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BENDING TOWARD JUSTICE

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Established in 1980, Access Living is a change agent committed to fostering an inclusive society that enables Chicagoans with disabilities to live fully-engaged and self-directed lives. Nationally recognized as a leading force in the disability advocacy community, Access Living challenges stereotypes, protects civil rights and champions social reform.

Access Living staff and leaders at the 2 014 “Lead On!” Gala.

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LE TTER FRO M THE PRESIDENT 2014 Board of Directors

In 1964, Martin Luther King delivered a sermon at Board Chair the commencement exercises for Wesleyan University Ben Lumicao, Jr. Vice Chair in Connecticut. In closing, King used a quote Andrés J. Gallegos Treasurer attributed to an abolitionist named Theodore Parker. Michael Santay King said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, Secretary Joyce Lane but it bends toward justice.” Marca Bristo speaking at a rally in Board Members This year, communities across the country recog- rights of other marginalized populations, was built Washington, DC Nelly Aguilar Zully JF Alvarado nized the progress of the arc toward justice by upon the foundation of the Civil Rights Act. Evelyn Arkebauer celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Though the laws have covered tremendous Henry Betts Act, marking the significance of the law, reflecting ground, disparities still exist, in particular for dialogue around immigration reform. Marca Bristo, President & CEO on the impact of the law, and identifying work still minorities with disabilities. For example, the Internally, Access Living has equipped itself with Dianne Collins to be done by the law. I had the honor of speaking percentage of people with disabilities not working is the awareness, skills and knowledge to support a Joanne Crown, Life Member Kareem Dale at an event in Chicago that commemorated the close to 70%. Among minorities with disabilities, the broad and diverse community. Over the past few Maury Fantus anniversary. The event gave me the opportunity unemployment rate for African Americans and years, we have undergone a cultural assessment Kevin Fritz to reflect on my transformation from a person with Hispanics is higher than it is among Caucasians.* and a variety of cultural trainings, and we have Peter Gidwitz, Life Member a disability who saw curbs or stairs or inaccessible Within Illinois, a report from 2 012 found that modified human resource policies to continue the Will Haffner buses and bathrooms as a problem I had to navi- suspension rates were near 25% for African process to make Access Living a truly inclusive Neil Hartigan Kevin Irvine gate around, to a person who saw barriers as American students and 42% for disabled African environment. Jerry Kendall examples of societal discrimination. For me, this American students. “The gap in Illinois between the Every day, people at Access Living do their part Kristi L. Kirshner transformation changed me from the inside out, suspension of African-American and White Students to bridge the gap between the disability community Beatrice Cummings Mayer, Life Member and I understood my experience as part of the was more than 21%, the largest racial gap in the and the promise of the Civil Rights Act and the Lance L. Rainge broader Civil Rights struggle that had surrounded country.”** To address this issue, Access Living’s Americans with Disabilities Act. Through our Shawnelle Richie Warner Saunders me during my youth. I felt a deep sense of personal Advance Youth Leadership Power has been part of programs and supports, hundreds of people within John Schmidt responsibility to get involved. the citywide “High Hopes” Coalition, which the Access Living network empower themselves and Cliff Weber The Civil Rights celebrations in 2 01 4 set the campaigns for the implementation of Restorative others with disabilities with a foundation to live Kristin Weaver stage for another significant milestone, next year’s Justice, rather than zero tolerance practices. fulfilling lives based upon independence and 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Restorative Justice seeks to treat behavioral issues inclusion. The work is never easy, and the job will Act. This year, starting in Houston, Texas, the ADA rather than punish behavior. As a result, suspensions never be done, but each day, the efforts of staff, Legacy Tour Bus began a year-long trip across the are down more than 10 percent. Board Members Evelyn Arkebauer board, consumers, volunteers and supporters bends and Lance Rainge. United States. The tour will stop in communities from On a national level, groups around the country the arc a bit closer toward justice. coast to coast, sharing the message and the history have built coalitions around immigration reform. of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The final leg Ideas put forward often excluded issues unique to of the tour will end in Washington, DC, on July 26, immigrants with disabilities. Locally and nationally, 2015, the 25th anniversary of the signing of Cambiando Vidas, Access Living’s Community the Americans with Disabilities Act. While it took Organizing Group for Latinos with Disabilities, built another 26 years to recognize, the Americans with partnerships and advocated for a seat at the table Marca Bristo , President & CEO Disabilities Act, like many laws protecting the civil in order to include people with disabilities in the Access Living

