outside the capitol and they talked about why so many lives depended on congress passing build back better. they were specifically trying to direct attention, i think they were successful in this, directing attention to this really important and previously overlooked part of build back better, which is its support for elderly people and disabled people getting home-based care and community-based care. that is huge for the lives and the dignity of elderly people and disabled people and their families. and that s in the build back better bill and they went out there for 24 straight hours to put a spotlight on that. at one point in the night, they held up this illuminated sign, care can t wait and that phrase has been a rallying cry among people who have been trying to get president biden s agenda passed. a few weeks later, in yet another direct action, healthcare activists held a rally outside a senate office building. they urged senators to support
Darby McNamara was well-known in the community. He was an avid athlete, a talented artist and had an excellent sense of humor. It was his dream to go to culinary school and become a chef, having worked in the Steamboat Springs restaurant scene for a number of years. But on July 4, 2010, at age 21, he took his own life.
In school, he had been labeled a “problem child” and a behavioral issue. He became addicted to drugs and alcohol in middle school, and he was diagnosed with ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. There hadn’t really been talk of depression, which his older sister Meghan McNamara said seemed to exacerbate most of his issues, which she said started in childhood.