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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 22, 2020 11:28 AM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> ADA30 Lead On: Celebration of Disability Arts, Culture,
Education & Pride - Thursday July 23 from 7-9:15 ET</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=xmsonormal>“ADA30 Lead On: Celebration of Disability Arts, Culture,
Education & Pride!”<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal>Join us for this Live Streaming event on July 23, from
7:00-9:15pm ET on YouTube & Facebook Live<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal>**Register Free here: <A id=LPlnkOWALinkPreview_0
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http*3A*2F*2Fwww.ada30leadon.eventbrite.com*2F&data=02*7C01*7Ckaren.alexander*40njtip.rutgers.edu*7Cc9535d716fdc46bcbba008d82d7168a8*7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe*7C1*7C0*7C637309312400847600&sdata=zB8YZ3rN1DR*2BKUNBgkjxQy3ybaXn28i35oN1uaggWWc*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!A_zLiUo7uN0!QhJhnv7wHdO7vby038075PapnvXl4CY9sQwD06GHOKX1qOSYS0SYlfty4ijXajVG_rOt$"
target=_blank>ADA30LeadOn.Eventbrite.com</A> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal>Join host Danny Woodburn & other disability rights
leaders, performers, artists, singers, dancers, poets, filmmakers and
storytellers with disabilities. Thanks to our Lead Sponsor,
AT&T.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal>Appearances include: Tony Award-winner Ali Stroker;
Academy
Award-winner Marlee Matlin; Comedian/performers Maysoon Zayid, Geri Jewell,
Kathy Buckley, Nic Novicki, Nina G., Andy Arias, Shannon DeVido, Selene
Luna,
and Michael Beer.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal>Singer-Songwriters - Emmanuel Kelly/NEVER ALONE; Anita
Hollander/BODY OF THE FIGHTER with ASL Deaf Performer Alexandria Wailes;
Elaine
Kolb/WE WILL RIDE and NOT DEAD YET; Jeff Moyer/ADA ANTHEM; Johnny Crescendo
and
the Pop Squad/PRIDE; and KripHop Nation’s Leroy Moore & Keith Jones/MY
ADA
STORY NEVER ALONE In Memoriam edited by Bus Door Films’ Bradley
Gantt and Ruan du Plessis with ASL Deaf performers: Michelle Banks, Erika
Chirino, CJ Jones, Dickie Hearts, Krissy Lemon, and John
McGinty.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal>Dancers - Alice Sheppard’s Kinetic Light/DESCENT; Heidi
Latsky Dance/ON DISPLAY; Infinite Flow/Marisa Hamamoto and Auti Angel; Alie
B.
Gorrie, Evan Ruggiero, Blake Stadnick; and Full Radius. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal>Performers and/or ADA30 Birthday greetings by Poet Maria
R.
Palacios/CRIP WORDS OF ADVICE TO A YOUNGER GENERATION; Camryn Manheim and
Cole
Sibus, CJ Jones, RJ Mitte, Christine Bruno, Eileen Grubba, Diana Elizabeth
Jordan, David Harrell, David Zimmerman, Marilee Talkington, Natalie Gross;
Tal
Anderson, Treshelle Edmond, Jerald Creer, Antoine Hunter, Performing Arts
Studio
West, Jenni Gold, Mark Ozdoba’s Mr. & Mrs. Snowman; SAG-AFTRA’s
Gabrielle
Carteris, Rebecca Damon and Camryn Manheim.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal>Disability Leaders Senator Tom Harkin, Judith Heumann,
Tony
Coelho, Haben Girma, ADAPT’s Anita Cameron and Heath Montgomery, Maria
Town/AAPD, Kelly Buckland/NCIL, Jim Weissman/United Spinal, Shaun
Castle/PVA,
Diane Coleman/Not Dead Yet and Dan Fisher/National Coalition for Mental
Health
Recovery.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=xmsonormal>Government colleague greetings - Neil Romano/Chairman,
National Council on Disability, Shelley Reeves/NIDILRR-ACL, Charles
Baldwin/Mass
Cultural Council, National Endowment for the Arts’ chairman Mary Anne Carter
and
Accessibility Director, Beth Bienvenu; Governor Tom Ridge; ADA/Mayor’s
Office
for People with Disabilities - Victor Calise/NYC, Stephen David Simon/Los
Angeles, Nicole Bohn/San Francisco, Rachel Arfa/Chicago, Kristen
McKosh/Boston,
