Part of the Equity Equation
New Covenant Fellowship has been richly blessed by members of our community with disabilities. We are grateful for God’s work through their presence and contributions to our body. -Renée
In October, our Nation observes National Disability Employment Awareness Month. We commemorate the many contributions of individuals with disabilities to America’s Places of Worship, Workplaces and Economy. It is an opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to recruit, retain, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities within our various Communities.
In 1945, Public Law 176 began the effort to educate the public about the issues related to disability in the workplace.
Glor says, “Up in Chicago, for me, everything progressed much more slowly. it wasn’t until the famous lawsuit case of Brown VS the Board of Education when some of the restrictions against the disabled eased up. By then I was already out of Spaulding High School for the Crippled Children & had enrolled in & been at Rosary College [now AKA Dominican University], based on a scholarship & several recommendations from my HS teachers who had seen potential in me.”
The poster below depicts a classroom blackboard with words and images that are arranged to represent a mathematical equation. The blackboard has faint chalk markings of past words and symbols, as if it has been partially erased. In very large parentheses is the observance theme and three symbols. The first symbol is of braille dots representing the word equity. The second image is an American Sign Language symbol representing the word equals. The third symbol depicts an individual in a wheelchair proceeding up a ramp which rests upon a set of stairs representing fairness. Together, these images say, “equity equals fairness.”
May we learn to honor and uplift each member of our body as integral to our whole, appreciating our diverse gifts and revelation of God’s image in our fellowship and community.