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LE LETTERTTER FRO MTHE FROBOARD MCHA IR THE BOAR D CH AIR

In 2 01 4, like every other year, Access Living hosted a “Lead On!” Gala. The gala is a critical source of WHAT WE DO support for Access Living. Just as important, the gala is a wonderful opportunity to share Access Living’s goals and successes with Chicago’s professional The Independent Living Department includes community, and to celebrate the work of individuals Access Living programs are all of Access Living’s direct services to individuals and groups that are empowering the disability geared to support people living in their own community. This year, we gave “Lead On!” awards to divided into Independent a diverse group. We honored Walgreens for its homes. Services include Community and Economic leadership to hire people with disabilities. King Harris Living, Advocacy, and Legal Support Services, Community Reintegration was recognized for his initiative to integrate disability Departments. The departments Services, Housing Search Services, Personal into civic issues impacting Chicago, and we Assistant Services and Youth and Education celebrated Karen Meyer of ABC 7 for giving voice in Marca Bristo, President & CEO, with Services. Board Chair Ben Lumicao. position staff to deliver the media to disability issues for more than 20 years. I am now in my second full year as chair of the programs and services that The Advocacy Department includes Access Access Living Board. As Board Chair, I have the goals that call on Access Living to be an influential Living’s community organizing, under the banner privilege of participating in the gala. At this year’s voice to promote person centered health care for equip people with disabilities “Power to the People,” and policy work, and gala, I stood on stage at Navy Pier and spoke about people with disabilities, to become a leader in addresses issues from youth empowerment, Access Living’s Health Care Policy Team. The team is to advocate for themselves, promoting employment for people with disabilities, housing and education, to employment, health care working with groups across Chicago to identify and to increase support for people with psychiatric and Latinos with disabilities. The Advocacy address barriers that prevent people with disabilities live independently, and create disabilities, and to increase our capacity to engage Department also houses Access Living’s Arts & from seeking out and receiving quality health care. in international disability work. Culture Project, designed to raise awareness Already, the team is having an impact. This spring, an inclusive community. As I continue my term as Board Chair, I look around disability arts, community and culture. Just after five years of planning, the Mile Square Health forward to working with Access Living and partnering Center opened in Chicago’s Humboldt Park this year, Advocacy launched the Ombudsman with the Chicago community to implement these neighborhood. Access Living played an active role in Program. The program gives people with goals. Working together, we can all do our part to advocating for the architectural space, accessible disabilities who live in the community support on impact a more accessible Chicago, and to ensure that medical equipment, and communication aids that issues related to health care providers and plans, all people with disabilities have the tools to pursue assure that consumers with disabilities can be home services programs, benefits and rights. equal opportunities, and to live independent and accommodated. fulfilling lives. Mile Square Health Center is just one example of The Legal Department includes the enforce - how support for Access Living can make a difference. ment of laws enacted to ensure the right of people In 2 014, Access Living launched a new five-year with disabilities to live the lives they envision in strategic plan, laying the groundwork for making a communities of their choice. Access Living works deeper impact on Chicago’s disability community and to resolve individual complaints, most often related on the broader Chicago community. Among many Ben Lumicao, Jr. to fair housing, and pursues class-action litigation other items, the new plan includes programmatic Board Chair designed to impact system-wide policy change. Annual Report_v3_Layout 1 11/19/14 2:52 PM Page 8

2014 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Independent Living Department Advocacy Department

Access Living helped more tha n110 people secure integrated, accessible and Access Living launched the Home and Community Ombudsman Program. affordable housing. Twenty eight found housing through the Housing Counseling The Ombudsman are advocates who assist individuals with disabilities address program, and 87 found housing through the Community Reintegration Program. matters related to health care providers and plans, home services programs, With the Community Reintegration Program, Access Living supported the benefits and rights. Already, since the program began, advocates have helped transition of people out of a nursing home, and into an apartment of their own people get their benefits reinstated, retrieve security deposits from landlords, and in an integrated community. secure in-home services to prevent nursing home placement.

With the support of Access Living, three out of the five people with disabilities in The Disability Rights Action Coalition for Housing launched the Equal Access Access Living’s 2 014 Staff Associate Program secured permanent employment. Across Chicago Campaign, reaching out to Chicago Aldermen to better coordinate opportunities for affordable, accessible, integrated housing. Access Living launched a new section of the Stepping Stones Peer Support Program, a group for people with disabilities who are transitioning out of nursing Cambiando Vidas, Access Living’s Latinos with disabilities organizing group, homes to meet and learn from peers who have had similar experiences. In 2 014, surveyed 100 businesses in Latino areas of Chicago to raise awareness about to reach new people, and to share the philosophy of independent living with a and promote Americans with Disabilities Act access. new audience, Access Living started to host classes in nursing homes in addition to those offered at Access Living. The Empowered Fe Fes hosted a successful International Women’s Day event, attracting a diverse group of more than 100 women to discuss issues affecting Access Living staffed information tables at 13 street festivals and events across women with disabilities. Chicago, extending the message of Access Living independence and inclusion to hundreds of people new to Access Living. Legal Department This year, 87 people transitioned out of nursing homes into the community. Pictured here are people Members of DRACH building Fair Housing staff at Access Living serve as a resource and a legal tool for who have moved into their own apartments through support for Equal Access individuals who may have faced housing discrimination based upon disability. the Community Reintegration Program. Across Chicago. Access Living handled a total of 52 Fair Housing Cases in FY 2014, including 28 new cases.

