On behalf of The Alliance Center for Independence, I am reaching out to humbly request your support and generous contribution towards our cause. We believe that your commitment to making a positive impact aligns perfectly with our mission and we kindly request your consideration in supporting our efforts.
As you know ACI, is a non-profit Center for Independent Living serving Middlesex, Somerset and Union counties. We work with all disabilities and ages throughout the community providing different skills so that those individuals can become and live as independently as possible.
We are writing to request a monetary donation. Your contribution will directly impact our ability to refurbish a bus so that we can make it a mobile center for those disabled individuals in underserved communities so to offer resources and assistance. In addition, this bus will allow our consumers and staff to be afforded the opportunity to visit different events throughout the State of New Jersey.
As part of a nation-wide Day of Mourning, the Alliance Center for Independence (ACI), a non-profit center for independent living based in Edison will be holding a vigil on Friday, March 1, to honor the lives of disabled people murdered by their families and caretakers.
This event is part of a nation-wide effort organized by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), a Washington, DC- based disability advocacy organization. ASAN has compiled a list of over 1300 reported murders of people with disabilities by relatives or caregivers over the last 40 years.
In the past 5 years, 570 people with disabilities have been murdered by their parents, relatives or caregivers, according to ASAN. The first filicide was in 2012. ACI has been holding its annual local filicide vigil since 2014.
“The purpose of this annual event is to mourn our brothers and sisters in disability but also bring public awareness to this often dismissed, yet tragic issue,” says Carole Tonks, ACI Executive Director and organizer of the event.
