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About CLRD

The Coalition for the Legal Rights of People with Disabilities (CLRD) is a broad coalition of legal and other advocates, including people with disabilities, united to promote empowerment, liberation, and integration of all people with disabilities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Coalition seeks to preserve and extend the supports for and rights of people with disabilities through education, legal intervention, and systematic advocacy. To accomplish these goals, CLRD -

• Pursues law reform by adopting position statements, advocating for administrative change, drafting and lobbying for legislation, and pursuing litigation; and
• Provides advocates with a source of support and renewal through the exchange of information and provision of assistance and encouragement.

CLRD meetings are held every six weeks from September through May in Boston. Meetings are open to all. Much of the work of CLRD is done in small groups which meet to draft legislation, lobby for legislation, or to assist in on-going litigation.

CLRD Membership

Membership in CLRD accrues automatically to all Newsletter subscribers (or to the representatives of subscribing organizations). Members present at a meeting may vote, when votes are taken.

The price of a year's subscription to the Newsletter is only $16.00. Payment should be made by check made out to "MLRI" and sent to:

CLRD Newsletter

c/o Mass. Law Reform Institute

99 Chauncy Street, #500

Boston MA 02111-1722

Each subscription individually expires one year from the date it starts. The price is reduced or waived for poverty law advocates and for certain others, in most cases because the cost would be a financial burden. If you think this applies to you or your organization, contact the Newsletter editor at the above address.

CLRD Meetings remaining for 1999/2000

10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

March 16 - 1 Beacon St., Boston | Conference Room @ Skadden, Arps, et. al., 31st floor

April 25 - 1 Ashburton Place, Boston | Conference Room 3, 21st floor

June 6 (If necessary) - 1 Ashburton Place, Boston | Conference Room 3, 21st floor

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If you have questions, wish to subscribe to the Newsletter, or wish to learn more about CLRD, contact one of the people listed below:

CLRD CoChairs

Polyxane S. Cobb, 1770 Massachusetts Ave., #156, Cambridge MA 02140 || Polyxane@aol.com

Christine Griffin, Esq., Disability Law Center, 11 Beacon St., #925, Boston MA 02108 || CGriffin@gbls.org

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