In one fair housing case, Access Living assisted a couple who live in a building with an inaccessible common area stairway. The husband, who uses a wheelchair, was trapped in his unit for several months because of the inaccessible common area. When he had to leave the unit for medical appointments, the Chicago Fire Department carried him in and out of the building. After several months of negotiation with the building, follow-up correspondence to the unit owners, and our recruitment of a law firm to co- counsel the matter, a chair lift was successfully installed.

Legal staff continued to protect the Home Services of individuals with disabilities, including representing a woman who had her services completely cut off. Through Access Living’s legal support, the decision to remove the woman’s services was reversed and the woman was found eligible for Home Services. Stepping Stones group with hands Access Living reached hundreds of people through fair housing trainings. This on computer included a new collaboration with the Stepping Stones group at Access Living. training at Through this collaboration, legal staff taught people who have recently Access Living. transitioned out of nursing homes about their housing rights as people with disabilities. Annual Report_v3_Layout 1 11/19/14 2:52 PM Page 10

Throughout history, Presidents, Civil Rights Leaders, and abolitionists have used the quote, “the Arc of the Moral Universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” The quote is used as a rallying BENDING cry, urging people to engage around issues of civil rights, and do their part to move history closer to justice. Within the disability movement, many people have responded, doing their part to TOWARD realize the rights of people with disabilities. Below are a few examples of individuals within the Access Living community and directly connected to the Access Living community who do all they JUSTICE can to bend the arc toward justice. Independence Now Ira Perry and Kimberly Martin met at a nursing classes at Access Living to manage their finances. home. Prior to meeting, both Perry and Martin— Today they are living successfully in the who are now a couple—were seriously injured on community and continue to build their resources separate occasions. Both were also left with long- by taking classes. They also became peer mentors term disabilities. They both had to contend with for other people transitioning from nursing homes the lengthy battles of getting themselves out of in order to give back the support they had nursing homes and back into the community—a received when they were adjusting to life after the goal they eventually achieved with some help nursing home. Talking about her experiences, from advocacy organizations including Access Martin said, “If you want something, go Living. Access Living’s Stepping Stones classes for it. Make the effort and you will be offered Perry and Martin training to readjust to surprised where that will take you.” independent living, peer mentor sessions to get advice from other people who had been through similar experiences, and a network of advocates to ensure that all of the proper steps were being followed. They also took financial literacy

Ira Perry (second from left back room) and Kimbery Martin (second from left front row), along with many others, graduated this year from the Financial Literacy program.

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BENDING TOWARD JUSTICE

Fair Housing At the 2014 National Council on Independent Living Access Living played an integral role in gathering Conference, disabili ty organizations honored Senator data for two national disability-centered housing Harkin for his lifetime commitment to civil and human rights. Harkin will retire at the end of the next Senate session. discrimination studies for the United States The Convention on Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The studies, directed by the Urban Institute the Rights of People in Washington D.C., utilized fair housing testing with Disabilities to measure and estimate discrimination against All year long, the disability community battled home seekers with disabilities. One study, the first fiercely to build support for the United Nations national study of its kind, focused on people who Convention on the Rights of People with are deaf or extremely hard of hearing, and the Disabilities. The Disability Treaty is modeled after other study focused on people who use the Americans with Disabilities Act and is wheelchairs. HUD expects to release its findings designed to protect the human rights of people and a report in 2 01 5. with disabilities worldwide. More than 140 countries around the world have ratified the treaty. A coalition of more than 800 organizations across the country has been advocating for the U.S . Senate to ratify the treaty. At Access Living, advocates helped build and lead a strong coalition of treaty supporters, coordinating hundreds of calls, emails, and visits to Senators to build support for ratification. Despite strong bipartisan Senate support, the

treaty came under fire and has not yet been Access Living staff and leaders in ratified. But the community continues to organize Washington, DC to raise support for CRPD. to ratify the treaty. Within the Senate, there is no stronger champion than Senator Tom Harkin. “Since the passage of the ADA, we have led the way in Harkin continues to crusade for the treaty and integrating people with disabilities into every aspect of disability rights, proclaiming, “Since the passage our society...Disability advocates will not give up this of the ADA, we have led the way in integrating people with disabilities into every aspect of our fight, and neither will I.” societ y.. . Disability advocates will not give up —Senator Tom Harkin this fight, and neither will I.”

