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SUMMARY:Contemporary Conversations with Haben Girma - Virtual 
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DESCRIPTION:The first deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School
 \, Haben Girma is a human rights lawyer advancing disability justice. .\nh
 ttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/5128456
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Ms. Girma's tireless advocacy for people w
 ith disabilities won her the Helen Keller Achievement Award as well as pra
 ise from President Obama\, who named her White House Champion of Change. H
 aben teaches organizations the importance of choosing inclusion and has re
 defined the definition of disability\, believing that it is an opportunity
  for innovation. Haben will be talking about her memoir\,&nbsp\;Haben: The
  Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law\, how she become an advocate an
 d her journey from isolation to extraordinary accomplishment. The event is
  co-sponsored by Friends of the Library\, Montgomery County\, Inc.</p>\n<p
 >Registration required. As part of County Government\, MCPL does not colle
 ct personal information other than for the purpose of providing programs o
 r services.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Registration will close at 1 pm on Saturday\, J
 une 5.</p>\n<p>The Zoom link to participate in the program will be sent to
  registrants 24 hours prior to the event and again 2 hours before the prog
 ram starts.</p>\n<p>Explore MCPL's<a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/
 library/accessibility/index.html">&nbsp\;Accessibility and Inclusion</a>&n
 bsp\;resources.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Don't have a card right now? No worries\, t
 ry our newly improved Digital Library card&nbsp\;<a href="https://mcpl.lin
 k/DigitalCard">https://mcpl.link/DigitalCard</a>&nbsp\;and you'll be ready
  to go in minutes.</p>\n<p style="border: 5px solid black\; padding: 50px\
 ; background-image: linear-gradient(to right\, #f1d45e\,#F2CD37\,#f1d45e)\
 ;"><strong>By joining this Virtual MCPL program\, you agree to abide by ou
 r&nbsp\;<span style="text-decoration: underline\;"><a href="https://montgo
 merycountymd.gov/library/policies/behavior.html">rules of conduct</a>.</sp
 an>&nbsp\;Library staff has the authority to remove you from this program 
 if we deem your behavior to be inappropriate\, to ensure the safety of sta
 ff and customers.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline\;"><a
  href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/policies/zoom.html">Learn ab
 out MCPL's Zoom Security Settings</a></span></strong><strong></strong></p>
 \n<p><strong>Accommodation Requests</strong></p>\n<p>Sign language interpr
 etation and captioning will be provided. If you have questions about acces
 sibility or accommodation requests\, contact the Assistant Facilities and 
 Accessibility Program Manager Elizabeth Lang at 240-672-8818 or <a href="m
 ailto:Elizabeth.Lang@montgomerycountymd.gov">Elizabeth.Lang@montgomerycoun
 tymd.gov</a></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/5128456
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