August 21 5:00 AM
The stop at Glenwood and Chinden, near the Fairgrounds, has been closed. A temp stop has been placed on the far side of the entrance to the Fairground Parking Lot.
- This event has passed.
2025 Hands Around the Capitol
July 25, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Hands Around the Capitol Returns After a Decade to Celebrate 35 Years of the ADA
Thousands Expected in Boise for Historic Disability Rights Event
Event Date & Time:
Friday, July 25, 2025
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: Cecil D. Andrus Park, directly south of the Idaho State Capitol
About Hands Around the Capitol
Please join us for Hands Around the Capitol 2025, celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 25, 2025 from 11am to 4pm in Cecil Andrus Park in Boise, Idaho. This is a statewide in-person, educational and awareness event that will be connected by live streaming platforms to coordinate with national ADA celebrations and awareness events across our nation.
Activities
- Hands Around the Capitol: Attendees form a human circle around the Capitol to symbolize unity in support of people with disabilities, community living and accessibility.
- Guest Speakers & Proclamations: Leaders and advocates address accessibility progress.
- Multicultural Performances: Celebrating cross-disability and multi-culture’s through music, dance, and storytelling.
- Interactive Awareness Booths: Covering ADA topics and other civil rights laws such as employment, voting, housing, digital access, service dogs, assistive technology, and more.
- Children’s Activities & Community Engagement: Interactive painting wall, simulations, and accessible recreation.
Program Schedule:
• 11:00 AM – Welcome
• 11:05 AM – Native American Blessing
• 11:10 AM – Las Señoras Idaho
• 11:15 AM – Proclamations from the State of Idaho
• 11:30 City of Boise
• 11:45 AM – Line-up for Capitol encirclement (led by City of Trees Pipes & Drums)
• 12:15 PM – Drone and Plane Flyover (Capitol Circle Photo)
• 1:00 PM – Oinkari Basque Dancers
• 1:20 PM – Kelly Buckland
• 1:45 Pm Open Arms Dance
• 2:15 PM – Danza Azteca Tonatiuh
• 2:40 PM – Native American Dancers & Drummers
• 4:00 PM – Event Concludes
Organizations
Event Sponsors & Partners:
• City of Boise
• Best Bath Systems, Inc.
• United Healthcare
• Molina
• Valley Regional Transist
• Consortium of Idahoans with
Disabilities
• Idaho Council on Developmental
Disabilities
• Idaho Power Foundation
• Idaho Commerce
• Boise Cascade
• The Idaho Coalition Against
Domestic and Sexual Violence
• Old Boise and Lucy Apartments
• Idaho State Independent Living
Council
• Idaho Housing and Finance
Association
• LEARN
• Idaho Council for the Blind and
Vision Impaired
• Idaho Council For the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing
• EqualTile
• RISE
• Idaho Parents Unlimited
• Idaho Assistive Technology Project
• Ada County Highway District
• EqualTile
• Living Independence Network
Corporation
• Disability Action Center NW
• NW ADA Center-Idaho