Ed Roberts Day decreed for California
California Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger on Monday signed a bill creating Ed Roberts Day, in honor of the Berkeley pioneer for disability rights. Ed Roberts Day will be each January 23rd, and the...
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Decades-old mural could derail Berkeley apartment project
After deciding the former Center for Independent Living building at 2539 Telegraph Ave. should not be a landmark, Berkeley’s Landmarks Preservation Commission is pondering whether a faded and weathered...
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Grandmother of disability-rights movement, Zona Roberts: ‘We will prevail’
On Ed Roberts Day, we talk to his mother, Zona Roberts, a fierce advocate for her son as well as disability rights more broadly.
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‘Never in our wildest dreams’: The documentary ‘Crip Camp’ nominated for an...
'Crip Camp' shows how a summer camp in upstate New York galvanized a generation of activists and influenced Berkeley's disability rights movement.
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