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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none">If you have been troubled, as I have, by the bare trickle of attention paid to the passing of Judy Heumann, here is one of the best encapsulations out there so far, and it was broadcast and posted shortly after her death. Below the link to this piece is memorial information. May her memory be a blessing. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none"><b>MEMORIAL SERVICE HONORING THE LIFE OF JUDY HEUMANN</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.7px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none">The family of Judith “Judy” Heumann invites the community to honor her life.<br>
<b>MEMORIAL SERVICE:</b> Wednesday, March 8 at 10 a.m. ET at Adas Israel Congregation, 2850 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20008<br>
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<b>BURIAL:</b> Following the service at 12 p.m. at Judean Memorial Gardens located at 16225 Batchellors Forest Rd., Olney, MD 20832. <br>
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SHIVA:</b> Following the burial, the family will be receiving guests at a gathering held at Adas Israel.<br>
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LIVESTREAM: </b>The memorial and burial will be live-streamed on Adas Israel’s website at <a href="https://www.adasisrael.org/"><span style="font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">https://www.adasisrael.org/</span></a> <br>
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<b>ACCESS INFORMATION:</b> American Sign Language interpretation and live captioning will be provided for the in-person and live-stream memorial and burial services. <br>
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:</b> At a later time, organizations will be recommended for donations in Judy’s memory in lieu of flowers.<br>
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BACKGROUND: </b>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, Being Heumann, and its Young Adult version, Rolling Warrior, and was featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary film, Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution. <a href="https://judithheumann.com/the-world-mourns-the-passing-of-judy-heumann-disability-rights-activist/"><span style="font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Read more here.</span></a></span></p>
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