<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Thank you, Sean, for alerting me to this.<div>Christine</div><div><div dir="ltr"><br><br><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div dir="ltr"><table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 1369px;"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px; font-size: 1px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The "mother" of the disability rights movement</td></tr></tbody></table><a name="gd_top" id="gd_top"></a><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center" class="gd_tbl_wrap"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 1369px;"><table id="flexible-abe-main-table" width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-spacing: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px;"><tbody><tr><td></td><td><div class="abe-section-block" data-block-type="FancyBlockSection" data-block-id="88068098"><table class="abe-section-table" width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="max-width: 600px; border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr id="abe-section-row-9107f155-bcb2-4f60-a9cb-0383e24ff009" class="abe-section-row" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td align="center" valign="top" style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; font-size: 0px;"><div id="abe-column-block-8b3c1276-09b4-4567-970a-96441e66c3a3" class="abe-column-block" data-block-type="FancyBlockColumn" data-block-id="88068099" style="width: 600px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top;"><table width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="table-layout: fixed; overflow-wrap: break-word; border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td class="abe-column-block-padding" id="abe-column-block-8b3c1276-09b4-4567-970a-96441e66c3a3-padding" style="padding: 15px;"><img class="govd_template_image" src="cid:FE85BAC8-BE30-4C34-AF99-AE9BB968C081" alt="Center for Accessibility.png" height="190" style="width: 571px; height: auto; line-height: 1; outline: none; max-width: 100%; border: none;"><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 1em 0px 15px;">The Center for Accessibility assists individuals with disabilities to access programs, services, and collections at all branches of the DC Public Library. For information about requesting accommodations, including sign language interpreters, please visit the <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzAzMDYuNzI4MDg4ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2RjLnVzMjAubGlzdC1tYW5hZ2UuY29tL3RyYWNrL2NsaWNrP3U9ZjU3NmQ3YmViOTJhMjc2OWVmMmY4YTUzMyZpZD1kYzk0NTczN2JhJmU9YzE0ZjI1ZTI4NSJ9.fjmJJpODbvc0d1kqbGV8uKa-QNZnJz4VjwcNx3TXhs0/s/2937177607/br/155659383068-l" target="_blank" title="Accommodation Statement" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="1" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(29, 87, 130);">DC Public Library Accommodation Statement</a>.</p><div class="govd_hr"><div class="govd_hr_inner"><hr></div></div><img class="govd_template_image" src="cid:BD234656-B4B2-46CA-AD96-FD09BEC2F83C" alt="Young Judy Heumann speaks at a microphone, wearing a button that says "Sign 504." At right, Judy is wearing a blue shirt, glasses, & smiling. .jpeg" height="345" style="width: 571px; height: auto; line-height: 1; outline: none; max-width: 100%; border: none;"><div class="govd_hr"><div class="govd_hr_inner"><hr></div></div><h1 class="govd_header" style="line-height: 1.2; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 30px; margin: 0.67em 0px 20px;">The Center for Accessibility Remembers Judith "Judy" Heumann</h1><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><em>Press release from <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzAzMDYuNzI4MDg4ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2p1ZGl0aGhldW1hbm4uY29tL3RoZS13b3JsZC1tb3VybnMtdGhlLXBhc3Npbmctb2YtanVkeS1oZXVtYW5uLWRpc2FiaWxpdHktcmlnaHRzLWFjdGl2aXN0LyJ9.A6JpukqG68F_5_ryIUQdLFLxgtXDbvjFdEKJi_la2xM/s/2937177607/br/155659383068-l" target="_blank" title="Judith Heumann press release" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(29, 87, 130);">JudithHeumann.com</a>:</em></p><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Judith “Judy” Heumann—widely regarded as “the mother” of the disability rights movement—passed away in Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of March 4, 2023. Judy was at the forefront of major disability rights demonstrations, helped spearhead the passage of disability rights legislation, founded national and international disability advocacy organizations, held senior federal government positions, co-authored her memoir, <em>Being Heumann</em>, and its Young Adult version, <em>Rolling Warrior</em>, and was featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary film, <em>Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution.</em></p><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Born in 1947 in Philadelphia and raised in Brooklyn, New York to parents Ilse and Werner Heumann, Judy contracted polio at age two. Her doctor advised her parents to institutionalize her when it was clear that she would never be able to walk. “Institutionalization was the status quo in 1949,” she wrote. “Kids with disabilities were considered a hardship, economically and socially.” When Judy attempted to enter kindergarten, the principal blocked her family from entering the school, labeling her a “fire hazard.” However, her parents, particularly her mother, fought back and demanded that Judy have access to a classroom. Judy eventually was able to attend a special school, high school, Long Island University (from which she earned a B.A. in 1969), and the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned a Master’s in Public Health six years later.