PROMISE FOUNDATION, INC.: History Happens

Thursday, January 28, 2010

History Happens

Howard Zinn, 1922 - 2010

Howard Zinn, unorthodox historian and author of A People's History of the United States, died yesterday.
Zinn's perspective on history made the majority of his peers uncomfortable because it challenged conventional thinking, assumptions, and conclusions.
Significantly, Zinn believed in "the eloquence of ordinary people" and sought to "bring to light little known voices from U.S. history".
http://howardzinn.org/

A People's History of the United States Harper & Row; HarperCollins, 1980 (1st ed.) 2003 (more recent ed.)

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727), Letter to Robert Hooke, February 5, 1675

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THE PROMISE FOUNDATION IS:

The Promise Foundation Sandusky is a very small, non-profit community group organized several years ago by a number of families in the northwest Ohio area. The organization's primary purpose is to provide support for families who love and live with one or more disabled family members or family members experiencing some degree of disability. Among other things, this includes the whole scope of special education and the process of addressing the educational needs of children experiencing any degree of disability".

THE PROMISE FOUNDATION IS NOT:

→ a place to get help, or

→ to give or seek advice, or

→ to engage in advocacy, activism, or social change initiatives

Whenever possible and appropriate, we will provide references or links to other organizations and agencies with the resources to address these needs.

Regional Disability History Archive

From the University of Toledo, Disablities Studies website at:
http://www.utoledo.edu/as/disability/historyarchive/index.html

The Regional Disability History Archive
at the University of Toledo:
Documenting the Historical Experience of the Disabled in Northwest Ohio is housed in The University of Toledo Ward M. Canaday Center in the Disability History Archive.
The Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections received the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies/National Organization on Disability Award. The Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections earned this recognition for their Regional Disability History Archive Project, an effort to chronicle the work of various organizations that have served people with disabilities in northwestern Ohio. This annual award is administered by the National Organization on Disability’s National Partnership Program and is sponsored by Aetna, Inc.