Leah Daniels-Butler
Rockville, Md., July 27 – RespectAbility announces the final line-up for next week’s summit From Hollywood to Capitol Hill: The Future of Americans with Disabilities. The summit will take place on Monday, July 31 from 8:30 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. at the Rayburn House Office Building, Gold Room (RHOB 2168) on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
The summit will celebrate the good that can be done to end stigmas and advance opportunities for the 57 million Americans with disabilities.
Marc Summers
Featuring:
- Leah Daniels-Butler, Casting Director and Producer
- Tommy Morrissey, One-Arm Golfer
- Marc Summers, Television Host and author of Everything in Its Place: My Trials and Triumphs with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Additional Speakers Include:
- Ollie Cantos, U.S. Department of Education (Invited)
- Eleanor Clift, author of Founding Sisters and the Nineteenth Amendment (Turning Points in History) and Two Weeks of Life: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Politics
- Sneha Dave, Chronic Illness and Disability Advocate
- Stanley B. Greenberg, Ph.D., Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research
- Calvin Harris, The Bipartisan Policy Center
- Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, President, RespectAbility
- Meg O’Connell, The Poses Family Foundation
- Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
- Brilynn Rakes, Visually Impaired Dancer
- Gerard Robinson, AEI
- Jennifer Sheehy, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
- Steven James Tingus, Entertainment Inclusion Consultant
- Donna Walton, Divas With Disabilities Project and author of Shattered Dreams, Broken Pieces
Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Gold Room, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Tickets are free but spaces are extremely limited and RSVPs are required.
How can I request accommodations? ADA seating, live captioning and ASL interpreters will be provided. Please let us know in advance if you need other accommodations.
More Information and RSVP: http://bit.ly/July31DC.
Full Schedule:
- 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM: Registration and Networking
- 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM: Introduction: Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, President, RespectAbility
- 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM: Ollie Cantos, U.S. Department of Education (invited)
- 9:45 – 10:10 AM: Stan Greenberg, Ph.D., Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research
- 10:10 – 10:30 AM: Gerard Robinson, AEI
- 10:30 – 10:40 AM: Brilynn Rakes, Visually Impaired Dancer
- 10:40 – 11:00 AM: Donna Walton, Divas With Disabilities Project
- 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Tommy and Joe Morrissey, One-Arm Golfer and Father
- Moderated by Lauren Appelbaum, RespectAbility Communications Director
- 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM: Marc Summers, Television Network Host with OCD
- 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM: Lunch Break
- 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM: Leah Daniels-Butler, Casting Director and Producer
- Moderated by Steven James Tingus, Entertainment Inclusion Consultant
- 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM: Deputy Assistant Secretary Jennifer Sheehy, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
- 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: PANEL – From Hollywood to Capitol Hill: The Future of Americans with Disabilities
- Eleanor Clift, Washington Correspondent, The Daily Beast
- Sneha Dave, Chronic Illness and Disability Advocate
- Meg O’Connell, The Poses Family Foundation
- Clarence Page, Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune
- Moderated by Calvin Harris, The Bipartisan Policy Center
