July 27, 2020
Join Us to Celebrate These Gains Over the Past Century at These Online Events! New York State Celebration Events
100 Years On: Celebrating and Championing Our Civil Rights and Social Programs
Many of our key rights laws and social programs were enacted in July and August:
- July 1 – Public Health Services Act (1940)
- July 2 – Civil Rights Act (1964)
- July 5 – National Labor Relations Act (1935)
- July 14 – Older Americans Act (1965)
- July 26 – Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
- July 30 – Medicare and Medicaid (1965)
- Aug. 5 – Child Health Insurance Program (1997)
- Aug. 6 – Voting Rights Act (1965)
- Aug. 14 – Social Security Act (1935)
- Aug. 26 – 19thAmendment (1920)
- Aug. 31 – Food Stamps/SNAP (1964)
Join Us to Celebrate These Gains Over the Past Century at These Online Events!
New York State Celebration Events
- Wed. Aug. 5, 12-1 p.m. – Rally to “Fight for the HEROES Act!”
“Expand Medicaid & SNAP, continue Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, help out-of-work renters and mortgage-holders, protect Social Security and Medicare, fund universal mail-in voting, and support our state and local governments!”
- Thurs. Aug. 13, 7-7:30 p.m. – Dessert Party for Our Democracy
“We all benefit across generations from our nation’s rights laws and social programs! Especially Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid”
- Wed. Aug. 19, 12-1 p.m. – Webinar: “Renewing the American Promise: Defending and Expanding Our Social Contract”
“Our fight for social rights and justice is not finished, and this fall’s elections matter!”
Sponsors: Center for Independence of the Disabled in NY, Citizen Action of NY, Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Assoc. of NYS, Empire Justice Center, Medicaid Matters NY, Metro NY Health Care for All, NY StateWide Senior Action Council, NYS Alliance for Retired Americans