Ask NY State Lawmakers to Support the Communication Bill of Rights!

12 Jun Ask NY State Lawmakers to Support the Communication Bill of Rights!

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1.) Email/call Speaker of the House Carl Heastie:
518-455-3791
speaker@nyassembly.gov
Ask him to bring the bill to the floor for a vote!

2.) Email/call Senator Pat Fahy:
518-455-2225
fahy@nysenate.gov
Ask her to bring the bill through the committee so it may be voted on before they end the legislative session.

3.) Email/call your NY State Senator and Assemblymember TODAY to ask them to support Senate Bill 7792 and Assembly Bill 7363.
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Script for emails and calls:

Hi, my name is [your name] and [I am a constituent, typer, nonspeaker, caregiver of a nonspeaker, etc.].

Please support Senate Bill 7792 and Assembly Bill 7363, also known as the Communication Bill of Rights.

I am passionate about passing these bills because [I am a typer/nonspeaker, my family member is a typer/nonspeaker, I am in community with Elizabeth Bonker who types to communicate, etc.]

Everyone deserves equal access to communication as a basic human right. The livelihoods of thousands of nonspeakers in New York State depend on it. Please support nonspeakers in the state and country by supporting these bills.

Thank you for your time and support,
[your name]

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CONTACT NEW YORK STATE LAWMAKERS TODAY! ASK THEM TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNICATION BILL OF RIGHTS! SCRIPT: Hi, my name is [your name] and [I am a constituent, I am a nonspeaker, etc.]. Please support Senate Bill 7792 and Assembly Bill 7363, also known as the Communication Bill of Rights. Everyone deserves equal access to communication. The livelihoods of thousands of nonspeakers in New York State depend on it. Please support nonspeakers in the state and country by supporting these bills. Thank you!CONTACT NEW YORK STATE LAWMAKERS TODAY! ASK THEM TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNICATION BILL OF RIGHTS! WHO TO CONTACT: Speaker of the House Carl Heastie: 518-455-3791 speaker@nyassembly.gov Ask him to bring the bill to the floor for a vote. Senator Pat Fahy: 518-455-2225 fahy@nysenate.gov Ask her to bring the bill through the committee so it may be voted on. Find your NY State Senator: nysenate.gov/find-my-senator Find your NY State Assemblymember: nyassembly.gov/mem/search/

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I just contacted my NY State lawmakers to urge them to support the Communication Bill of Rights (Senate Bill 7792 and Assembly Bill 7363), because communication is a basic human right. Would you please do the same? The livelihoods of nonspeakers across NY State and the country depend on it!

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Thank you for your advocacy!

 

Elizabeth, a white woman with long brown hair, stands in a government building with New York Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, a white-passing man with short brown hair. Elizabeth holds her iPad. Assemblyman Santabarbara holds Elizabeth's book "I Am In Here" and a Communication 4 ALL business card. Both are smiling and wearing business formal clothing. Some lawmakers congregate behind them in the background.

What an amazing day at the NY State Capitol advocating for the Communication Bill of Rights.

Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara is the sponsor of our Communication Bill of Rights. We are so grateful for his leadership of the Committee for People with Disabilities. This bill will save nonspeakers from suffering in silence.

Thank you to all of the advocates who passionately discussed the importance of this bill including Trevor Mason, Tyler Mason, Abby Newbold, and Elizabeth Bonker.

-C4A team