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“Being Heumann” by Judith Heumann

Location https://dcnet.webex.com/dcnet/onstage/g.php?MTID=edd11896f93325a1fd9c7b28ef8329fe7%C2%A0
Date Monday, July 27, 2020 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Duration   1 hours
Link https://www.dclibrary.org/node/67213
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Join us in celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act with local guest author, Judith (Judy) Heumann. Learn about the disability rights activist who helped shape equal rights, inclusion and representation of people with disabilities. Judy who formerly served as the Special Advisor for International Disability Rights at the US Department of State, under the Obama Administration, will discuss her new book, An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist, with Ricardo Thornton, who has worked at the DC Public Library for over 40 years, is a Disability Rights Advocate, Special Olympics Ambassador and survivor of Forest Haven Institution.

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Event number: 160 331 6935
Event password: Judy

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American Sign Language Interpreters and Real-Time Captioning will be provided. For other reasonable accommodations, please contact [email protected] at least seven days before the start of the program. 

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