# lady liberty (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover lady liberty. Page: Feed: --- ## [Being Heumann—a Timely Measure of our Empathy](https://www.campaignforladyliberty.org/2025/10/29/__trashed/) _2025-10-29 · Michele Carr · Campaign for Lady Liberty_ This past summer marked the 35th anniversary of the passage and signing of The Americans with Disabilities Act, more commonly known as the ADA. In honor of this event, and at the suggestion of a friend, I read Being Heumann—An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann with Kristen Joiner (Beacon Press, 2020, Boston). I was deeply moved by Judy’s story and \[…\] ## [Rakes and Leaf Blowers](https://www.campaignforladyliberty.org/2024/10/29/rakes-and-leaf-blowers/) _2024-10-30 · Michele Carr · Campaign for Lady Liberty_ Every autumn I get out my trusty rake and begin to clean up the falling leaves. At first the leaves fall slowly and I only need to rake once a week, but as the weather turns chilly and the sun goes farther south, I rake every day or so. Raking is a therapeutic exercise for me. It is a gathering in of all the beauty \[…\] ## [Give Me Your Poor](https://www.campaignforladyliberty.org/2024/09/11/give-me-your-poor/) _2024-09-11 · Michele Carr · Campaign for Lady Liberty_ Daniel Gilbert is my great-great grandfather. His mother, Sarah Choules Gilbert, heard the Mormon missionaries preaching near her small town of East Grafton, England and after more investigation, decided she had found truth. She was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and began her quest to go to America. This was not easy. The Gilberts were poor and had a \[…\]