Lisa Franklin, CEO/Founder est. 2008 Appointee of Governor Gretchen Whitmer to Barrier Free Design Board 2020 lisa@wow4metrodetroit.org

Jaime Junior, Facilitator/Trainer Board Member of Developmental Disability Council 2019, PuLsE Institute Fellow UofM Focus Group IDEAL Chair jaime@wow4metrodetroit.org

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   WOW Leadership
​​Board Members
Marguerite Maddox                   Tameka Citchen-Spruce
Beatrice Segur                                LaTina Denson, PhD
Sharon Gooding   
Michelle Meade, PhD
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BE COUNTED!!!    Please make sure that you have filled out your census form, Our ELECTORAL VOTES depend on the population count for our state.  We could lose votes if our numbers are down.
PLEASE RETURN YOUR CENSUS FORM TODAY!

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The VOTE 2020!   AND WE ARE CERTIFIED!!!!

 ALRIGHT DETROIT!!!!
Michigan pulled out the Win because of you!  
Congratulations and Thank you everyone for all the hard work and support to ensure that people with disabilities cast a vote and made it to the polls.
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https://www.facebook.com/JustAskTalkShow/videos/1762092233949899


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WOW COVID-19 GROCERY DELIVERY SERVICE
313-251-5777
FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
IN DETROIT, Highland Park, Hamtramck and Dearborn.  PROGRAMS FOR Persons with SCI 
ACCEPTING  **EBT (w/authorization) CASH or DEBIT/Credit FOR YOUR GROCERIES.   CALL AND REGISTER FOR THIS SERVICE.  The delivery cost IS NO CHARGE TO YOU.  REGISTRATION IS: 
MONDAY & FRIDAY 11am -2pm
for more information contact any WOW member or call 313-251-5777
**SNAP/EBT with your permission.

Donations are welcome.   Your generosity will help our community
​tremendously.  Your donation large or small will help keep this program
​going through this pandemic and possible beyond 
VOLUNTEERS ALWAYS WELCOMED!!!
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COVID-19 Pandemic 2020

     UPDATE: 
Stay SAFE....WEAR YOUR MASK and REMAIN DISTANT...This is for the safety of us ALL!!!
Use hand sanitizer and SOAP and WATER!

Check local listings for testing sites.  No prescription is required.   BUT YOU MUST MAKE RESERVATIONS.   DDOT, SMART & PARA-TRANSIT RIDES ARE FREE DURING COVID
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Please join the WOW Wellness calls
Mondays, & Wednesdays  4:00pm - 5:30pm  2/24-present
Link is:
Join Hangouts Meet - Video conference
meet.google.com/smv-mimg-dgy
or Join by phone
+1 650-817-8345 (PIN: 956497566)
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                    Karaoke/Sing-a-long/Disabled Talent Showcase/Battle of the Bands/Who AM I?? on Friday nights from 7pm-9pm
......Lots of Fun.  
meet.google.com/smv-mimg-dgy
or Join by phone
+1 650-817-8345 (PIN: 956497566)
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1.   THE VIRUS is TRANSFERRED through Human Contact.
2.    WEAR A MASK!!!!
3.  DO NOT TOUCH YOUR FACE.  THE VIRUS ENTERS THROUGH YOUR MOUTH.
AND PRACTICE PHYSICAL DISTANCING 
AT LEAST 6-10 FEET APART FROM THE NEXT PERSON
WHEREVER YOU GO.
4.   WASH YOUR HANDS WITH SOAP AND WARM WATER FOR AT LEAST 20 SECONDS.  (SAY A.B.C's, TWICE)
5.   HAND SANITIZERS REMOVES THE GERM, BUT SOAP AND WATER REMOVE THE GERM AND GRIM WHICH THE GERM CAN ATTACH.
  6.  DO NOT USE HAND SANITIZERS NEAR THE STOVE OR AN OPEN FLAME.  DUE TO THE ALCOHOL CONTENT....IT WILL IGNITE.  (REPORTS OF PEOPLE BURNING THEIR HANDS...BE CAREFUL)
9.   STAY HOME as much as possible....STAY SAFE.   
BOOST YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEMS.  OJ, VITAMINS, ETC.
10.  THIS PANDEMIC WILL  GET WORST BEFORE BETTER IF WE DISREGARD THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER TO STAY HOME.
IF YOU EXPERIENCE THE SYMPTOMS PLEASE CALL THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HOTLINE:
(313) 876-4000
SYMPTOMS ARE:  
FEVER, DRY COUGH, DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING, loss of taste and smell.
STAY HOME AND CONTACT YOUR PHYSICIAN OR HOSPITAL HOTLINES...
Ascension - 833-978-0649
   Beaumont Health - 800-592-478   
Henry Ford Health System - 313-874-7500
THEY WILL INSTRUCT YOU.
THE VIRUS ENTERS THROUGH YOU MOUTH AND CAUSES MUCUS BUILD UP.  THE MUCUS CLOGS YOUR AIRWAYS AND LUNGS MAKING IT HARD TO BREATH.
DRINKING HOT FLUIDS, TEAS, SOUPS, LEMON WATER CAN HELP.   STAY AWAY FROM ICE AND COLD BEVERAGES.
THE MOST AFFECTED ARE people WHO HAVE WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS, the ELDERLY AND with ILLNESSES.
  PLEASE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND BE SAFE.

