June 3rd Briefing on Capitol Hill

By Pam VanderVeer | May 22, 2008

RatifyNow has organized a CRPD Congressional press briefing. Please join us, and please encourage your Senators and Representative to attend.

Date:     June 3rd, 2008
Time:      11:30am - 1:00pm EST
Location:  The U.S. Capitol, room HC7

Program:

Professor Michael Stein, Ex. Dir., Harvard Project on Disability	What is the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities? How does it Compare to U.S. law?

Hon. Richard Thornburgh, Of Counsel, K & L Gates; former Attorney General of the United States; former U.N. Under-Secretary- General	Should the U.S. Ratify the Convention?

Wade Henderson, President and CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights	Why the Convention Matters to All Americans.

Eric Rosenthal, Vice-President, US International Council on Disability (USICD) & Executive Director, MDRI	The Convention, Human Rights, and U.S. Foreign Policy.

Judy Heumann, Director of the Department on Disability Services, District of Columbia; Director, USICD; Former Advisor on Disability and Development, The World Bank	Disability Rights in The US: Where do we stand, and how would U.S. Ratification Help?

Scott Quilty, U.S. Program Manager, Survivor Corps; Disabled U.S. Veteran	Why U.S. Ratification Matters to American Troops and Returning Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Maria Veronica Reina, Ex. Dir., Global Partnership on Disability Development and the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse U.; Moderator, IDC Listserve	The Genesis of the Convention and the role People with Disabilities Played to Create It.

Anne Sommers, Policy Counsel, American Association of Persons with Disabilities	Looking Ahead: Positions of Leading Presidential Candidates on U.S. Ratification

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