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[PAST EVENT] How Disability Drives Innovation: An Intersectional and Global Perspective

September 21, 2020
5pm - 6pm
Location
Zoom
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  • Open to the public
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Haben Girma with President Barack Obama prior to her remarks at the White House event for the 25th Anniversary of the Americans for Disabilities Act in 2015. Photo by Pete Souza.
Haben Girma with President Barack Obama prior to her remarks at the White House event for the 25th Anniversary of the Americans for Disabilities Act in 2015. Photo by Pete Souza.

The Reves Center for International Studies, in cooperation with the William & Mary Law School Center for Comparative Legal Studies and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and William & Mary's Office of Compliance & Equity, presents Haben Girma, who will deliver the 2020 McSwain-Walker Lecture-- How Disability Drives Innovation: An Intersectional and Global Perspective.

The first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, Haben Girma advocates for equal opportunities for people with disabilities. Haben believes disability is an opportunity for innovation and travels the world teaching the benefits of choosing inclusion.  She’s also the author of the highly acclaimed book, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law.

The annual McSwain-Walker lecture brings renowned scholars, artists, analysts and other notable public figures to William & Mary to speak on topics related to how other countries and cultures interact with the United States, and how the United States interacts with them.


Contact

[[kjhoving,Kate Hoving]], Reves Center for International Studies