Overview
Hear the lived experiences of disability advocates — from accessibility challenges to the systematic barriers that remain today.
Watch in advance the PSEG Social Impact Film: Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
Opening Performance: Poetry from Saleem Hue Penny, a Black, disabled, “rural hip-hop blues” poet, in partnership with Dodge Poetry.
panelists
The panel is co-curated with Eyes Like Mine Inc. and will be moderated by Javier Robles, Director of the Center for Disability Sports, Health, and Wellness at Rutgers University.
Krystle Allen, Co-Founder and President of Eyes Like Mine Inc. and the first legally blind titleholder of the Ms. Newark USA Pageant
C. Lawrence Crump, City of Newark Council President and advocate for autism awareness
Katrina Parker, deaf Black entrepreneur, educator, advocate and founder of Hands of Prosperity & Empowerment (HOPE)
Betty Siegel, Director of Accessibility and VSA at the Kennedy Center, leading national and international efforts to advance inclusive arts experiences for people of all abilities.