The mission of DS ACT is to encourage intentionally inclusive communities while providing resources and support to individuals who live with Down syndrome and their advocates. They believe every person has inherent worth and dignity regardless of ability or disability. All individuals have the right to direct their future; have control over how they live their lives, where, and with whom; and have authority over the resources that support them.
Email: info@mydsact.org
Taking action together has always been how health care workers have won improvements — whether we’re in contract negotiations for a raise, at work defending someone being treated unfairly, or lobbying at the State Capitol for safe staffing levels. Often called “my favorite union” by Martin Luther King Jr., District 1199 is a bold, democratic labor organization with a long activist tradition. Since the New England branch of 1199 was established in 1968, they’ve united more than 20,000 workers to win a voice at work to demand improvements for people in nursing homes, hospitals, state and community-based health care services. They are a strong voice for health care workers and the people we care for every day.
The Connecticut American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) works tirelessly to improve the lives of working people. They are a federation of hundreds of local unions representing more than 200,000 active union members in the private sector, public sector, and building trades. Their members live and work in every city and town in our state, and reflect the diversity that makes Connecticut great.
They are one of nearly 500 state and local labor councils of the AFL-CIO and are the heart of the labor movement. They are democratically elected bodies dedicated to represent the interests of working people at the state and local level. They mobilize our members and community partners to advocate for social and economic justice and they strive daily to vanquish oppression and make our communities better for all people—regardless of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, or ethnic or national origin.