Disability rights attorney striving to make society more inclusive.
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Hopefully, the historic Carta di #Solfagnano helps to usher in a new wave of #disabilityinclusion across the world's largest democracies, and beyond. #G7 @HLSPOD
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Discover our video resources on guardianship alternatives, supported decision-making, and transfer-of-rights! We have webinars for parents & educators, plus content for self-advocates: youth-voice.org/videos/
#A2G #AlternativesToGuardianship #ICIYouth
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Listen to "Thinking for Me," a comic by Giancarlo Vicari, a Youth Ambassador, now turned into a 5-minute audio story about what it means to turn 18 and talk with your parents about alternatives to guardianship: wi.st/476p5jU
#A2G #AlternativesToGuardianship #ICIYouth
Ahead of #HarvardClimateActionWeek, learn more about why #disabilityinclusion in #climateaction matters, with this recemt @Lancet Planetary Health piece by @HLSPOD & colleagues from around the world:
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People with disabilities are disproportionately affected by climate change. Michael Ashley Stein reports on why this is the case in a @Harvard_Law Q&A: ow.ly/EWVq50ReYEz
@HLSPOD #EarthDay2024 #EarthDay
I'm excited for this @HLSPOD webinar next Monday 3/25 on using litigation as a tool for advancing #Disability -inclusive #ClimateJustice with speakers from @PaiisUniandes, @DisRightsTx & @McGillCHRLP !
Advancing Disability Climate Justice in the Courts - Assessing Strategies for Including Persons with Disabilities through Litigation around the World hpod.law.harvard.edu/events/…
Big thanks to our Nov 2 #IHL webinar co-sponsors @HLSPILAC, @HumanRightsHLS & @HHI for making this happen!
Join @HLSPOD on Nov 2nd for our join webinar "Strengthening #IHL Protections for Marginalized Groups" feat Janet Lord, @Dustin_A_Lewis, @jiraffe8, @jtdkelly, Benyam Dawit Mezmur & @opereetveritate #womensrights #childrensrights #disabilityrights hpod.law.harvard.edu/events/…
Join @HLSPOD on Nov 2nd for our join webinar "Strengthening #IHL Protections for Marginalized Groups" feat Janet Lord, @Dustin_A_Lewis, @jiraffe8, @jtdkelly, Benyam Dawit Mezmur & @opereetveritate #womensrights #childrensrights #disabilityrights hpod.law.harvard.edu/events/…
Livestream starts in 45 minutes! Reckoning with the History of State Institutions for People with #Disabilities - How Lessons from the Past Should Inform Today's Policies hpod.law.harvard.edu/events/… @HLSPOD
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Join the #UNGA78 side event on ‘Armed Conflict and Disability - From Inclusive Protection to Peacebuilding’ with @SR_Disability.
📅26 October 2023
🕒1:15 PM (EDT)
📍Permanent Mission of Poland @PLinUN & online. Register at: ow.ly/Je2K50Q0j6p
➡️ow.ly/A5Jt50Q0j6o
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Join the #HPOD for ‘Reckoning with the History of State Institutions for People with Disabilities; How Lessons from the Past Should Inform Today's Policies’
October 26, 2023, 5:15 PM (EDT)
HLS, WCC1010
Streaming: tinyurl.com/HPODReckoning
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Join us Oct 25 at 5:15pm for HPOD's in-person #event "Reckoning with the History of State Institutions for #PeoplewithDisabilities", feat @lalexgreen, @PoisonedPenner, @fortedesi, Jan Nisbet, Reggie Clark & Anne Fracht. Register online: hpod.law.harvard.edu/events/…
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Local to Greater Boston? Join us! - HPOD's Annual Community Gathering to Connect and Preview Opportunities to Advance Disability Rights hpod.law.harvard.edu/events/…
#Personswithdisabilities in #Bangladesh bear the brunt of the global #climatecrisis, making #disabilityinclusion in #climateaction there and around the world indispensable blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.… via @petrieflom @HLSPOD
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Do you remember that Eve Hill was the keynote speaker at our first Outstanding Leadership in Disability Law Symposium & Award Celebration in 2017, honoring Thomas Gilhool? And now, seven years later, she is our honoree! Learn more & register: tash.org/2023-oldl/ #2023TASHOLDL
ALT A photograph of Eve Hill at a podium and mic. She is wearing a sea green blazer and has long red hair with bangs.
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Powerful reflections from Kamisha Heriveaux, #selfadvocate extraordinaire, on the role of #youth with #intellectualdisabilities in exploring and promoting #alternatives to #guardianship. @ICInclusion hpod.law.harvard.edu/news/en…
Thank you @SR_Disability for helping to make today's event a success, and for all your work highlighting the importance of this issue!
On JUN15, my team and I will join @HLSPOD #COSP16 Side Event to discuss #CRPD and #IHL protections & accountability for persons with disabilities in situations of risk. The event is fully online & open. Register and join us!👇
hpod.law.harvard.edu/events/…
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HPOD is proud to be co-sponsoring @UNITAR's 2023 roundtable series "Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing" to promote the #HumanRights of #olderpersons, which starts on June 22 hpod.law.harvard.edu/events/…
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A big thank you to our sponsors, co-sponsors, and attendees for making today's #COSP16 side event on #DisabilityInclusion in the global #PeaceandSecurity agenda a success! @USIP @USUN @PLinUN @LuxembourgUN @FinlandUN @hrw @IDA_CRPD_Forum @USICD @SR_Disability @NLatUN @NZUN
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Join us on June 15 at 11:30am EDT for our #COSP16 virtual side event, "Movement and Cohesion in the #Disability, #Peace, and #Security Agenda" @PLinUN @luxembourgUN @FinlandUN @hrw @IDA_CRPD_Forum hpod.law.harvard.edu/events/…
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TASH's Outstanding Leadership in Disability Law Symposium and Award Celebration will be July 19, 2023 at the American University Washington College of Law. The honoree of this year's legal symposium is Eve Hill. Learn more and register at tash.org/2023-oldl/ #2023TASHOLDL
ALT The logo for the Outstanding Leadership in Disability Law Symposium and Award Celebration. The event title in purple with an illustration of a stylized Doric column with a star and laurels in gold to the left and the TASH Möbius strip below.