PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE) – The University of Phoenix is hosting a webinar in its Educational Equity Webinar Series on October 21, titled “Without Disability There Is No Justice.” The event aims to help create awareness and understanding of disability justice in order to center the voices and experiences of people with disabilities in all aspects of work. The event is part of a public series aimed at educators, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practitioners, college leaders and administrators, employers, nonprofits and government organizations, as well as faculties, staff, students and alumni of the University of Phoenix on the globe.
In the United States, roughly one in five people has a disability, and people with visible and invisible disabilities are often marginalized in their communities and workplaces.
The webinar will be attended by Rebecca Cokley, an American disability rights activist and public speaker who is currently the first US commissioner for the Ford Foundation’s disability rights program. She also served in the Obama administration in positions in the US Department of Education and the US Department of Health. “Without including disability, there can be no justice, and disability requires justice,” says Cokley.
As the leading voice on disability rights, Ms. Cokley will be in this webinar to discuss disability justice, ableism, and key steps any organization can take to become more inclusive and accessible.
The discussion will be moderated by Tondra Richardson, MBA / HRM, Director of Student Diversity & Inclusion, and Saray Lopez, Director, Student Diversity & Inclusion, both from the Office of Educational Equity at the University of Phoenix.
Find out more about the series or the University of Phoenix’s Office of Educational Equity and upcoming events here.
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