</p><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">In the 1960s, Heumann attended Camp Jened, a summer camp for people with disabilities in the Catskills, and she later returned there as a counselor in the 1970s. Several of the leaders of the disability rights movement also were at Camp Jened, which was the focus of the documentary <em>Crip Camp</em>.</p><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">During the same decade, the New York Board of Education refused to give Judy a teaching license because they feared she could not help evacuate students or herself in case of fire. She sued and went on to become the first teacher in the state to use a wheelchair. Continuing her fight for civil rights, Judy helped lead a protest that shut down traffic in Manhattan against Richard Nixon’s veto of the 1972 Rehabilitation Act, and she launched a 26-day sit-in at a federal building in San Francisco to get Section 504 of the revived Rehabilitation Act enforced.</p><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Judy was instrumental in developing and implementing national disability rights legislation, including Section 504, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.</p><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">In addition, Judy helped found the Berkley Center for Independent Living, the Independent Living Movement, and the World Institute on Disability. She also served on the boards of the American Association of People with Disabilities, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Humanity and Inclusion, Human Rights Watch, the United States International Council on Disability, Save the Children, and several others.</p><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">In 1993, Judy moved to Washington, D.C. to serve as the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services in the Clinton Administration, a role she filled until 2001. From 2002-2006, she served as the first Advisor on Disability and Development at the World Bank. From 2010-2017, during the Obama Administration, she worked as the first Special Advisor for International Disability Rights at the U.S. State Department. She also was appointed as Washington, D.C.’s first Director for the Department on Disability Services.</p><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><strong>“Some people say that what I did changed the world,” she wrote, “But really, I simply refused to accept what I was told about who I could be. And I was willing to make a fuss about it.”</strong></p><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">In addition to her advocacy work and busy professional life, Judy loved to attend musicals and movies, travel the world, make new friends, and hang out with old ones, many of whom were introduced to each other at dinners that she convened. Judy learned Hebrew as a child, became Bat Mitzvahed as an adult, and was a long-time member of the Adas Israel congregation.</p><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Judy is survived by her loving husband, Jorge Pineda, her brother, Ricky, wife Julie and her brother Joseph and wife Mary, her niece Kristin, grand nephew Orion and many other members of both the Heumann and Pineda families. She had many close friends that will miss her dearly.</p><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"> </p><div class="govd_hr"><div class="govd_hr_inner"><hr></div></div><table class="gd_combo_table" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-spacing: 0px; table-layout: fixed; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><tbody><tr class="gd_combo_first_image" style="vertical-align: top;"><td class="gd_combo_image_cell" width="183"><img class="govd_template_image" src="cid:45535837-511E-44FF-8813-5A769C4BB3B2" alt="Text reads "Access This" with the blue disability symbol at left.png" height="183" style="width: 183px; height: auto; line-height: 1; outline: none; max-width: 100%; border: none;"></td><td class="gd_combo_spacer" width="4" style="width: 8px;"></td><td class="gd_combo_text_cell"><h2 style="line-height: 1.2; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 18px;">Access This: Crip Camp</h2><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Judy was a guest on our DCPL Podcast channel "Access This" in 2021, talking about the Oscar-nominated documentary film <em>Crip Camp </em>in which she is featured,with co-creator Jim LeBrecht.</p><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzAzMDYuNzI4MDg4ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2RjcGxwb2RjYXN0LnNpbXBsZWNhc3QuY29tL2VwaXNvZGVzL2FjY2Vzcy10aGlzLWNyaXAtY2FtcCJ9.2KmAZwcae8GoZRI1dFFtIIv3XYYQ-QjfGuWdfmklzCk/s/2937177607/br/155659383068-l" target="_blank" title="Access This Crip Camp" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(29, 87, 130);">Listen to the podcast</a> or <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzAzMDYuNzI4MDg4ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2RjcGxwb2RjYXN0LnNpbXBsZWNhc3QuY29tL2VwaXNvZGVzL2FjY2Vzcy10aGlzLWNyaXAtY2FtcC90cmFuc2NyaXB0In0.OqKAkKXeaX5p3ygvfPNn7hRZAItJMfws0RbqUALi2XY/s/2937177607/br/155659383068-l" target="_blank" title="Transcript for Crip Camp podcast episode" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(29, 87, 130);">read the full transcript</a>.