I’m here at the Federal Building, which houses the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), a division of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
It was a bit intense at first, but we managed to get some of our folks inside. Negotiations began immediatelly. The long and short of it is that a couple of hours later, Roosevelt Freeman, Regional Director of OCR, came out with some of his staff to speak with ADAPT. He promised to meet with 10 ADAPT members tomorrow, Wednesday, to discuss the demands. Score another victory for ADAPT!
Now, as I post, we are at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Within minutes of our takeover, the Regional Director announced that she would meet with ADAPT upstairs, so six of us are meeting right now with her and eight of her staff. They have now come out to give an update. I will tell you more later, but so far, they have committed to meeting with ADAPT regularly.
More later…