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WHO WE SERVE

Access Living serves and advocates on Consumer Demographics behalf of people with physical, develop - The following charts are a demographic mental, intellectual, psychiatric and sensory breakdown of Access Living consumers for PLANNE D disabilities. In Fiscal Year 2 014, Access the fiscal year 2 01 4. Living provided individual services t o1631 3% people. Access Living serves people with Age Unknown 8% disabilities from communities all around 24 & Under 18% GIV ING Chicago. The majority of our consumers 60 & over 24 & Under are low-income and people of color. Many thanks to the generous 25-59 Access Living 60 & over members of Access Living’s Planned

Through advocacy, independent living Unknown Legacy Society Giving Legacy Society that have already made this commitment: services, peer support and information 71% and referral, Access Living impacts issues 25 to 59 In 2 013, Access Living launched Anonymous related to: our planned giving program. Mr. & Mrs. Garland and • civil rights enforcement Race/Ethnicity Through planned giving, donors Heather Armstrong Mrs. Lucy Ascoli • community reintegration <1% Native can provide support that benefits American Mr. Henry T. Chandler • education 2% both Access Living and their Mr. Henry T. Chandler, Jr. Asian/PI 3% Other • employment 8% Ms. Courtney Graham Donnell Hispanic loved ones. By joining the Access • fair housing African Mr. Maurice Fantus American Living Legacy Society, donors • financial literacy Mr. William French Caucasian • health care ensure that Access Living can Mr. & Mrs. Andres and 21% Hispanic Donna Gallegos • housing Caucasian continue to empower people with 65% Asian/Pacific Mrs. Beatrice C. Mayer • transportation African Islander American disabilities to live independently Ms. Susan R. Nussbaum Native American for years to come. Ms. Amy Osler

Other Ms. Pamela Ransom Mrs. Jennifer Thomas Disability Type

4% Other 2% Vision 10% Cognitive For those who are interested in learning more about planned giving, please visit Access Living’s planned giving website for helpful information and 4% Hearing 13% useful tools at http://www.accessliving.plannedgiving.org. Psychiatric You can also contact Bianca Barr, Planned Giving Manager, at Cognitive [email protected] or at ( 31 2) 640-2 11 3 to get more information or Psychiatric schedule an appointment. In 2 014, Access Living again made consistent trips to Springfield Physical 67% Physical to raise awareness about state programs that support the Hearing independence of people with disabilities. This included 35 people attending the Governor’s Budget Address. Vision Other Annual Report_v3_Layout 1 11/19/14 2:53 PM Page 16

