ADAPT / Disabled in Action (DIA), prints (volume 2 of 2)

Creator:

Finkle, Harvey (creator, photographer)

Date:

1993/2000; 1996; 2000; 2008

Description:

Black-and-white photographic prints depicting demonstrations and protests in Las Vegas, Nevada, Washington, D.C., and Harrisburg and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania led by ADAPT (formerly American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today) and DIA (Disabled In Action), in addition to the Kensington Welfare Rights Union (KWRU), Not Dead Yet organization, and the Poor People's Campaign. Prints feature portraits and candid photographs related to the need for community-based and home-based care, reallocation of funding from nursing home to community care, personal care decisions to be left to the individual and not the state, opposition to doctor assisted suicide, reliably accessible transportation, and support for Medicaid. ADAPT is a grassroots disability rights organization with representation across the United States. According to their website, DIA is "a civil rights organization committed to ending discrimination against people with disabilities [...] a democratic, not-for-profit, tax-exempt, all-volunteer membership organization [...] consists primarily of and is directed by people with disabilities." According to Finkle's notes, ADAPT and DIA's "primary concern is maintaining life in the community mainly though required health care, accessible and affordable housing and attendant care. Other major efforts to sustain quality community life, curb cuts, effective public transportation, access to community functions and culture activities." The KWRU is an organization composed of people including those living in poverty, on public assistance, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), houseless/homeless/unhoused/unsheltered, and working menial jobs. KWRU is multi-racial reflecting the population of the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Harvey Finkle (born March 28, 1934) is a self-taught documentary still photographer who has documented the social, economic, cultural, and political issues in the city of Philadelphia and across the globe. Finkle's work largely focuses on historically marginalized communities, including low income and homeless families, homeless veterans, refugees, immigrants, and disabled people, providing documentation of activism in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and focuses on social injustices in the city, the country, and the world.

Provenance:

Gifts of Harvey Finkle, 2020 and 2021.

Subject:

Activism; American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation; Demonstrations; Disabilities; Medicaid; People with disabilities--Civil Rights--United States; Social rights

Form/Genre:

black-and-white prints (photographs)

Geographic Subject:

Harrisburg (Pa.); Washington (D.C.); Las Vegas (Nev.)

Related Place:

Harrisburg (Pa.); Washington (D.C.); Las Vegas (Nev.)

Rights:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en

Rights Note:

The contents of the "Harvey Finkle photographs," an archival collection of photographic material created by Harvey Finkle, of which this volume of digitized images is a part, is held at the University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts and is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

Notes:

All photographs taken by Harvey Finkle. The front and back of each black-and-white photographic print has been scanned. In some cases, pertinent information is written or inscribed on the back of the prints that is not reflected in the description of this volume of photographs.

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 1531, Box 2, Folder 1-6

Collection:

Harvey Finkle photographs