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Inauguration Day started at about 6am for me. I drove to AOTA's office to park and shoe-horn myself onto the Red Line Metro. To my surprise I waited for the last train and actually got a seat in a half full car for the typically 30 minute ride to the Capitol at Union Station. Two stops later the...

President Moyers Cleveland and Tim Nanof, in their blogs, have provided you with a great deal of the flavor of the Inauguration ceremonies here in Washington over the last several days. The American Occupational Therapy Political Action Committee made all of this participation and chance to promote OT...

At 6am , AOTA member Sue Harris and I began our journey down to the Capitol and more specific the location of the inaugural viewing co-sponsored by the American Occupational Therapy Association at 101 Constitution. We stayed in Bethesda by the AOTA Headquarters which allowed us easy access to the metro...

Today was a day of fanfare for the president-elect. We spent the day reflecting on the concert yesterday, observed our next President partaking in a day of service. Today being Martin Luther King, Jr. day the President-elect had a sound-byte worth repeating when he said "if you sweep floors for...

The festivities for the inauguration of our 44th President of the United States are well underway in our nations capitol. My husband and I arrived yesterday early and took the day to be tourists (something I do not typically get to do when in town). We enjoyed a trip to the new Capitol Visitors Center...

On January 3rd the new 113th Congress was sworn into office and OT was present. Aimee Sidhu, AOTA member from Washington State, was the winner of AOTPAC's contest to attend the Congressional Swearing in. She attended a variety of events, including visits to new Members of Congress' offices. She...