| 1:30 PM - 8:00 PM | 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act
1:30 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Judith Barricella, Director, Allegheny County Disability Connection
OPENING REMARKS:
Honorable Dan Onorato, County Executive (invited)
Honorable Luke Ravenstahl, Mayor, City of Pittsburgh
Jeff Parker, Chair of Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council, Program Moderator
1:45 KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
“Forging a New Freedom: Local Response to National ‘Calling on America’ Campaign’”
Stan Holbrook, President and CEO, Three Rivers Center for Independent Living
“Disability Agenda 2000: Vision of a Community Without Barriers”
Judith Barricella
2:15 PANEL DISCUSSION: Honoring the Accomplishments of the First 20 Years: The 2007 National Council on Disability report on the impact of the ADA on the lives of Americans with disabilities states that the four major goals of the ADA are equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency. What are the major accomplishments you would point to in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County over the past 20 years to get us closer to achieving these goals as a community?
Paul O’Hanlon, Staff Attorney, Disability Rights Network
Al Condeluci, CEO, UCP/CLASS
Karen Hoesch, Executive Director, ACCESS Transportation
Joan Stein, President and CEO, ADA, Inc.
3:15 Break
3:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
“Challenging a new generation of leaders to contribute their talent, ideas, and energy to create the region’s best future”
Allen Kukovich, Executive Director, Power of 32 Regional Visioning Project
4:00 PANEL OF YOUNG LEADERS: The challenge for a new generation of leaders Recently Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, stated that “Students with disabilities who graduated high school this June are members of the ‘ADA Generation,’ a new generation of Americans with disabilities growing up with an expectation of academic achievement, employment, and the opportunity to give back to their community.” How can we best commit ourselves as Americans with and without disabilities together to make this statement a reality?”
Chaz Kellem, Manager, Diversity Initiatives, Pittsburgh Pirates
Josie Badger, Youth Coordinator, Parents’ Education and Advocacy Leadership Center
Ashley Molinaro, Assistant Professor, U. of Pittsburgh School of Health & Rehabilitation Science (invited)
Kristin Durniok, Service Coordinator, UCP/CLASS & Miss Wheelchair Pennsylvania
5:00 Adjourn to PARTY!
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