Individuals in Bolivia, spearhead a movement advocating for the rights of people with disabilities. They gather and motivate hundreds during a 35-day, 250-mile journey across the Andes to reach the Bolivian capital, battling harsh conditions and hunger along the way. Confronting barricades, riot police, and hostility from fellow citizens, these activists persist and ultimately arrive in La Paz, rewriting national history.
After the film join us for a conversation with President and CEO of The Arc of Ohio, Gary Tonks!
Gary Tonks is President/CEO of The Arc of Ohio, Ohio’s oldest and largest grassroots lead organization, representing individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilitie. Tonks will present an overview of how the struggles in the film showing of “La Lucha” mirror our history of disability in Ohio. He will also provide ways that we can take an active role in making positive improvements in our human service network, through administrative and legislative action.