David Newburger/St. Louis, and Rachel Tanenhaus/Cambridge. <o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=xmsonormal>Trailers - courtesy of filmmakers: Jim LeBrecht and
Nicole
Newham/CRIP CAMP, Day Al-Mohamed/INVALID CORP, Eric Neudel and Alison
Gilkey/LIVES WORTH LIVING, Yaara Kedem and Isaac Zablocki/ReelAbilities Film
Festival NY.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=xmsonormal>Visual artists - Gina Klawitter/ALL THE WAY TO
FREEDOM, Oaklee Thiele-DisArt-Ford Foundation/MY DEAREST FRIENDS, plus
Edmonroe and Neil Marcus/EvoluTOn of a Movement; Photographs - Tom
Olin/The Tom Olin Collection, an AT&T Humanity of Connection
recipient.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=xmsonormal>Sponsor greetings - AT&T’s David Huntley, Bri
King-Offord, Abdi Warsame, and Yasmine Jonaidi; Rodger DeRose/Kessler
Foundation; Nic Novicki/Easterseals Disability Film Challenge; Candace
Cable/Foundation for Global Sports Development and Sidewinder Films; Kathy
Martinez/Wells Fargo; Karen Goss/Mid-Atlantic ADA Center; and Laura
Owens/TransCen.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal>Accessibility - Open audio description and open captions
provided by Woman of Her Word and Point 360, audio described by Michele
Spitz.
Sign Language interpreters Mara Bassani-Santamaria and Elena Lee provided by
Bill Pugin’s The Sign Language Company. CART for planning meetings provided
by
ACS.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal>ADA30 Lead On logo designed by Dan Wilkins.
<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal>Music Supervisor - Reggie Luck; Editors - Liz Pritchard,
Tim
Doran, Trelanda Lowe, Jd Michaels and Sady Paulson; Writers’ Zoom - Danny
Woodburn, Day Al-Mohamed, Mark Ozdoba and Tari Hartman Squire; Production
&
Design - Jd Michaels; End credits - Exceptional Minds.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal>Thanks to Talent Outreach Committees and Allies -
Christine
Bruno, Kallen Blair Prosterman, Andy Arias, Nina G., Alie B. Gorrie, Diana
Elizabeth Jordan, Nic Novicki, DisArts’ Jill Vyn and Chris Smit, Elisabeth
Axel/Art Beyond Sight, Beth Bienvenu/NEA; Casting Society of America’s
Russell
Boast, Caroline Liem, Danielle Demchick, Kendra Castleberry, John Ort,
Michael
Sanford, and Stephanie Klapper. <o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=xmsonormal>Website Design Team - Dustin Snowadsky, Gina Klawitter,
DisArts’ Jill Vyn and Chris Smit, Mark Ozdoba. Social Media ADA Generation
blogger coordinator - Anita Cameron; <o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=xmsonormal>Produced and directed by Tari Hartman Squire and Danny
Woodburn; Associate producer Karen Goss; Production assistants - Emma
McElroy,
Allilsa Fernandez, Candace Cable, and Mark Ozdoba.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal>We appreciate Yoshiko Dart for blessing our ADA30 Lead
On
name with Justin Dart’s signature phrase, Lead On. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=xmsonormal>Thanks to our sponsors - AT&T, The Ability Center,
Bus
Door Films, Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, EIN SOF Communications,
Exceptional Minds, Foundation for Global Sports Development, Kessler
Foundation,
Lights! Camera! Access!, michaels.adams., Mid-Atlantic ADA Center,
Mitsubishi
Electric America Foundation, Mulberry Tree Group, Point 360, TransCen, Wells
Fargo, Woman of Her Word.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=xmsonormal>Image description - Two gold comedy and tragedy masks
with
red and blue accessible/lip readable PPE face masks revealing the smile of
comedy and the frown of tragedy, next to a paint brush that is creating a
musical staff that ends with a silhouette of Alice Sheppard, dancer using a
wheelchair. The words ADA30 LEAD ON at the top, with Celebration of
Disability
Arts, Culture, Education & Pride appear at the bottom. <o:p></o:p></P>
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