[blindlaw] Dinner Forum

Norman, Gary C. (CMS/OSORA) Gary.Norman at cms.hhs.gov
Fri Jun 28 14:13:11 UTC 2013


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                [A DIALOGUE ON ACCESSIBILITY OF THE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS   Mid-Atlantic Lyceum Fall Repast and Repartee Series]





















October 8, 2013

Repast and Repartee Series: Access to Cultural Arts and Institutions

6:00 pm - 8:15 pm



American University Washington College of Law

4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room 603, Washington, D.C. 20016


Background

Like no other point in history, people with disabilities are more visible in civil society, inclusive of our cultural arts as well as our frivolities, such as television. The fall, 2013, line-up on television will include more people with disabilities as characters than ever before. In the District, institutions like the Kennedy Center, the Shakespeare Theatre, and the Smithsonian have more audio description than has ever been a reality for people with sensory disabilities. Whether it is the Americans with Disabilities Act or the convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, there are more legal frameworks than ever before, yet more work is needed to make civil rights of people with disabilities, including, their assistance dogs, a reality. The Lyceum is thusly honored that a reception will occur in the month of October to celebrate disability awareness and to advance the mission of the Lyceum of bringing people together to discuss public policy. This will be a facilitated presentation and community forum on these issues with a transcript to be published possibly in the Mid-Atlantic Journal on Law and Public Policy in its third issue.

Featured Speakers and Facilitators
Remarks by Master of Ceremony and co-facilitator -- Gary C. Norman, Esq. L.L.M., Co-founder of the Mid-Atlantic Lyceum and Co-founder of its Mid-Atlantic Journal on Law and Public Policy

Betty Siegel, Esq., Director of VSA and Accessibility at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Beth Ziebarth, Director of the Smithsonian Institution Accessibility Program

Adeen Postar, Esq. Deputy Director of the Pence Law Library and Adjunct Professor
Discussant and facilitator - Day Al Mohamed, Esq., Screen Writer and Anthology Editor


Supporters

Maryland Department of Disabilities
Maryland bar Foundation
The Animals and Society Institute
Museum of Maritime Pets
Maryland Animal Law Center
Registration is free but required - please go to www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration<http://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration>.
For assistance, please contact:  Office of Special Events & Continuing Legal Education, 202.274.4075 or secle at wcl.american.edu<mailto:secle at wcl.american.edu>.
For more information, please do not hesitate to contact the Mid-Atlantic Lyceum at (410) 241-6745

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