Lest We Forget



2 CD set- 19.95

 

Volume I

1. "For The Crime of Being Different," C Jeff Moyer 1986, Verse 1
2. Introduction

Chapter 1: Sent Away
3. Historical Roots
4. "You Can't Deny Me Now," C Jeff Moyer 1999, Verse 3
5. On Doctors' Advice
6. Parents Reactions
7. "For The Crime...," Verse 2
8. Reasons for Institutionalization
9. Individual Stories
10. End of Chapter: Guitar Segue

Chapter 2: Life Behind The Walls
11. Going In
12. `"Just a Home Of My Own," C Jeff Moyer 1996, Stanza 2
13. From The Outside
14. Assault on the Senses
15. A Cottage
16. 50 Beds, 50 Chairs
17. Crib Wards
18. End of Chapter: Guitar Segue

Chapter 3: Broken Families
19. Swarming
20. "What Is There For Me To Say?," C Jeff Moyer 1970, Verse 1
21. Family Visits
22. End of Chapter: Guitar Segue

Chapter 4: Locked In
23. Hosed Down
24. Locked Wards
25. Jail Cell
26. Prison Building
27. Work
28. End of Chapter: Guitar Segue

Chapter 5: Punishment and Control
29. Smoking
30. Privileges
31. "Just A Home...," Stanza 3
32. Punishments
33. Food and Hunger
34. "What Is There...," Verse 3
35. Beatings
36. "What Is There...?," Verse 2
37. Running Away
38. Other Abuses
39. Staff Ridicule
40. Sexuality and Sexual Abuse
41. End of Chapter: Guitar Segue

Volume II

1. "For The Crime...," Verse 3
2. Introduction II

Chapter 6: Bleak and Barren
3. Christmas
4. No Possessions
5. Clothing
6. End of Chapter: Guitar Segue

Chapter 7: Medical Abuse and Medications
7. "Just A Home...," Stanza 4
8. Medications
9. "Just A Home...," Stanza 9
10. Dental Neglect
11. Medical Neglect
12. "You Can't Deny...," Verse 4
13. Cemetery
14. End of Chapter: Guitar Segue

Chapter 8: Pressing for Change
15. Advocacy
16. Institutional Change
17. End of Chapter: Guitar Segue

Chapter 9: Moving Back
18. "Welcome Back", C Jeff Moyer 1981, Verse 1
19. Move to Community
20. Possessions
21. "Just A Home...," Stanzas 6, 7, 11
22. Size of Homes
23. End of Chapter: Guitar Segue

Chapter 10: Fitting In
`24. Community Integration
25. "Welcome Back," Bridge
26. Institutional Behaviors Remain
27. "You Can't Deny...," Verse 6
28. Expectations
29. Families
30. End of Chapter: Guitar Segue

Chapter 11: Epilogue
31. Controversy and Concerns
32. Reflection
33. Closing Words: "Welcome Back," Verse 3

Disk 1: 73:44
Disk 2: 59:42

Lest We Forget is a collaboration between Jeff Moyer (president of Music From The Heart), internationally-known Disability Rights songwriter, advocate and producer and Partners For CommunityLiving, a Dayton-based consortium between Choices In Community Living, Inc. and the Resident Home Association. Elements of these unique oral history interviews have been extracted and arranged within specific chapters and sections, beginning with the history of and rationale for institutionalization, descriptions of prison-like conditions, violence, abuse, isolation and loss that spanned the decades, leading to stories of struggles and advocacy that have resulted in ongoing integration of people with cognitive disabilities into the mainstream of their communities. Lest We Forget highlights how expectations and stereotypes of people with disabilities led to the dehumanization and brutalization of generations of people imprisoned "for the crime of being different". The documentary also reviews how evolving expectations have opened new doors of opportunity in communities across Ohio and across the nation. Interspersed within the spoken elements of the work are shortsong segments and poetry written and performed by Jeff Moyer, providing a type of artistic narration.