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PUBLIC FUNDING INDIVIDUAL DONORS Ms. Ellen M. Frankle Mr. Ben Lumicao Mr. & Mrs. Andrés J. and Donna Gallegos Mr. & Mrs. Brad and Kathy Markham City of Chicago Advocates Diamond Level Dr. & Mrs. Larry and Michelle Goodman Mr. David A. Martin & Ms. Melinda C. Martin Department of Family & Support Services- $20,000 and above Mr. & Mrs. M. Scott & Chris Gordon Mr. Newton N. Minow Youth Mentoring Anonymous Mr. Edward Haffner & Ms. Mirja Spooner Haffner Ms. Erica Norals Department of Planning & Development -- The Crown Family Ms. Frances Kao & Ms. Nancy Picard Ms. Susan R. Nussbaum Technical Assistance- Citywide Mr. & Mrs. Thomas and Dina Demetrio Dr. Christopher Kelly & Ms. Shawn Donnelley Ms. Deborah Nutley Mayor‘s Office for People with Disabilities Mrs. Anne Haffner Dr. & Mrs. Benjamin Lumicao Ms. Lisa Goren Pritzker Illinois Arts Council Agency Henry T. Chandler, Jr. Trust Mr. & Mrs. Wayne and Amy Madsen Ms. Pamela J. Ransom Program Grant Mrs. Beatrice Cummings Mayer Mr. & Mrs. Ron and Paula Mallicoat Ms. Shawnelle Richie Illinois Department on Aging Mr. & Mrs. Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Mrs. Paddy McNamara Mr. & Mrs. Burton and Sheli Rosenberg Ombudsman Program Mr. & Mrs. Michael and Cindy Santay Dr. & Mrs. Elliot and Renee Roth Colbert Housing Relocation Program Advocates Platinum Level Mr. & Mrs. Arthur and Elaine Wong Mr. & Mrs. Joseph and Janet Sameh Illinois Department of HealthCare and $10,000 –19,999 Dr. & Mrs. Yeong-chi and Susan Wu Mr. & Mrs. Warner and Sadako Saunders Family Services Mr. & Mrs. Todd and Evelyn Arkebauer Mr. & Mrs. Alan G. and Roslyn Schwartz Colbert Housing Relocation Program Mr. & Mrs. Henry T. and Clarissa H. Chandler Advocates Bronze Level Mr. & Mrs. Samuel C. Scott, III Illinois Department of Human Services Mrs. Kelly McNamara Corle y – $1,00 0–2,499 Mr. Neil J. Senk Independent Living Program Discover Financial Services Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. David and Susan Sherman Home Services Program Mr. James Gidwitz Mr. Carl Arkebauer Mr. Ivan G. Strauss Mr. & Mrs. Rick and Jan Bail Ms. Diane C. Swonk Community Reintegration Marca Bristo with “Lead On!” Honoree Mr. & Mrs. Ronald and Christina Gidwitz Ms. Jean McKee Barry Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Thomas Personal Assistance Training King Harris and his wife Caryn Harris. Mr. Will Haffner Personal Assistance Backup Training Mr. John Schmidt & Ms. Janet Gilboy Mr. Chris Begy Mr. & Mrs. James and Renee Togher Vocational Rehabilitation Mr. & Mrs. Michael and Kelly Small Drs. Michael Brown & Christina Marciniak Mr. Clifford Weber & Ms. Nancy Prussian-Weber Community Based Employment Services Ms. Elaine Burke Mr. Jeffry Wineman U.S. Department of Education Advocates Gold Level Ms. Jessica Clarke Dr. James Young Rehab Services Administration $10,00 0–19,999 $1,00 0–4,999 $5,00 0–9,999 Mr. Steven H. Cohen & Ms. Mary L. Mikva Centers for Independent Living Anonymous Aetna, Inc. Drs. Margaret Dickerson & Robert Fliegelman Mr. & Mrs. E. David and Constance Coolidge $50 0–999 Empowerment Zone Abbott Allstate Giving Campaign Mr. Maurice Fantus & Ms. Judith Aiello-Fantus Mr. Kareem A. Dale Ms. Sharen Berman U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Allstate Insurance Company Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital Mr. & Mrs. Warren and Beverly Hayford Mrs. Yoshiko S. Dart Ms. Kemery Bloom Development Aon of Chicago Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth and Lucy Lehman Mr. Douglas R. Eaton Ms. Nancy Brooks Fair Housing Initiatives Program BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois/HCSC Blum-Kovler Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Henry and Wendy Paulson Mr. & Mrs. Philip and Regan Friedmann Mr. Matt Connelly Housing Counseling Program Carol Lavin Bernick Family Foundation Bruce T. Halle Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Louis B. Susman Ms. Nancy Gidwitz Mrs. Edith F. Demar The Chicago Bar Foundation Chicago Foundation for Women Mr. & Mrs. Glenn F. and Jacqueline M. Tilton Ms. Carol Goldman