Annual Covered Dish, Thursday May 12th… Save the Date

We are excited to host our 33rd Annual Covered Dish Supper and Meeting on Thursday, May 12th at the Savannah Station from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. More details to follow. Save the date and join us for great food, music and stories from citizen advocacy matches in Savannah.

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People say the darndest things…

Two quick quotes – one next to the other in this Sunday’s New York Times to remind us of just how differently people see what is “right.”   “I was making a crazy amount of money and not even pitching. Honestly, I didn’t feel like I deserved it.” from Gil Meche, an injured pitcher for the Kansas City Royals who

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Looking forward to the new year…

As we end the year I thought I might offer some thoughts about the purpose we share under the banner of Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy.   Our shared purpose is to provide protection to and advocacy for/with people who are marginalized because of prejudice toward disability.   We bring people who would not ordinarily meet into meaningful relationship with one another.

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Truth in the time of Twitter (140 characters per thought) and other fast moving media…..

We protect who we love. (19 characters) We  love people who we know. As long as a person lives unknown to others they live unloved and unsafe. (81 characters) The word “disability” often creates a big wide distance between a person and other members of our community. (90 Characters) The service system serves to separate rather than connect and create

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