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  Disabled Voters Advisory Council  (DVAC)

Please share with us through this survey ( link )  how your primary election day experience was on March 7th, 2020.  DVAC worked with the Department of Elections for one (1) entire year to ensure that People with Disabilities were respected at the Polls.  We provided Disability Trainers to train the poll workers on etiquette, they shared experiences, disability awareness and the correct way to hook up and use the VAT (Voters Assistive Technology) Accessible Machine.  Much to our dismay, we (DVAC) conducted site visits to various polling sites on election day, to find that all of our efforts were in vain.  Again, please share your experience good, bad or indifferent at: 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ba47dttlLNRHj4EJdkoR8bGYkrDafsKYOCMLhB4_qKw/edit 

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Office of Disabilities Affairs (ODA)   Detroit

The last census count placed the population in the city of Detroit as approximately 680,000 people; 126,000 + (roughly, 1-in-5) have disabilities.
This population is marginally disadvantaged and are in need of the city of step up to cover us.
People with disabilities are educated, homeowners, TAX PAYERS,
human beings!  We are your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and visitors to this city; when we are affected, everyone is affected.  Our family, friends, caregivers....the community suffers.

Fed up with the mediocre services, lack of access, lack of employment support, lack of accessible housing, and disrespect; the community of people with disabilities joined forces as a Collective/Focus Group for People with Disabilities to campaign for a fully funded, staffed Office of Disability Affairs.
We strongly agreed on a proposal of adequate positions of "lived experience personnel" of Specialist, ASL, Braille, Employment, Housing, Transportation, Public Access,  Intergovernmental Coordination, ADA Coordinator and EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ***WHICH WE NEED TODAY!!!  This city has the responsibility to protect every single citizen in the city.   
The Focus Group for People with Disabilities have met and presented to the Charter Commissioners, the Detroit City Council and Mayor Duggan.

We need this City to Support a FULL Office of Disability Affairs.  When you see it on the Ballot in 2022 under the Charter Revision vote, VOTE YES.
Also you can help us by contacting the Mayor, City Council, Charter Commissioners and CRIO and voice your concern for all of us.  As the number of Detroiters grow to senior age, at some point, if God is willing, you will be in need of these very same programs, services and the respect.

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Sam Riddle Show
https://ddi.wayne.edu/news/mi-lend-fellow-interviewed-on-am-910-radio-about-her-work-with-warriors-on-wheels-4-metro-detroit-37028?fbclid=IwAR003uN3wfCp5BysCKpAarWt8ebI8kwrOjrFFwZqkjP01qLnEHn74L6jGZk​
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Next WOW membership meeting Due to COVID, POSTPONED 
JOIN US ON THE WELLNESS CALL LISTED ABOVE
Fellowship Chapel   7707 W. Outer Drive  Detroit, Mi  48235
ALL MEETINGS ARE ON GOOGLE MEET
​MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY

We work hard for you seen and unseen:
Barrier Free Design Board Member - presently serving
GOTV Campaign
DVAC - Disabled Voters Advisory Council - Working with Detroit Department of
         Elections to develop better ways to serve the Disability Community as each
         person exercises voting rights.
Advocate for all Public meetings accessible with Closed Caption, ASL
         interpreters, large print documents and braille documents.  All meetings
         held at accessible locations and all polling sites accessible and VAT (Voting
        Assistive Terminals) set up and operational on Election Day.
SCI (Spinal Cord Injury) Newsletter Articles - University of Michigan
Complete Streets Coalition
Curb Cuts
Concrete Defects @ Hart Plaza
Transportation - Para-Transit & Fixed Routes  (DDOT & RTA)
QLINE
Regularly attend - 
               Public, Health & Safety /Detroit City Council Meetings
                   &   Local Advisory Committee (LAC)  -  DDOT
Emergency Preparedness
CAYMC Security - Disability Awareness Session
Barrier Free Challenge -  Participants  Detroit City Council Members

Follow us on Facebook/Warriors on Wheels Network 
YouTube - Warriors on Wheels
All Means All.... Creativity with the Matrix Theatre featuring:  Award winning
      Art Educator - Karen DiChiera, Detroit Opera House
Regional Transit Authority  (RTA) Board Member - Detroit Seat
Human Rights Commission
Women's March Convention 2017  -  Local Host Committee/Speaker/Booth



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