ADA Celebration Events in the Great Lakes Region
Illinois
19th Disability Pride Parade
- • July 23, 2022, Starts at 11 am CDT
- • Chicago, IL. The parade staging area and the starting point are conveniently located at 401 S. Plymouth Court. Goes 1/2 block west on Van Buren before going North on Dearborn. The route goes down Dearborn until it arrives at Daley Plaza for the post-parade festivities.
- • More Information: www.disabilityprideparade.org/parade-information.html
- • July 26, 2022, 5 – 7 pm CDT
- • Peoria Civic Center (Exhibit Hall C), 201 SW Jefferson Ave, Peoria, IL 61602
- • More Information: www.ridecitylink.org/mobility/adaevent/
Indiana
ADA-Indiana’s Anniversary Commemoration and Training Workshop on Communication Access
- • Wednesday, July 29, 2022, 10 am – 12 pm EDT
- • Online via Zoom Webinar Platform booths from various organizations set up around the Plaza.
- • More Information: ADA Training Workshop: Training: ADA-Indiana: Americans with Disabilities Act (adaindiana.org). If you have any questions about our ADA Training Workshop, please contact the ADA-Indiana staff person, Matt Norris, at mnorris@indiana.edu mnorris@indiana.edu or by phone: (812) 856-5251.
- • July 30, 2022, 9 am – 12 pm EDT
- • City Hall (Main Plaza), 401 N. Morton St., Bloomington, IN
- • More Information: If you have any questions, please contact Michael Shermis, Council for Community Accessibility, by email: cca@bloomington.in.gov.
- • Monday, July 26, 2022, 7 – 9 pm EDT
- • Grand Junction Plaza, 225 S. Union St., Westfield, IN 46074
- • More Information: Contact Joanne Tedesco at 573-355-7855
Michigan
ADA Summer Celebration
- • July 21, 2022, 3:00-6:00 pm EDT
- • Sterling State Park, Heron Pavilion, 2800 State Park Road, Monroe, MI 48162
- • More Information: Join us for the ADA Summer Celebration July 21 | Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living (annarborcil.org)
- • July 22, 2022, from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm EDT
- • Powers Catholic High School, 1505 W. Court St., Flint, MI 48503
- • More Information: https://disnetwork.org/events/ada-day/
- • July 26, 2022, from 10:00 am – 2:00pm EDT
- • Pine Grove Park, 1204 Pine Grove Avenue, Port Huron, MI 48060
- • More Information: ADA Day Celebration | DNEM (dnemichigan.org); Email CWerner@DNEMichgian.org to RSVP
- • July 27, 2022, from 4:00-7:00 pm EDT
- • Auburn City Park, 435 S. Auburn Rd, Auburn, MI 48611
- • More Information: www.dnmm.org/ada
- • July 28, 2022, from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm EDT
- • Disability Network Capital Area, 901 E. Mt. Hope Avenue, Lansing, MI 48910
- • More Information: www.dncap.org/event/32nd-anniversary-of-the-americans-with-disabilities-act-celebration/
- • July 29, 2022, from 3:00 – 5:00 pm
- • Kalamazoo Farmer’s Market, 1204, Bank St., Kalamazoo, MI 49001
- • More Information: www.dnswm.org/access-for-all-2022/
Minnesota
Accessible Adventures Await (32nd ADA Anniversary Virtual Celebration)
- • July 26, 2022, from 12:00-1:30 pm CDT
- • Online via Zoom Webinar Platform
- • More Information:https://celebrateadamn.com
Ohio
32nd Anniversary of the ADA Celebration with the Center for Disability Empowerment and the Columbus
Clippers!
- • July 8, 2022. Game time is 7 pm.
- • The Columbus Clippers, 330 Huntington Park Ln., Columbus, Ohio 43215
- • More Information: Contact Rich Wagner at rwagner@disabilityempowerment.net or call (614) 575-8055.
Wisconsin
Celebrate. Learn. Share. ADA 32 Free Community Event
- • July 26, 2022, 11 am – 1 pm CDT
- • Center City Park, Superior, Wisconsin
- • Morel information: indiGO’s Facebook Page. Contact Emma Duchrow at emma@indigowi.org for accommodation requests at least two-weeks prior to the event.
- • July 19 - July 26th, 8 am – 5pm CDT
- • Milwaukee City Hall Rotunda 200 East Wells St. Milwaukee
- • More Information: Contact Amelinda Burich at aburich@independencefirst.org.
- • July 20th: Resource Fair & hearing tests, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm CDT
- • July 27th: Arts & Recreation Fair, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm CDT
- • City Hall Rotunda, 200 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202
- o July 20th: Resource fair will include organizations that work and provide services for people with disabilities. Additionally, HEAR Wisconsin will have their Mobile Audiology Clinic (MAC) onsite to provide free hearing tests.
- o July 27th: Arts and Recreation Fair will include organizations providing literature on programs available for people with disabilities.
- • Saturday, July 30th, from 12-5 pm CST
- • Warner Park, Madison, WI
- • More Information: https://www.disabilitypridemadison.org/festival-2022
- • Monday, July 26, 2022, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm CDT
- • Washington Park Senior Center 4420 West Vliet Street, Milwaukee, WI 53208
- • More Information: Mike Bonk Director Office for Persons with Disabilities Phone: 414-278-3930 Email: Michael.Bonk@MilwaukeeCountyWI.gov. ADA accommodation requests should be filed with the Office for Persons with Disabilities, 414-278-3932 (voice) or 711 (TRS), upon receipt of this notice.
National Events
Disability Rights Are Civil Rights: How the Civil Rights Movement Impacted the Disability Rights
Movement
- • July 14, 2022, from 2:00-3:30 pm EDT
- • Online via Zoom Webinar Platform
- • More Information: https://adata.org/event/disability-rights-are-civil-rights-how-civil-rights-movement-impacted-disability-rights
- • July 18, 2022, from 2:00-3:30 pm EDT
- • Online via Zoom Webinar Platform
- • More Information: www.accessibilityonline.org/ADA-Audio/session/?id=111010
- • July 19, 2022, from 2:00-3:30 pm EDT
- • Online via Zoom Webinar Platform
- • More Information: www.accessibilityonline.org/ADA-Audio/session/?id=110988
- • July 25, 2022, from 2:00-3:00 pm EDT
- • Online via Zoom Webinar Platform
- • More Information: www.accessibilityonline.org/ADA-Audio/session/?id=111011