Mr. & Mrs. Mark and Carla Frisch Cigna-Healthspring China Fund LP Ms. Sarita Warshawsky Hon. Neil F. Hartigan Dr. Gail Gamble CORPORATIONS & Illinois Bar Foundation Chiron Philanthropic Fund Mr. Robert Hill & Ms. Thea Flaum Hill Mr. Eric Grossman & Ms. Anne Riggs FOUNDATIONS Lawyers Committee for Better Housing Donald Learner Family Foundation Advocates Silver Level Mr. & Mrs. Ed and Josephine Holzer Ms. Jacqueline Hanson McKee Family Foundation Health and Medicine Policy Research Group $2,50 0–4,999 Dr. & Mrs. Michael and Beverly Huckman Mr. Michael J. Hogan Rush University Medical Center Hill Foundation for Families Living Mr. Eric Jensen & Ms. Diane Mc Keever Ms. Janene Ingram $50,000 and above Anonymous SEIU Health Care IL IN With Disabilities Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas and Judith Kaleel Mr. Kevin Irvine & Ms. Karen Tamley Anonymous Mr. Greg Alexander SEIU IL Council Ingredion Foundation Mr. & Mrs. W. Jerry and Jacquelyn Kendall Mr. Ray Koenig The Chicago Community Trust Ms. Susanne Broutman The Sofia Fund for Advocacy of Chicago Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty Mr. Bob Kettlewell & Ms. Marca Bristo Ms. Celeste E. Kralovec D & R Fund Drs. Raymond Curry & Kristi Kirschner Foundation for Women LCM Architects Mr. & Mrs. Martin and Patricia Koldyke Mr. Keith Kudla JPMorgan Chase & Co. Mr. Ken Danzinger & Ms. Kristin Weaver Sol & Tina P. Waxman Family Foundation NiSource Mr. Norman Koppel & Ms. Terese Sanchez Mr. & Mrs. Elliott and Frances Lehman Pierce & Associates Mr. & Mrs. Dan and Mary Dolan Uber Technologies, Chicago Northern Trust Matching Gift Program Ms. Rosemary Krimbel Mr. Paul Levy Polk Bros. Foundation University of Illinois at Chicago Oil Dri Corporation of America Mr. & Ms. Joel A. Moody Robert and Joanne Crown Income Wieboldt Foundation Peter and Lucy Ascoli Family Fund Ms. Mary Mrugalski Charitable Fund Woods Fund of Chicago Power Family Foundation Mr. Richard Novak & Ms. Sophia Stratton United Way of Metropolitan Chicago The Retirement Research Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Don and Nancy Olson Karen Tamley, Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office $5,00 0–9,999 Seyfarth Shaw LLP Mr. & Mrs. Jaime B. and Tracy Parent $20,00 0–49,999 ABC7 Chicago Special People In Need for People with Disabilities, and Attorney General Dr. Edward F. Price Anonymous CCAI and Family Health Network Lisa Madigan. Mr. Lance L. Rainge Alphawood Foundation Centene Corporation $50 0–999 Mr. Sheldon Reis & Ms. Judy Panko Reis BMO Harris Bank Chapman and Cutler LLP Ariel Investments, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Ron and Jill Rohde Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust Chicago Housing Authority Kirkland & Ellis Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Paul and Bettylu Saltzman Exelon CNA Miller Cooper & Company Ltd. Ms. Jean Lewis Wallace Michael and Jacky Ferro The Sun-Times Deloitte LLP Personnel Planners Mr. & Mrs. Thomas and Ruth Ann Watkins Foundation/ The Chicago Community Trust Dentons US LLP Gogo Air Elick and Charlotte Lindon Fund of the $100– 499 $100 – 499 Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P. Chicago Foundation for Women Bank of America United Way Campaign Mr. Lawrence B. Aaron Harris Family Foundation Lakshmi Foundation Church of the Three Crosses Ms. Susan J. Aarup Helen Brach Foundation Lazard David & Cindy Pogrund Charities Ltd Mr. Charles Acasili Illinois Tool Works Inc. Nicor Gas The Field Foundation of Illinois, Inc. Ms. Susan S. Adler Northern Trust Company Patrick and Anna M. Cudahy Fund Mesirow Financial Mr. Frank Alschuler Peoples Gas Company Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) Network for Good Ms. Phyllis Apelbaum Pierce Family Foundation Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Over the Rainbow Association Ms. Marilou Arends Walgreen Co. Robbins, Salomon & Patt, LTD. Prado & Renteria CPA Ms. Karen Athans Seabury Foundation Thresholds Dr. & Mrs. Alan and Jennifer Axelrod The Sidley Austin Foundation Mr. Michael T. Bailey Ms. Lisa K. Bandy Annual Report_v3_Layout 1 11/19/14 2:53 PM Page 18

