White House Nationwide Disability Tour
Obama's administration officials are planning to fan out across the country starting this spring for a series of regional White House conferences to address disability issues.
In a conference call last week with leaders from several disability organizations, White House officials laid out preliminary plans for the events, according to those who participated in the call.
The regional meetings are expected to be held starting in mid-March, with some scheduled into the summer in:
Columbus, Ohio
Austin, Texas
- Los Angeles
- Denver
- Atlanta
- Boston
- Minneapolis
- Orlando, Fla
- Kansas City, Mo
Exact details on who from the administration will be hosting the conferences and precisely what will be on the agenda were not revealed to advocates.
“I think it’s about showing what they’ve accomplished and letting folks at the regional level know where they can go for resources,” said Chris Thomson, vice president of corporate affairs and general counsel at United Cerebral Palsy, who was on the call. “It’s a little unclear, but I definitely think it’s an opportunity for people to express their concerns.”
A White House spokesman declined to comment on the plans.
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