[Nfbmo] Fw: Judith E. Heumann - Max Starkloff Speaker Series - Maryville University - 4/27/12

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                        Maryville University and the  

                        Max Starkloff Speakers Series present:

                        Judith E. Heumann  

                        On the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities  

                        Internationally acclaimed leader in the disability rights movement, Judith E. Heumann, Special Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State for International Disability Rights, will speak on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 27, in the Anheuser-Busch Auditorium at Maryville University. 

                        Ms. Heumann is an internationally recognized leader in the disability community and a lifelong civil rights advocate for disadvantaged people. She currently serves as the Special Advisor for International Disability Rights at the U.S. Department of State. She previously served as the Director for the Department on Disability Services for the District of Columbia, where she was responsible for the Developmental Disability Administration and the Rehabilitation Services Administration.

                        For more than 30 years, she has been involved on the international front working with disabled people's organizations and governments around the world to advance the human rights of disabled people.  She has been active with Disabled Peoples' International, Rehabilitation International and numerous Independent Living Centers throughout the world. She co-founded the Center for Independent Living in Berkeley California and the World Institute on Disability in Oakland California.    

                        She served in the Clinton Administration as the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in the Department of Education.  She was responsible for the implementation of legislation at the national level for programs in special education, disability research, vocational rehabilitation and independent living, serving more than 8 million youth and adults with disabilities.

                        Ms. Heumann graduated from Long Island University in 1969 and received her Masters in Public Health from the University of California at Berkeley in 1975. She has received numerous awards including being the first recipient of the Henry B. Betts Award in recognition of efforts to significantly improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. She has received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Long Island University in Brooklyn, an Honorary Doctorate of Public Administration from the University of Illinois, Champaign, and an Honorary Doctorate of Public Service from the University of Toledo, Ohio.  In 2010 she was a recipient of the JFGH S. Robert Cohen Award, and the Medtronic National Courage Award honoring outstanding individuals who have made a significant contribution to the health, welfare, rehabilitation or awareness of people with disabilities.  New Mobility magazine named her their 2010 person of the year.

                        Where & When

                        Maryville University Auditorium
                        Anheuser-Busch Academic Center
                        650 Maryville University Dr. 
                        St Louis, MO, 63141

                        April 27, 2012
                        3:30PM-4:30PM

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