People say the darndest things…

Two quick quotes – one next to the other in this Sunday’s New York Times to remind us of just how differently people see what is “right.”   “I was making a crazy amount of money and not even pitching. Honestly, I didn’t feel like I deserved it.” from Gil Meche, an injured pitcher for the Kansas City Royals who

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Looking forward to the new year…

As we end the year I thought I might offer some thoughts about the purpose we share under the banner of Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy.   Our shared purpose is to provide protection to and advocacy for/with people who are marginalized because of prejudice toward disability.   We bring people who would not ordinarily meet into meaningful relationship with one another.

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Truth in the time of Twitter (140 characters per thought) and other fast moving media…..

We protect who we love. (19 characters) We  love people who we know. As long as a person lives unknown to others they live unloved and unsafe. (81 characters) The word “disability” often creates a big wide distance between a person and other members of our community. (90 Characters) The service system serves to separate rather than connect and create

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What's it like to be a citizen advocate? What's it like to have a citizen advocate?

Tom Kohler asked several long time citizen advocates and several protege’s matched with citizen advocates in Savannah to share their insights with some folks newly involved…   What does it feel like to be an advocate? What would you want prospective advocates, or people very newly involved to hear?   “You really don’t know very much about what you are

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