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Alice Wong

Alice Wong is a disabled activist, writer, and editor based in San Francisco, California. She is the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, an online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture. From 2013 to 2015, Alice served as a member of the National Council on Disability, an appointment by President Barack Obama. You can follow her on Twitter: @SFdirewolf. For more: disabilityvisibilityproject.com

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Tue Apr 30 | 06:00 PM
HARVARD BOOK STORE INC
1256 MASSACHUSETTS AVE
CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138-3820
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Thu May 02 | 07:00 PM
WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST
5233 N CLARK ST
CHICAGO, IL 60640-2122
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3900 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY
OAKLAND, CA 94609-2316
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Videos from the 2024 First-Year Experience® Conference are now available

We’re pleased to share videos from the 2024 First-Year Experience® Conference. Whether you weren’t able to join us at the conference or would simply like to hear the talks again, please take a moment to view the clips below.   Penguin Random House Author Breakfast Monday, February 19th, 7:15 – 8:45 am PST This event

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DISABILITY VISIBILITY is an urgent collection of contemporary essays by disabled people

Activist Alice Wong presents a galvanizing collection of thirty-seven essays by disabled people just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. From Harriet McBryde Johnson’s account of her debate with Peter Singer over her

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