Support 3 Great Non-Profit Organizations!

On Saturday, June 1st, the South Amboy Branch YMCA is partnering with two charitable organizations, American DanceWheels Foundation and Cultural Arts Training Foundation to present "FITNESS FOR A CAUSE," a community event that will feature special classes for children and adults. The event will be held from 11am-4pm at the South Amboy Y.

A complete class schedule for the day can be found below or on the Y's website: ymcaofmewsa.org. Each class is $10, or a day pass to attend all classes is $35. Proceeds raised from this event will benefit each organization's charitable efforts.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

11:00 - 11:50 AM  Latin Dance Class (Studio)

Come have some fun and learn how to Salsa dance with Latin and Ballroom Dance Champion, Aubree Marchione. You can bring a partner or come by yourself.

11:00 - 11:30 AM  Aqua Zumba (Pool)

Everyone's favorite group exercise class in the pool!

11:50 - 12:00 PM  Cross Fit (Gymnasium)

This short strength and conditioning program is constantly varied, high intensity, demanding all-out physical exertion! 

11:00 - 11:45 AM  Tabata (Gymnasium)

This is a high intensity interval class. Tabata is done in 4 minutes alternating between 20 seconds of high intensity exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest. Come ready to work, you haven't experienced anything like this before!

This course is designed for adults with and without disabilities. It teaches simple effective movements that blend with an individual's natural body mechanics.

12:50 - 1:00 PM  Cross Fit (Gymnasium)

1:00 - 1:50 PM  Wheelchair Ballroom Dancing (Studio)

Come have some fun and learn how to Wheelchair Latin and Ballroom Dance with champion dancer and choreographer, Aubree Marchione. Her credits include wheelchair choreography for the feature film, Musical Chairs, and a flash mob dance for Sundance Channel's popular TV series, Push Girls!

1:50 - 2:00 PM  Cross Fit (Gymnasium)

2:00 - 2:50 PM  Child Empowerment Class (Youth Room)

This course teaches children how to avoid and deal with confrontations through verbal de-escalation, realistic self defense, and team mediation. Ages 8+

2:50 - 3:00 PM  Cross Fit (Gymnasium)

3:00 - 3:50 PM  Kids Zumba Class (Gymnasium)

Everyone's favorite class is available for kids too! They will learn the steps, get a great workout, and have fun! Ages 6+

3:00 - 3:50 PM  SAFE Program for Women (Youth Room)

This course is designed to teach women with and without disabilities how to defend themselves in different situations. Covered topics will include situational awareness, assault prevention, and domestic violence.

3:50 - 4:00 PM  Cross Fit (Gymnasium)

*Registration is required for FITNESS FOR A CAUSE. Some class sizes are limited. For more information, contact the Welcome Desk at 732-553-9622 or visit ymcaofmewsa.org.

In April, ACI invited Ethan Ellis to talk to us about the history of people with disabilities - he had lived most of it and made some of it. We ended by discussing the future of people with disabilities and their right to be included as equals.

Time ran out so we didn't finish that discussion. Many people wanted to continue it. Others who weren't there or had to leave early heard about it wanted to be a part of it. Ethan has agreed to join all of us to continue the discussion.

As a reminder, here’s where we left off:

• Over half (61%) of people with disabilities believe the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) made no difference in their lives, according to a 2010 Harris Poll.
• The Justice Department has only 100 people to handle all the complaints that 60 million Americans might file.
• Filing a complaint is so complicated that only people with lawyers ever win so a lot of employers, doctors, restaurants and other businesses just ignore it.
• People with disabilities are worse off than when the ADA was signed 23 years ago.
• We are poorer: 80% of us live on $18,000 or less; that’s poverty.
• 82% of us are unemployed; many of the rest of us only work part-time.
• We get lousy health care; many of us die from diseases others don’t even get.
• So is everyone else that society refuses to include: women, people of color, anyone who is poor for any reason, including children. In the last 30 years, they have become poorer, sicker, worse educated, live in worse housing and have less jobs, just like us.
• We have the best government money can buy and we can’t even rent it for a half hour.
• Rich people have enough money to buy tax breaks and loopholes; Romney paid16% his income in taxes, Obama paid 18%; we pay 35%.
• We pay for their tax breaks and the wars they start for oil and other things that make them even richer, while they cut the services our lives depend on.

THIS MAY SOUND GRIM BUT WE ARE NOT ABOUT READY TO GIVE UP AND WE DON’T THINK YOU ARE, EITHER!

Join us to discuss what needs to change and how we can change it. Help us come up with plan of action by answering these and other questions:

• What can people with disabilities in Middlesex, Somerset and Union Counties do?
• How can the Alliance help?
• How do we get our allies and friends to join us?

Seating for this discussion is limited.  

Please RSVP to Argenys Caba by calling 732-738-4388 ext. 113 or emailing acaba@adacil.org.

Discover a nation in the grip of revolution, where convict Jean Valjean is on the run. Hunted relentlessly by the policeman Javert for breaking his parole, he must leave his past behind and keep his vow to raise the young orphaned Cosette. But with revolution in the air and Javert closing in, Jean Valjean has no choice but to fight for his life and sacrifice everything to protect the people he loves.

COST: $7.00 at the door, $5.00 for Seniors, Children are FREE!

Interested? Please contact Nybil Ghanem at 732-738-4388 ext. 121 or nghanem@adacil.org.

Please meet us at the ticket booth. Transportation will not be provided.

COST: $7.00 per ticket (HALF PRICE!)

Interested? Contact Nybil Ghanem at 732-738-4388 ext. 121 or nghanem@adacil.org. Please RSVP by Friday, June 28th, 2013.

Please make checks payable to The Alliance Center for Independence 629 Amboy Ave, Edison NJ 08837. Don’t forget to put in the memo: Patriots ticket.