Mr. Kevin Fritz Mr. Michael Nussbaum Mr. Carl Fuehrmeyer Mr. & Mrs. Greg and Valerie Oguss Ms. Ashley Fullarton Ms. Barbara Otto Ms. Christine Furie Ms. Kristen Pavle Mr. Andrés Gallegos Jr. Mr. Nicholas Peneff Ms. Teresa Garate Mr. Brian Pflaum Ms. Gail Gaston Mr. & Mrs. Hap Phinney and Jaimie Mayer Phinney Mr. & Mrs. Richard and Geraldine Gayle Ms. Maria Prado Ms. Connie Gerber Ms. Christy Prahl Mr. Peter E. Gidwitz Ms. Randi J. Ragins Ms. Valery Gilmore Dr. Melanie Rak Mr. & Mrs. Marc and Tara Giuliano Mr. Jordan B. Rifis Mr. & Mrs. William and Ethel Gofen Ms. Anne Rorimer Mr. Allen Goldberg & Ms. Eveline Faure Mr. & Mrs. Leonard and Linda Rubinowitz Ms. Robyn Golden Ms. Alison Ruble Mrs. Betty Goldiamond Ms. Susan B. Rubnitz Marca Bristo, with Glenn Tilton, Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Golin Mr. Scott Saef Chairman of the Midwest for Ms. J. Cunyon Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Eugenio and Emma Yee Salazar Access Living staff Carleda Johnson, Candace Access Living reaching out to the JPMorgan Chase, and Neil Hartigan. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas and Susan Gordon Mr. Steven Saltzman Coleman, Vatonna Dunn, and Fulani Thrasher. community during the Summer Festival Mr. & Mrs. Robert and Amy Greenebaum Ms. Susan Schaub Season in Chicago. Ms. Theresa Gutierrez Mr. Sam Schwartz-Fenwick Ms. Vinni Hall Ms. Jennifer Sender Dr. Lois K. Halstead Mr. & Mrs. Gerald J. Sherman $100 – 499 continued Mr. David Hanson Mr. Larry Sherman Ms. Catherine Harding Ms. Kimberly Shorette TRIBUTE GIFTS MEMORIAL GIFTS Mr. & Mrs. John Baran Ms. Francee Harrington Mr. & Mrs. Herman and Doris Smith Mr. & Mrs. Alberto and Yolanda Barrera Mr. & Mrs. King and Caryn Harris Dr. Michael Socol & Ms. Donna Kaner Socol In Honor of Gary Arnold In Honor of Marilyn Martin In memory of Marjorie Alschuler Mr. Michael Becker & Ms. Mary Baim Mr. John Hart and Ms. Carol Prins Mr. & Mrs. Steven and Jo Ellen Sommers Mr. Michael Murray Ms. Eve Moran Ms. Marilyn Martin Ms. Mary Beth Beiersdorf Mr. Pat Hein Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin and Susan Squires Ms. Judy Panko Reis Mr. & Mrs. William and Elinor Bell Mr. Scott Hirtenstein Mr. Lawrence Stark & Ms. Mimi Alschuler In Honor of Dr. Henry Betts In Honor of Dr. Jason Mathias Mr. Michael Stark Ms. Nancy Bellew Ms. Marsha F. Holland Mr. Michael Stark Drs. Raymond Curry & Kristi Kirschner Carol Lavin Bernick Family Foundation Ms. Julie Benson Mr. Chris Hopkins Mr. & Mrs. Richard and Karen Stavins Dr. & Mrs. Yeong-chi and Susan Wu In Memory of Reba Law Anderson Mr. Honorio Benzon Mr. Patrick Hughes Mr. Carl W. Stern & Ms. Holly D. Hayes In Honor of Beatrice Cummings Mayer Ms. Barbara L. Kornblau Mr. Drew Beres Ms. Jacqueline Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Jay Stern In Honor of Marca Bristo Bruce T. Halle Family Foundation Mr. Allan I. Bergman Mr. Eugene Jacob Ms. Sharon Athans Stratton Mrs. Yoshiko S. Dart Ms. Danielle Durchslag In Memory of Harry Chandler, Jr. Mr. Marc Berman Mr. Thomas Jefson Ms. Kimberly Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Ms. Rachel Durchslag Mr. & Mrs. Ralph and Sarah Bogan Ms. Carolyn Bernicky Ms. Marguerite Betts King Ms. Diana Thorpe Mrs. Ruth Durchslag Ms. Gail Gaston Mr. & Mrs. Robert and Ruth Berns Mr. & Mrs. Kenton J. Klaus Ms. Christine Thurstone In Honor of Larry Broutman Ms. Jennifer Mayer Mr. & Mrs. Scott W. Turner Dr. & Mrs. Henry and Monika Betts Mr. Jason Klein Mr. & Mrs. Scott W. Turner Ms. Susanne Broutman Mr. & Mrs. Hap Phinney and Jaimie Mayer Phinney Ms. Elizabeth A. Bleakley Ms. Kristine Klemm Ms. Twanda Turner-Hawkins In Memory of Roger Ebert Mr. & Mrs. Ralph and Sarah Bogan Ms. Judith Kolar Mr. Anton R. Valukas In Honor of Courtney Graham Donnell In Honor of Andrew Murray Ms. Regan Burke Ms. Norma Borcherding Mr. & Mrs. John and Martha Kopczyk Mr. Lito Vila-Garcia Mr. and Mrs. Chris and Elizabeth Quigg Mr. Michael Murray Mr. Kevin W. Bradley Mr. James Kopecky Mr. Mark Weber & Ms. Joanne Kinoy In Memory of Joe Pincus Ms. Teresa Bredahl Dr. & Mrs. Lewis and Jill Landsberg Mr. & Mrs. Peter and Patti Werner In Honor of Steve Durchslag In Honor of Lance Rainge and Family Mrs. Beatrice Cummings Mayer Ms. Paula J. Brown Ms. Joyce B. Lane Mr. Bryan Wichman & Ms. Sarah Mirocha Mrs. Beatrice Cummings Mayer Mr. and Mrs. John Baran Mr. & Mrs. Scott