Speaker Pelosi has appointed my daughter, Sascha, to the National Council on Disability!

[deurbano]

Last edited Tue Nov 8, 2022, 09:02 PM - Edit history (2)

Tomorrow, Sascha will be sworn in remotely at the Speaker’s SF office, and if you would like to watch the ceremony (Sascha will share some words), you can join the Zoom event. She is thrilled!

To view the swearing-in at 11:00 am Pacific Time, Monday (November 7th)--
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I mentioned Sascha, and the support she has received from Speaker Pelosi in an earlier post:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217049150

And I think I missed this post (until today) by doublethink: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217049552

I’d really like to thank everyone for all the previous positive comments, which I shared with Sascha, and she really appreciated. I meant to thank you all earlier, but (as usual) time got away from me!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Council_on_Disability

UPDATE: Post on Sascha's swearing-in (and thank you all!): https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217333275

[Blue Owl]

1. Congrats -- what an honor!

[Bayard]

2. Outstanding!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. Congratulations to Sascha!

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. That Speaker Pelosi is sharp as a tack!

She knows a good council person when she sees one.

Congratulations, Sascha!

[fierywoman]

5. BRAVISSIMA, SASCHA !!!

[niyad]

6. Outstanding.

[orleans]

7. this is wonderful!

what an accomplishment for sascha!

you must be so so proud!

congratulations!

[Demsrule86]

8. Congratulations!

[people]

9. Congratulations to your daughter!

What a contribution she can make to the community. That is wonderful.

[Hekate]

10. Congrats to Sascha!

[dlk]

11. Wonderful news; congratulations!

Thanks for sharing.

[farmbo]

12. Congratulations... you must be very proud!

And she’ll be doing important work.

[Tanuki]

13. Thanks for sharing this delightful news!

And thanks for providing the links in your OP, as I missed it when you previously posted about her great work and how she first came to Speaker Pelosi's attention. Though we've never met, DU really is like one big family and we're all bursting with pride on your and your daughter's behalf!

[RestoreAmerica2020]

14. Wow..that's great!

Paz.

[MLAA]

15. This is so wonderful! What an honor and opportunity for Sascha!

You must be incredibly proud! well done DUer and, you raised an amazing daughter who will help thousands and thousands.

[C Moon]

17. Amazing!

[FailureToCommunicate]

18. Such an important appointment! Congratulations to your daughter. My father was

a founding member of NCD when it was formed in 1978. He'd been serving on the President's Committee for Employment of the Handicapped (as that group was named back then) since being appointed by President Truman to promote the employment and reintegration of disabled soldiers after WWll (and later wars, Korea and Vietnam). Before that, my father had been chairman of the committee that drafted the orginal ANSI standards for disability access in 1958, which later became a part the basis for the Americans with Disabilities Act. At the ADA signing ceremony in 1990 he was handed the pen by President HW Bush in recognition of his trail blazing work.

Again, congrats to Sascha, and cheers to you the proud parent!

-FTC

[deurbano]

24. Was your father Reverend Wilke?!

[FailureToCommunicate]

25. Yes. Did you perhaps know of him?

Link to tweet

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[deurbano]

26. Of course! When you said he was a trail blazer, you weren't exaggerating!

Growing up in the Bay Area, Sascha was fortunate enough to meet Ed Roberts and Judy Huemann, and of course, they were important role models, and we thought of them as disability rights pioneers... but your dad was there first, paving the way for them! (Pioneer of the pioneers!) Sascha was 16 when the ADA was signed, and she watched the broadcast of that ceremony with an extremely enthusiastic audience at the Center for Independent Living in Berkeley. What an amazing role your dad played in getting us to that moment! We owe him so much, and thank you for sharing that!

[FailureToCommunicate]

27. He was always quick to credit his parents, particularly his mom, for his will power and

drive to push through life's difficulties. His mom had some sort of poultry virus, somewhat similar to rubella, and he was born without any arms. However, his parents treated him no differently than his two brothers, and expected him to pull his weight around the farm as much as he was able.

He would tell the story of one day his mother had a friend over and the two women watched young Harold struggle to slip into his shirt over his head. The friend said "Ida, help that boy!" But his mom stood there with her arms folded resolutely and replied "I AM helping."

He indeed had an amazing life arc, from dirt farmer childhood to...advocating for disability civil rights in Washington and around the globe. And that life long advocacy was in addition to his career as a minister and national chuch executive, and teacher.

But again, so much of his fortitude and grit was credited to his loving and accepting parents. I am sure that was/is true in your case with your amazing daughter as well!

[North Shore Chicago]

19. Excellent!

What an honor to have been bestowed.

[Kaleva]

20. Congrats!

[Ilsa]

21. So awesomme! Congratulations Sascha! nt

[Pepsidog]

22. Cool! Congrats.

[Karadeniz]

23. I'm so excited !!!!!!!!