Disability Rights Hawaii

 

DRH supports making all houses visitable by persons with disabilities.

 

For more information on Visitability click here

 

 

Disability Rights Hawaii is a grassroots non-profit disability rights organization. It was organization in 1992, and in 1993 received its 501(c)3 status as a tax-exempt non-profit with the Internal Revenue Service.

 

IRS documentation is here.

  

This site is primarily for purposes of general information and contact information. The purpose of DRH, as stated in the Bylaws and the Articles of Incorporation is

 

to educate the public to the legal rights and needs of persons with disabilities; to advocate for the improvement of the quality of life of persons with disabilities, and to work toward the implementation of the ADA of 1990 and other similar legislation, and to do so in a way consistent with Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

Bylaws state that the membership of DRH is constituted by its mailing list. Newsletters coincide with DRH’s bimonthly meetings. The meetings are usually scheduled for the last Tuesday of the month, in odd-numbered months.

 

Our Officers and Board of Directors (as of July 2008) are as follows:

 

President and Director: Daniel Grant-Johnson

Vice President and Director: Chris Cholas

Secretary and Director: Ron Amundson

Treasurer and Director: Laura Tobosa

Director: Donald Haumea

Director: Linda Toms Barker

Director: Martin Hodapp

 

DRH was organized in Hilo, Hawaii, and that’s where we do most of our work. But we advocate at the County, State, and Federal levels, and we have members across the state of Hawaii and a few on the mainland.

 

The DRH Newsletters are primarily produced as email, but are also available in hard copy, large print, and Braille, delivered by the US Postal Service. If you wish to be on our mailing list, use our contact information below.

 

For a copy of a DRH Newsletter, click here. (This site is not often updated. If you want a copy of the most recent Newsletter, email ronald@hawaii.edu.)

 

For our IRS nonprofit documentation, click here.

 

NEW MEMBERS ARE WELCOME: Use one of the following contacts:

 

Email: ronald@hawaii.edu             Ron Amundson, Secretary

 

Telephone: (808) 961-5601           Danny Grant-Johnson, President (probably an answering machine)

 

Disability Rights Hawaii

P. O. Box 5575

Hilo, HI  96720