Fair Use Lab » DOJ http://fairuselab.net Re-Imagining Accessibility, Disability & the Public Sphere Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:50:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 DOJ Program Celebrates ADA Anniversary http://fairuselab.net/2010/07/22/doj-program-celebrates-ada-anniversary/ http://fairuselab.net/2010/07/22/doj-program-celebrates-ada-anniversary/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:38:20 +0000 Mark Willis http://fairuselab.net/?p=966 Continue reading →]]> The U. S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division’s celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act will be held Friday, July 23, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (eastern daylight time).

Shown live from The Great Hall in the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, the event will be shown in accessible streaming media and then re-broadcast, on-demand.

Featured speakers will include Attorney General Eric Holder, former Attorney General Dick Thornburgh, former Congressman Tony Coelho, and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Thomas Perez.  Their presentations will be followed by a facilitated panel discussion, moderated by Samuel Bagenstos, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and will include presentations by ADA experts who played significant roles in the development and passage of the ADA:  Bob Burgdorf, Yoshiko Dart, Chai Feldblum, Arlene Mayerson, and Bobby Silverstein.

See the ADA.gov website for links to live/on demand streams:
http://www.ada.gov/2010adacelebration/ada20webcastinfo.htm

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