Opening gilded cages. (On the Line).San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden What started off as an act of civil disobedience civil disobedience, refusal to obey a law or follow a policy believed to be unjust. Practitioners of civil disobediance basing their actions on moral right and usually employ the nonviolent technique of passive resistance in order to bring wider attention to the around the Earl Warren Noun 1. Earl Warren - United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974) Warren State Office Building in San Francisco led to the arrest of 100 members of American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT). The arrest occurred after six hours of protest on October 23 by 500 activists. The protesters sought to speak with Governor Gray Davis about community-based alternatives to renovating Laguna Honda, the nation's largest nursing home. ADAPT wants the money to be used to support people in the community, rather than segregating them in a "gilded gild 1 tr.v. gild·ed or gilt , gild·ing, gilds 1. To cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold. 2. To give an often deceptively attractive or improved appearance to. 3. cage." For more information about ADAPT, go to www.adapt.org or call (303) 733-9324. |
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