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Presidential Candidates' Forum
A National Forum on Equality, Opportunity and Access
Hosted by Granite State Independent Living

Friday November 2, 2007
Radisson Hotel, Armory
8:30 am to 4:00 pm EST
Manchester, New Hampshire

PROGRAM

8:30 a.m.	REGISTRATION
9:00 a.m.	OPENING CEREMONIES Presentation of Colors National Anthem Welcome - Clyde Terry, JD CEO, Granite State Independent Living Grace Sullivan, Executive Director Manchester Community Television
9:25 a.m.	OPENING REMARKS Andrew Imparato, President & CEO American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
9:35 a.m.	MODERATOR - Ted Kennedy, Jr. - AAPD Board Secretary
9:45 a.m.	NH State Senator Lou D’Allesandro
9:55 a.m.	CANDIDATE: Senator Hillary Clinton (D, NY)
10:30 a.m.	ENTERTAINMENT: Keith Jones
10:45 am.	BREAK
11:00 a.m.	CANDIDATE: Senator Joe Biden (D, DE)
11:30 a.m.	CANDIDATE: Senator Chris Dodd (D, CT)
12:00 Noon	ENTERTAINMENT: Keith Jones
12:30 p.m.	LUNCH
1:30 p.m.	CANDIDATE: Governor Bill Richardson (D, NM)
2:00 p.m.	CANDIDATE: Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D, OH)
2:30 p.m.	CANDIDATE: Former Congressman David Bonior, Campaign Manager for Senator John Edwards (D, SC)
3:00 p.m.	CANDIDATE: Senator Mike Gravel (D, AK)
3:15 p.m.	BREAK
3:30 p.m.	CANDIDATE: Senator John McCain (R, AZ)
4:00 p.m.	CANDIDATE: Invited — Governor Rudy Giuliani (R, NY)
4:15 p.m.	Retiring of the Colors
4:25 p.m.	Wrap Up

Hosted by Granite State Independent Living

NATIONAL SPONSORS: AARP, ADAPT, American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), American Foundation for the Blind, The Arc of the United States, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD), Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), Easter Seals, Epilepsy Foundation, Hands On Video Relay Services, Inc. (HOVRS), Manchester Community Television (MCTV), National Association of the Deaf (NAD), National Coalition of Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Org., National Council on Independent Living (NCIL), National Spinal Cord Injury Association, New England Chapter Paralyzed Veterans of America (NEPVA), Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE), Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. (TDI), United Cerebral Palsy (UCP), United Spinal Association and VSA arts.

LOCAL CO-HOSTS: Institute on Disability, National Spinal Cord Injury Association/New Hampshire Chapter, National Spinal Cord Injury Association/Greater Boston Chapter, New Hampshire Developmental Disabilities Council, New Hampshire Disabilities Rights Council, People First of New Hampshire and TASH.

Special Thanks: To the Disability Policy Collaboration, Ted Kennedy, Jr. and All-Ways Accessible for their assistance with this forum.