</p><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"> </p><h2 style="line-height: 1.2; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 18px;">Rolling Warrior Author Talk</h2><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Judy also joined Jenny from the Center for a virtual discussion of her youth memoir <em>Rolling Warrior </em>in August 2021 in partnership with the Cleveland Park Library. You can <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzAzMDYuNzI4MDg4ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mYWNlYm9vay5jb20vZGNsaWJyYXJ5L3ZpZGVvcy9qdWR5LWhldW1hbm4tcm9sbGluZy13YXJyaW9yLzgwNjkzOTA1OTk3Njc3Ni8ifQ.Y6UdxmO7UtgQAf53XGGNPTS_snF_-y8nDvwqZ9_IlpM/s/2937177607/br/155659383068-l" target="_blank" title="Facebook Live video of Judy Heumann author talk" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(29, 87, 130);">watch their conversation here</a> (ASL Interpretation and captions are included).</p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="govd_hr"><div class="govd_hr_inner"><hr></div></div><img class="govd_template_image" src="cid:550AFE23-1077-4B39-A88B-09487C00CC08" alt="Book covers for Judy Heumann's "Rolling Warrior" and "Being Heumann".jpeg" height="428" style="width: 571px; height: auto; line-height: 1; outline: none; max-width: 100%; border: none;"><h2 style="line-height: 1.2; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 22px; margin: 0.83em 0px 18px;">Read more about Judy's life with the DCPL collection, in her memoirs for adults and youth co-authored by Kristen Joiner:</h2><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><em><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzAzMDYuNzI4MDg4ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2NhdGFsb2cuZGNsaWJyYXJ5Lm9yZy9jbGllbnQvZW5fVVMvZGNwbC9zZWFyY2gvcmVzdWx0cz9xdT1iZWluZytoZXVtYW5uJnFmPUFVVEhPUiUwOUF1dGhvciUwOUhldW1hbm4lMkMrSnVkaXRoJTA5SGV1bWFubiUyQytKdWRpdGgrJTdDJTdDK0hldW1hbm4lMkMrSnVkaXRoK0UuJTA5SGV1bWFubiUyQytKdWRpdGgrRS4mcWY9UFVCREFURSUwOVB1YitEYXRlJTA5MjAyMCUwOTIwMjAifQ.9Ds_qGwe8r7xNmWAbGLYk5DHz-h_7VMjNvIVb5S70mQ/s/2937177607/br/155659383068-l" target="_blank" title="DCPL Catalog link to Being Heumann" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(29, 87, 130);">Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist</a></em></p><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><li style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 0px;">Available in Standard print, Large Print, Audiobook eBook, and eAudio</li><li style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;">Available as a Talking Book for NLS Patrons: DB 100399</li></ul><p style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><em><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDYsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzAzMDYuNzI4MDg4ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2NhdGFsb2cuZGNsaWJyYXJ5Lm9yZy9jbGllbnQvZW5fVVMvZGNwbC9zZWFyY2gvcmVzdWx0cz9xdT1yb2xsaW5nK3dhcnJpb3ImcWY9QVVUSE9SJTA5QXV0aG9yJTA5SGV1bWFubiUyQytKdWRpdGglMDlIZXVtYW5uJTJDK0p1ZGl0aCslN0MlN0MrSGV1bWFubiUyQytKdWRpdGgrRS4lMDlIZXVtYW5uJTJDK0p1ZGl0aCtFLiJ9.vT6WRaLN5OMKDFzwsEjvM_m6miN6rAnch-fJ53HTIK8/s/2937177607/br/155659383068-l" target="_blank" title="DCPL catalog link for Rolling Warrior" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(29, 87, 130);">Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution</a></em></p><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><li style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 0px;">Available in Standard print, Large Print, Audiobook eBook, and eAudio</li><li style="line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;">Available as a Talking Book for NLS Patrons: DB 105457</li></ul><div class="govd_hr"><div class="govd_hr_inner"><hr></div></div><p align="center" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.4; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15px; margin: 1em 0px 15px;"><strong>The Center for Accessibility</strong><br aria-hidden="true">Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library<br aria-hidden="true">901 G Street NW, Room 205<br aria-hidden="true">Washington, DC 20001<br aria-hidden="true">Phone: 202-727-2142<br aria-hidden="true">Videophone: 202-559-5368<br aria-hidden="true">Email: <a href="mailto:DCPLaccess@dc.gov" target="_blank" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="18" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(29, 87, 130);">DCPLaccess@dc.gov</a><br aria-hidden="true">Website: <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDcsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzAzMDYuNzI4MDg4ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2RjLnVzMjAubGlzdC1tYW5hZ2UuY29tL3RyYWNrL2NsaWNrP3U9ZjU3NmQ3YmViOTJhMjc2OWVmMmY4YTUzMyZpZD02MTBlNTAzNjg1JmU9YzE0ZjI1ZTI4NSJ9.l7CH5etZLIY-V_NtKrXr1PLYRVfMsL0eSK0UZyqZ4lE/s/2937177607/br/155659383068-l" target="_blank" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="19" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(29, 87, 130);">www.dclibrary.org/services/accessibility</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td><br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></blockquote></div></body></html>