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Week of Jul 7th
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Opening General Session (virtual, Grand Ballroom) Opening General Session (virtual, Grand Ballroom)
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July 7, 2024 -
General Session (virtual, Grand Ballroom) Refugee Can Be (Continuation of Voices from Around the World Luncheon) (virtual, City Terrace 7) Refugee Can Be (Continuation of Voices from Around the World Luncheon) (virtual, City Terrace 7)
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July 9, 2024Come hear the inspiring immigration and service journey of Chantale Zuzi, a recent ACB scholarship recipient. From a refugee in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to an accomplished young woman committed to serving others. Learn how Chantale triumphed over adversity and found resilience, and how she is striving to empower refugee girls in East Africa to reach their full potential. Presenter: Chantale Zuzi, Founder, Refugee Can Be, Wellesley, MA.
A Conversation on Blindness in Trinidad and Tobago (virtual, City Terrace 7) A Conversation on Blindness in Trinidad and Tobago (virtual, City Terrace 7)
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July 9, 2024Mr. Kenneth Suratt, Executive Officer, Trinidad and Tobago Blind Welfare Association, will speak at Tuesday morning’s General Session. Here is a great opportunity to hear from and talk with him directly in a smaller, more intimate setting. Come learn about the challenges and opportunities facing blind people in Trinidad and Tobago and lessons we can apply in the United States. Presenter: Kenneth Suratt, Executive Officer, Trinidad and Tobago Blind Welfare Association, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Co-sponsored by IRC and MCAC
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General Session (virtual, Grand Ballroom) ACB Banquet (virtual, Grand Ballroom) ACB Banquet (virtual, Grand Ballroom)
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July 11, 2024Keynote Speaker: Judge David S. Tatel Author of Vision A Memoir of Blindness and Justice, one of America’s most accomplished public servants and legal thinkers – who spent years denying and working around his blindness, before finally embracing it as an essential part of his identity. Judge David Tatel served on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1994 to earlier this year. After graduating from the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago Law School, he served as the founding director of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and then director of the National Lawyers Committee. He headed the Office for Civil Rights of the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare during the Carter administration and then founded and led the education practice at Hogan Lovells, where he is now Senior Counsel. Judge Tatel is a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In the past, he co-chaired the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Science, Technology and Law, and chaired the boards of The Spencer Foundation and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Keynote Speaker – Judge David Tatel (virtual, Grand Ballroom) Keynote Speaker – Judge David Tatel (virtual, Grand Ballroom)
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July 11, 2024Keynote Speaker: Judge David S. Tatel Author of Vision A Memoir of Blindness and Justice, one of America’s most accomplished public servants and legal thinkers – who spent years denying and working around his blindness, before finally embracing it as an essential part of his identity. Judge David Tatel served on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1994 to earlier this year. After graduating from the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago Law School, he served as the founding director of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and then director of the National Lawyers Committee. He headed the Office for Civil Rights of the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare during the Carter administration and then founded and led the education practice at Hogan Lovells, where he is now Senior Counsel. Judge Tatel is a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In the past, he co-chaired the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Science, Technology and Law, and chaired the boards of The Spencer Foundation and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.