. He had…
Dillon was mental health advocate
Nancy Dillon is remembered as a committed advocate for Minnesotans experiencing mental illness, and as someone who elevated the status of psychiatric nursing in Minnesota. Dillon died in December after…