Do we want all people to have the chance to get a job for fair pay in their own communities, or do we want some people to be separated, exploited, and robbed of their chance to seize the American dream for themselves?
The Texas Center for Disability Studies at the University of Texas Austin and Disability Rights Texas (DRTx) invite you to an exclusive screening of the new documentary film, "Bottom Dollars" and a media event announcing the release of a DRTx investigative report about sheltered workshops in Texas, "Living on a Dime and Left Behind."
The movie, produced by Rooted in Rights (the video advocacy program at Disability Rights Washington), highlights how thousands of Americans are being paid LESS than minimum wage - as little as a few cents per hour in some cases - because of an 86-year-old labor law that makes it legal.
Co-hosted by: the Arc of Texas, ADAPT of Texas, Coalition of Texans with Disabilities, Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas, Texas Advocates, and Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities
Date/Time:
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Film screening begins at 4:15 followed by a panel discussion.
Location:
The University of Texas J. J. Pickle Research Campus
10000 Burnet Road
Austin, Texas 78758
Tickets are free, but seating is limited to 100 people so REGISTRATION is REQUIRED!
Please visit our
Bottom Dollars EventBrite page for more location and parking details AND to reserve your ticket. One ticket per person registered.
