AHEAD 2007 - Plenary Presentations
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Keynote Address:
To crown 30 years of our work, we are pleased to announce the
appearance of a notable “jewel” in disability history as our Opening Plenary
keynote speaker:
Dr. I. King Jordan, President Emeritus, Gallaudet University.
Wednesday, July
18, 2007
9:00 am – 10:30 am
Recently retired from Gallaudet University, I. King Jordan made history in 1988 when he became the first deaf president of that institution, the world’s only university with programs and services designed specifically for students who are deaf and hard of hearing. That year Gallaudet students, with support from many alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the University, protested the Board of Trustees’ appointment of a hearing person to the presidency.
Called Deaf President Now (DPN), the week-long protest was a watershed event in the lives of deaf and hard of hearing people all over the world. At its conclusion, the Board reversed its decision and named I. King Jordan, one of three finalists for the position, the eighth president of Gallaudet and the first deaf president since the institution was established in 1864.
Since DPN, I. King Jordan’s leadership has heightened public awareness of the important educational contributions Gallaudet makes to the nation and the world. He serves as an international spokesperson for deaf and hard of hearing people, as well as an advocate for all persons with disabilities. Much sought after as a public speaker, Dr. Jordan continues to challenge the American public to examine their attitudes toward people with disabilities and to open their minds, hearts and workplaces to them.
It’s not anOTHER thing!: Conversations about Race and Dis/Ability
Lezlie Frye, Doctoral Candidate, American Studies, New York University
Kimi Mojica, Director, Diversity Education and Support, University
of Oregon
Thursday, July 19, 2007
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Join in this important facilitated conversation that explores and develops intersectional approaches to cultural competency through cross-cultural conversations about race and dis/ability. Discussion includes the careful task of discussing race and dis/ability without defining communities of color as able-bodied and dis/ability communities as white; identify intersecting struggles through personal experiences; the anti-racist and anti-ableist frameworks that these personal experiences offer; and proactive steps towards cross-cultural investment in anti-racism and anti-ableism as inherently linked frameworks for social change.
Kimi Mojica and Lezlie Frye are co-authors and facilitators of the ongoing series of workshops and programming project, “It’s not anOTHER thing: Conversations about Race and Dis/Ability.” They conduct intersectional workshops centered around race and dis/ability that make critical linkages between sexuality, gender, class, citizenship and nation. They have presented at NCORE, the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity, as well as in many other venues.
Lezlie Frye is an artist, performer, poet, scholar, and activist. Currently, she is a doctoral candidate in New York University’s American Studies Program; the focus of her scholarship is the intersection of dis/ability and race, with a critical attention to empire, nation, and citizenship.
Kimi Mojica has worked in student affairs for the past five years and is presently the Director of Diversity Education and Support in the Office of Student Life at the University of Oregon. She holds a B.A. in American Studies with both gender and ethnic emphasis from the University of California, Santa Cruz and is pursuing a masters degree in Conflict and Dispute Resolution at the University of Oregon.
“Talk of the Profession”
Moderated by Dr. Sue Kroeger, University of Arizona, AHEAD Past
President
Friday, July 20, 2007
12:30 pm – 2:15 pm
Together, let’s take a look “behind” at our past, a look “ahead” to the future of higher education and disability and a look inside to see who we are as an organization, what we’re doing as a profession and most importantly, what needs to be done.
This engaging and provocative conversation will bring together intersections of history, philosophy, activism and culture to give us a fresh look at disability, disability services and innovative practice.
The United Nations Disability Human Rights Treaty: Implications for Higher Education
Dr. Michael Stein, 2006-07 Cabell Research Professor of Law, The
College of William and Mary, School of Law; and Professor in
Residence, Harvard Law School
Saturday, July 21, 2007
11:00
am – 12:30 pm
On December 13, 2006, The General Assembly adopted by consensus the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The treaty will be opened for State signatures on March 30, and is expected to be quickly ratified, becoming the first human rights treaty of the twenty-first century. After describing the process and politics of the Convention, An overview of the implications for higher education will be discussed.
Michael Stein holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University. Currently the Cabell Research Professor of Law at William & Mary Law School, he has also taught at Harvard, New York University, and Stanford Law Schools. Before joining W&M in 2000, Dr. Stein clerked for United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. (while on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals) and practiced law with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York. During that time, he also served as president of the National Disabled Bar Association, and as pro bono counsel for the United States Department of Justice’s Environmental Division and the Legal Aid Society’s Juvenile Rights Division.
An internationally recognized disability rights expert, Professor Stein is participating in the implementation of a United Nations disability human rights treaty, and consults with international governments on their disability laws and policies. He serves on several disability rights advisory boards and blue ribbon panels advising disability-related empirical studies. Dr. Stein also acts as a legal advisor to Rehabilitation International and the Special Olympics. He is currently an American Bar Association Commissioner on Mental and Physical Disability Law.
AHEAD “Brown Bag” Business Meeting
The AHEAD Board and staff are eager to share information about your Association during our annual “Business Meeting”. In a break from tradition, we’ve planned this year’s Meeting as a less formal, roundtable “brown bag” discussion that will give us the opportunity to share progress and challenges, to hear and respond to your insights and to work together to move our Association into its next 30 years. Budget, AHEAD’s first Annual Report, and strategic priorities will be discussed. While there is no charge, in order to arrange for lunch, we will need your preregistration on the Conference Registration Form if you will be attending.