[New-york-news] Fwd: Coming up Wednesday: Self-Advocacy and Achieving Our Goals with Inclusion Leader Haben Girma

[Chancey Fleet]

Best, 
Chancey Fleet
Assistive Technology Coordinator 
Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library - New York Public Library 
Office: (212) 621-0627 
Text: (347) 632-8383 
Each email made with dictation, Braille and artisanal mistakes.



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From: "Chancey Fleet" <chanceyfleet at nypl.org>

Date: Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 10:36 AM -0400

Subject: Coming up Wednesday: Self-Advocacy and Achieving Our Goals with Inclusion Leader Haben Girma

To: <heiskelltech at googlegroups.com>














A conversation about inclusion, self-advocacy and achieving
our goals



With global inclusion leader Haben Girma



Harvard Law’s first deaf-blind graduate



Forbes 30 under 30



2013 White House Champion of Change



BBC Women of Africa Hero



 



Check out some stories about Haben!



She Owes Her Activism To A Brave Mom, The ADA And Chocolate
Cake



http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/07/31/428075935/she-owes-her-activism-to-a-brave-mom-the-ada-and-chocolate-cake



Deaf-Blind Law Grad Haben Girma Slays Every Expectation, But
Don’t Call Her an Inspiration



http://www.oxygen.com/blogs/deaf-blind-harvard-law-grad-slays-every-expectation-but-dont-call-her-an-inspiration



 



 



We hope you can join us on Wednesday, March 22, from 2:00 to
3:30 PM, at the Heiskell library (community room, first floor)! Please email ChanceyFleet at nypl.org
or leave a message at (212) 621-0627 to register. We’ll send you a Google
Hangouts invitation if you need to participate remotely. Visit
TalkingBooks.nypl.org for directions and a calendar of other events. (This is
an informal chat just for our community of patrons, so we’re not listing it
publicly on the website, but feel free to share it with your friends). 



-- 
Chancey S. Fleet
Assistive Technology Coordinator
Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library
(212) 621-0627







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