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<b>Subject:</b> Fw: Disability Visibility event a Tuesday with Alice Wong - spread the word!</font>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Hi everyone, just wanted to share a link to an event we have coming up this</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<a shape="rect" dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:currentcolor">coming Tuesday 8/18</a><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> that might be of interest.
You can register at the following link. </span><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Hope</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">everyone is well!</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<a shape="rect" href="https://www.showclix.com/event/disabilityvisibility" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">https://www.showclix.com/event/disabilityvisibility</a><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Disability Visibility: Alice Wong and Maysoon Zayid</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The founder of the Disability Visibility Project shares a groundbreaking</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">collection of first-person stories on the joys and challenges of the modern</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">disability experience.</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">[image: Disability Visibility book cover]According to the most recent</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability.</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Some are visible, some are hidden—but all are underrepresented in media and</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">popular culture. *Disability Visibility*, edited by Alice Wong, responds</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">with a collection of personal writing by contemporary disabled authors.</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Across essays, blog posts, poetry, manifestos, eulogies, and more, the</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">anthology celebrates the richness and complexity of the disabled</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">experience, questions readers’ assumptions, and enshrines a document of</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">disability cultures today.</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Alice Wong is joined by comedian and fellow activist Maysoon Zayid to share</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">their own personal stories and reflect on the myriad others contained</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">within the collection.</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ASL interpretation and real-time captioning will be provided. For any</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">questions, please email </span><a shape="rect" dir="ltr" href="mailto:publicprograms@nypl.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:currentcolor">publicprograms@nypl.org</a><span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">.</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ABOUT THE SPEAKERS</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">[image: Alice Wong © Eddie Hernandez]Alice Wong is a disabled activist,</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">media maker, and research consultant based in San Francisco. She is the</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, an online</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">and culture. Alice is also the host and co-producer of the Disability</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Visibility podcast and co-partner in a number of collaborations such as</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">#CripTheVote and Access Is Love. She has been published or featured in *The</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">New York Times*, *Eater*, *Teen Vogue*, the CNN original series *United</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Shades of America,* *The Guardian*, Al Jazeera, VICE, and BuzzFeed. From</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">2013 to 2015, Alice served as a member of the National Council on</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Disability, an appointment by President Barack Obama.</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">[image: Maysoon Zayid © Michelle Kinney]Maysoon Zayid is an actress,</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">comedian, writer, and disability advocate. She is a graduate of and a Guest</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Comedian in Residence at Arizona State University. Maysoon is the</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">co-founder/co-executive producer of the New York Arab American Comedy</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Festival and The Muslim Funny Fest. She was a full-time On Air Contributor</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">to Countdown with Keith Olbermann and a columnist for The Daily Beast.</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Maysoon had the number one TED Talk of 2014 and was named 1 of 100 Women of</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">2015 by BBC. She was a headliner on the Arabs Gone Wild Comedy Tour and The</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Muslims Are Coming Tour. Maysoon appeared alongside Adam Sandler in *You</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Don’t Mess with the Zohan* and has written for VICE. She limped in New York</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:rgb(46,46,46); font-family:arial; font-size:medium; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Fashion Week and is a recurring character on *General Hospital*.</span><br clear="none">
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