CUNY Coalition for Students with Disabilities

       Our mission is to serve and represent students with disabilities that are enrolled at the City University of New York. We are dedicated to improving access, opportunity and fostering community among CUNY’s more than 9,000 students with disabilities. We are committed to making a difference.

       In the Summer of 2003, Donald Passantino founder of CUNY Coalition for Students with Disabilities invited a group of student leader's with disabilities to gather together in a leadership training held at Queens College followed by a barbecue to celebrate the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). At the event Donald Passantino reorganized the CUNY Coalition for Students with Disabilities once again.  As a result of that event The CCSD has been working  very strongly with a common purpose. Which is to reestablish and renew old friendships with those who are involved in advocating for the disabled. As students with disabilities, we have numerous issues that impact our lives.

WE NEED:

•   The spreading of diversity awareness
•   The voice for removal of architectural barriers
•   Recruitment of leaders that are willing to serve and organize our student body
   

 Spread the word about the coalition on your campus.

 CCSD is counting on you!

Congress reauthorized the Higher Education Act late last year.  Some critical funding is tied to services for students with disabilities in the Higher Education Act that Congress needs to fund thorugh its budget appropriations.

A template letter has been prepared and placed on supportcuny.org to tell your congressional representatives about the difference that the funding
could make to the quality of life for students with disabilities in different areas.  Please use the following link to visit www.supportcuny.org
and write to your representatives about the critical need to fully fund the Higher Education Act and disability services in particular.

                                             http://www.supportcuny.org/campaign/disabilityservicesfederalletter

The time is short.  You must write by no later than tomorrow.  Please write. Please ask your families to write.  Please ask your friends to write. This funding could make a trememdous difference in the way higher education is delivered to students with disabilities.

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