We got to sleep in again! We went to a rally at noon in downtown Lexington. The rally was called stay out late and was put together to advocate for accessible bus services to run later at night. Right now in Lexington they accessible busses stop at 8 PM therefore if someone in a wheelchair wanted to go out at night or had a night job they would not be able to take pubic transportation home. I thought it was really neat because the organizer said that the majority of time people with disabilities rarely get to advocate for themselves. The rally was primarily people with disabilities at a park downtown talking to state officers about the situation and what they would like to see changed.
After the rally we went to Latitude for lunch, Latitude is an art studio for people with disabilities. The studio provides people with disabilities the opportunity to do whatever they wanted artistically. They have had art from the studio displayed in New York and Paris. It was amazing to see some of the work and to see how creative everyone at the studio was. After lunch we had the afternoon off and a few of us went to Buffalo Wild Wings because we have been craving some good wings all trip.
We had an amazing sponsored dinner at the Tin Roof. The sponsor was a huge IU fan so I made sure to rub in how well Purdue basketball was doing compared to IU’s program. It was a relaxed meal and the first time that we went to a restaurant and got to order whatever we wanted!!!! The place had live music that night which a bunch of us came back for.
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The studio provides people with disabilities the opportunity to do whatever they wanted artistically.
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