Claudia Center

@sfdcc.bsky.social had to go find the link

Photo of Claudia Center in front of sign San Francisco Disability Cultural Center

Happy to be at the SF Disability Cultural Center’s Open House — congratulations to all who had this dream and made it real

I.C.E. is the Gestapo.

We all need to join together to oppose and obstruct them.

We are a nation of laws and they are violating them thousands of times a day.

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory

Remember you don’t have to understand people’s experiences to be kind.

Kindness doesn’t require logic, it requires grace.

I was zip tied and arrested for Medicaid Join me in calling for basic care and supports we all need to survive

Please take a few minutes to read this piece from one of my dearest friends, who was arrested at the Capitol last week.

And join them in defending Medicaid at this crucial moment.

Three wheelchair users with signs

At David Valadao’s office in Bakersfield

People who are on Medicaid/have loved ones who are, and those that do not experiencing two very different realities this weekend.

Senators @baldwin.senate.gov and @amyklobuchar.com joined activists on the steps of the Capitol for the sit-in for Medicaid.

More than 30 arrested at Senate building while protesting Medicaid cuts U.S. Capitol Police officers arrested 34 people Wednesday who were demonstrating against Congress’ proposed cuts to Medicaid inside a Senate office building. Advocates and people who depend on Medicai...

www.nbcwashington.com/news/politic...

Black and white photo of Carol being arrested by 3women4craft2market on instagram

Yesterday, more than 50 people were arrested by Capitol police for protesting the proposed cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other essential lifelines. These cuts will cause immense harm to disabled and multiply marginalized people. Among those arrested was our Governmental Affairs Liaison, Carol.

Capitol Police zip tie seniors in wheelchairs during Medicaid protest Videos show senior citizens in wheelchairs being zip-tied by police officers following a Senate protest against Medicaid cuts.

www.newsweek.com/capitol-poli...

Medicaid was a lifeline for me and my baby. Congress must protect it • NC Newsline a young mother details how the North Carolina's Medicaid health insurance program enabled her to receive the pregnancy care she needed

"Families should not have to fight this hard to survive childbirth, recover or care for a newborn....Medicaid saved my life and gave Marleigh the chance to live hers." - Angel P., North Carolina.

Read Angel's story on how Medicaid saved her daughter's life:
ncnewsline.com/2025/06/25/m...

Medicaid Is Life for My Autistic Son — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM Medicaid is life for my mostly non-speaking autistic son. Cutting it would remove the services that make his interdependent life possible.

“There are calls at the federal level to cut the very services that sustain the beautiful life my son is creating with the help of his family, teachers, & DSPs—a life that balances safety with self-determination. It could disappear with the stroke of a pen.”

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/05/medi...

Tell the Senate - no cuts to Medicaid in their budget! - Autistic Self Advocacy Network We’ve watched as our community put in calls, made visits, and shared their stories about why Medicaid matters. You’ve told your elected officials that this program is life-saving, vital support — and ...

All hands on deck! "The Senate may try to vote as soon as the end of next week! We need to tell them to take Medicaid cuts out of the budget reconciliation bill. We need to tell the Senate: No cuts to Medicaid." By @autisticadvocacy.org, with contact guidelines:

autisticadvocacy.org/2025/06/tell...

Colorful quilt of a nighttime scene with Harriet Tubman in an orange jacket and purple dress carrying a rifle. She is leading other figures who walk behind her.

Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

Gorgeous

Jfc

We must protect democracy — protect our judges, lawmakers, elected officials, lawyers — and I mean physically protect as well as otherwise

What do the Congresswoman who’s being prosecuted, the U.S. Senator who was tackled & handcuffed & the state judge who’s being prosecuted all have in common?

They were targeted by federal thugs who are building a police state to target not just immigrants but anyone who questions their fascism.

Kathy Brammer, a social worker, speaks about the importance of her wearing a mask at #NoKings in a county, NY's Nassau County, with a mask ban.

Video and interview by @artiscuriskis.bsky.social for @motherjones.com

The Department of Energy is quietly slashing disability rights "If we don't put a line in the sand here, other agencies will try and do the same.”

The Department of Energy is trying to get rid of accessibility requirements for new construction via rulemaking. This unprecedented move, which seems to be illegal, could be the blueprint for other federal agencies to follow. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Minnesota assassinations, the attempted arson at Governor Shapiro's home, and the violent arrest of Senator Padilla are all straight out of the Jim Crow terrorism playbook. Same goes with cops aiming for journalists covering the ICE protests.

None of these are new tactics, just a new iteration.

Don’t Call Greta Thunberg “Superhuman” We don’t need pernicious code words about autism to praise a remarkable 16-year-old girl.

I am once again asking people to be Normal about Greta Thunberg.

I wrote this 6 years ago and it is still mostly relevant, except she is now an adult and not a child.

New Attempt to Roll Back Accessibility Requirements - Comments Needed For over forty years the United States has had regulations that say new buildings must be accessible to people with disabilities if the building is built by an organization that receives federal funds...

Thank you for the boost @lflegal.bsky.social! The deadline is June 16 to file a comment to protest the Department of Energy’s attempt to take away accessibility rules for new buildings. www.lflegal.com/2025/06/ener...

Tell the Department of Energy to Stop Attacking Civil Rights and Section 504 - DREDF Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund

DREDF has an action alert here with all information needed to submit a comment dredf.org/action-alert...

Effort To Roll Back Federal Disability Rights Protections Alarms Advocates The Trump administration is quietly working to fast-track changes to a key disability rights law by circumventing typical procedures, advocates are warning.

The Trump administration is quietly working to fast-track changes to a key disability rights law by circumventing typical procedures, advocates are warning. #disabilities

Dozens of protesters, many in wheelchairs, protested proposed cuts to Medicaid during a congressional hearing.⁠
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The #BigBadBill will reduce Medicaid spending by $625 billion over 10 years & leave millions uninsured,

☎️ your Senators & say “Hell no!” 202-224-3121

The FBI is posting false information regarding reporting doctors or clinics performing gender affirming care as a crime.

Gender affirming care- and this cannot be said loudly enough- IS NOT A CRIME.

Falsely reporting a crime IS a crime.

This regime has lost it's absolute mind.