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National Disability Institute (NDI) Launches Nationwide Video Contest to Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a landmark piece of federal legislation that opened up services and employment opportunities to millions of Americans with disabilities, the National Disability Institute (NDI) launched the Defining the New American Dream video contest to encourage persons with disabilities and their families to capture their American Dream and how they are working to achieve it on video.

How to enter:

• Create a 3-minute video that tells the story of how you are working to achieve your American Dream.
• Upload your video to YouTube. It's easy and free to create an account.
• Beginning July 1, 2010, you can submit your video’s URL, along with your full name and email address to mydream@ndi-inc.org. 
• For complete submission guidelines and judging rules please click here

The deadline to enter is August 13, 2010

Five finalists will be chosen by an independent panel of judges. The grand prize will be chosen by public vote on NDI's YouTube and Facebook pages beginning September 1, 2010.

One grand prize winner of the Defining the New American Dream video contest will receive $1,000 and a trip to Washington, D.C. for their winning video to be viewed at NDI’s Real Economic Impact Tour’s (REI Tour) National Kick-off at the National Press Club on Oct. 19, 2010. 

To learn more about the Defining the New American Dream video contest, go to: http://dream.realeconomicimpact.org.