and Diane Brown Ms. Gina Lavarda Mr. Henry Williams In Memory of Stephen Seliger Mr. & Mrs. Prakash and Michelle Charles Mr. Daniel Leff Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Joellen Wohlleber In Honor of Maury Fantus In Honor of Carrie, Gregory and Ms. Hillary Coustan Mr. James Charlton & Ms. Caroline Harney Dr. Wayne Lerner and Ms. Sandra Jacobson Lerner Ms. Chun-Shan Yi Ms. Sarita Warshawsky Audrey Sandahl Mr. Keith Clayton Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Lifton Mr. James Yong Mr. Jordan B. Rifis In Memory of Patrick Smock Mrs. Elizabeth Hartigan Connelly Mr. Jonathan Lira Ms. Irma Zaragoza In Honor of Maury and Judy Fantus Ms. Marilyn J. Martin Mr. & Mrs. Kevin and Sarita Connelly Ms. Tekki Lomnicki Ms. Constantine M. Zografopoulos Mrs. Edith F. Demar In Honor of Larry Stark and Mr. Sheldon Reis & Ms. Judy Panko Reis Ms. Catherine Cooke Mr. Michael Lowenthal & Ms. Amy Osler Mimi Alschuler Mr. Thomas J. Wilson Ms. Elizabeth Crandall Mr. & Mrs. Lynn and Eva Maddox In Honor of Peter Gidwitz David & Cindy Pogrund Charities Ltd Mr. Lupe Czerwinski Ms. Jennifer Majewski Ms. Lorra Rudman Ms. Michelina D'Agostino Ms. Colleen Maloney In Honor of Roxanne Wallace Ms. Morgan Davis Mr. Wilson Mantilla In Honor of Mikki Goodman Ms. Jean Lewis Wallace Ms. Carolyn Denton Mr. Tim Markham Ms. Holly D. Hayes & Mr. Carl W. Stern Ms. Teresa Dismukes Mrs. Barbara Marrella In Honor of Jamie Wichman Mr. Jack C. Doppelt & Ms. Margie Schaps Mr. Marcus McElroy In Honor of King Harris Mr. Bryan Wichman & Ms. Sarah Mirocha Mr. & Mrs. Randall and Sally Doubet-King Mr. & Mrs. John and Kary McIlwain Mr. & Mrs. Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Dr. Sheila A. Dugan Ms. Ellen McLaughlin In Honor of Jeffry Wineman Mrs. Ruth Durchslag Mr. Michael Merchant In Honor of Beverly Huckman Ms. Susan S. Adler Ms. Eileen Durkin Ms. Geraldine McCabe Miele Mr. & Mrs. William and Ethel Gofen Dr. Florida Dy Ms. Robin Miller Mr. & Mrs. David and Susan Emmert Ms. Phyllis Mitzen In Honor of Kevin Irvine Mrs. Barbara Falconer Ms. Eve Moran Ms. Maya Bordeaux Ms. Annie Feidt Mr. Eric Moss Ms. Daisy Feidt and Ms. Berenice Tow In Honor of Dr. Kristi Kirschner Fr. Joseph A. Mulcrone “Lead On!” Honoree Karen Meyer Mr. Lauren K. Feldt Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Patrick and Marianne Murphy Dr. Wayne Lerner and Ms. Sandra Jacobson Lerner with Gala MC Theresa Gutierrez. Drs. Sandra Fernbach & Eric Russell Mr. Steve Murphy Ms. Lisa Flaum Ms. Nancy Nauheimer After distinguished careers, Meyer In Honor of Brad Markham Ms. Adrian Foster Ms. Laura Newmeyer and Gutierrez both retired from Mr. & Mrs. Randall and Sally Doubet-King Mr. Alexander Frei & Ms. Elaine Delaney Ms. Mary Jo Noriega ABC 7 this year. Mr. Tim Markham Mr. Merrill Friedman Mr. Jeremy Norman Annual Report_v3_Layout 1 11/19/14 2:53 PM Page 20 Annual Report_v3_Layout 1 11/19/14 2:53 PM Page 22

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Become a member of The Access Living Support the Marathon Team. Each year, Advocates, the giving society of donors Access Living fields a team in the of $ 1000 or more each year. Chicago Marathon. Access Living team members raise awareness and funds for Donate to Access Living online at Access Living. You can help by supporting www.accessliving.org a runner.

Provide for Access Living by making a Join the Young Professionals Council, legacy gift through your will or trust, or by group of young professionals committed naming Access Living as the beneficiary of to supporting inclusion and independence your life insurance policy or retirement for people with disabilities. plan. Visit the Planned Giving site at http: //accessliving.plannedgiving.org/ If you want more information, please contact the Development Office Make a donation of appreciated stocks, at Access Living. 31 2-640- 21 98 (voice), providing a substantial gift to us and a 31 2-640- 2102 (TTY). tax break for you.

Come to our Annual Gala. Gather friends or colleagues to purchase a table or individual tickets to our annual celebration of our vital work.

Host a fundraiser for Access Living at your home, office or at our building.

Ask friends to make a donation to Access Living in lieu of a gift for a Members of the Chase Access Ability Group. special occasion.

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