REV UP New Jersey

REV UP New Jersey REV UP NJ is designed to get more people with disabilities and our supporters registered and voting! We cannot rest on our past victories. USE YOUR POWER!

The Alliance Center for Independence (ACI) has teamed up with Bob Kafka and the Texas Disability Project to become a NJ partner in the REV UP Campaign (Register, Educate, Vote, Use our Power)! The campaign is designed to get more people with disabilities and our supporters registered and voting! We must build on the past and move forward using the power we have acquired. This power can be exerted by Making the DISABILITY VOTE Count! Policymakers are influenced by large numbers of people turning out to vote in the primaries and the general elections. Together we have the power to change our communities! "More than at any time in memory: Issues important to people with disabilities must be part of any candidate’s platform running for public office. To Vote: First you must Register. Get Educated on the issues. Then most important you must Vote. Together We Can Make a Difference!" - Bob Kafka, ADAPT

Join thousands of New Jerseyites with disabilities, family members and our supporters in important upcoming elections! Join us in the REV UP Campaign of New Jersey! This work is supported with a grant from the NJ Council on Developmental Disabilities.

09/03/2025

ob Kafka, host of BARRIER FREE FUTURES radio/podcast on disability and aging issues KSFR 101.1 Santa Fe, NM interviews Luke  Koppisch, Organizer REV UP New Jersey - Deputy Director Alliance Center for Independent Living., Topics  Governor and  Assembly races in New Jersey 2025  ....

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08/12/2025

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08/12/2025

Are you ready to in November? Today is National Poll Worker Recruitment Day. Strengthen democracy right in your own community. New Jersey needs more poll workers to help our friends and neighbors vote. Find out how at PollWorker.NJ.Gov.

Film Screening: Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act 👨‍🦽‍➡️ https://conta.cc/4nWXtpA
07/18/2025

Film Screening: Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act 👨‍🦽‍➡️ https://conta.cc/4nWXtpA

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07/16/2025

Join ACI for an evening of reflection, community, and celebration as we honor the 35th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Disability Pride Month! We will be screening Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act, a new PBS documentary that weaves together archi

Transportation Legislation to Improve NJ Transit 🚌 https://conta.cc/3UdALM7
07/16/2025

Transportation Legislation to Improve NJ Transit 🚌 https://conta.cc/3UdALM7

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07/16/2025

Assemblywoman Linda S. Carter of Union County has introduced three bills in the New Jersey General Assembly aimed at addressing the issues experienced by passengers with disabilities on NJ Transit’s paratransit and fixed-route bus services. These bills respond directly to concerns raised by disability advocates, NJ Transit riders, and the ACI.

Visit our website for more info: https://www.adacil.org/latest-updates/transportation-legislation

07/03/2025

The Alliance Center for Independence would like to thank the New Jersey State Legislature for restoring 3 million dollars in funding for NJ's 12 Centers for Independent Living. The restoration of funding allows ACI and our sister CILs to continue the work of empowering people with disabilities through advocacy, peer support, independent living skills, transition services, and other vital services.

Under the budget proposal submitted by Governor Murphy in January, funding for CILs would be cut to $0.

We are grateful to our lawmakers, especially Assemblywoman Carol Murphy and Senator Vin Gopal, who introduced resolutions in the Assembly and state Senate, respectively, to restore funding. We appreciate their recognition of the important role we provide to the disability community.

A big THANK YOU to everyone who wrote and called our legislators, showed up at meetings and our No Cuts to CILs Rally in May, and did all the advocacy work that made this happen!

07/02/2025
06/27/2025

The Senate is debating the 2025 Budget Reconciliation bill, which would cut roughly $300 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) over the next decade, which would be the largest rollback of food assistance in U.S. history. It would also cut between $700 billion and $900 billion from Medicaid, threatening the health coverage of millions, including disabled people and older adults. Now is the time! Urge your Senators to reject these cuts and protect SNAP and Medicaid! Learn how: https://www.respectability.org/act/budget-medicaid-snap/

06/11/2025

🧡 We Need Your Voice to Protect Center for Independent Living Services (CILs) in NJ! 🧡

New Jersey’s proposed 2026 budget completely cuts funding for the Centers for Independent Living — including CILSJ, which serves people with disabilities right here in Camden and Gloucester County.

This funding helps us provide:
✅ Independent living support
✅ Life skills coaching
✅ Peer groups and advocacy
✅ Housing assistance (security deposits)
✅ Food Assistance
✅ Driver Training

And many more programs!

Without it, programs could be forced to shut down—leaving people with disabilities without a safety net.

You can help today:

Ask your NJ Senator to co-sponsor Resolution 590, which would restore $3 million in funding for the NJ Association of Centers for Independent Living (NJACIL).

Your voice matters. Your action makes a difference.

Restore funding to CILs!!

06/10/2025

Happy Election Day, New Jersey! Polls are open from 6am-8pm today, June 10. Make your voices heard! Get the details on where to vote at Vote.NJ.Gov.

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The Alliance Center for Independence (ACI) has teamed up with Bob Kafka and the Texas Disability Project to become a NJ partner in the REV UP Campaign (Register, Educate, Vote, Use our Power)! The campaign is designed to get more people with disabilities and our supporters registered and voting!

We cannot rest on our past victories. We must build on the past and move forward using the power we have acquired. This power can be exerted by Making the DISABILITY VOTE Count! Policymakers are influenced by large numbers of people turning out to vote in the primaries and the general elections. Together we have the power to change our communities!

Join thousands of New Jerseyites with disabilities, family members and our supporters in important upcoming elections! Join us in the REV UP Campaign of New Jersey!

This work is supported with a grant from the NJ Council on Developmental Disabilities.