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WGG Inspiration Session: Our fight for Disability Rights - Judith Heumann (Honoring Disability Independence Day)

This month's session is a special edition in honor of Disability Independence Day on July 26th - when the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed.

For this session, we’ll watch a 17min TedTalk on Our fight for disability rights -- and why we're not done yet with Judith Heumann.

Four decades ago, Judith Heumann helped to lead a groundbreaking protest called the Section 504 sit-in -- in which disabled-rights activists occupied a federal building for almost a month, demanding greater accessibility for all. In this personal, inspiring talk, Heumann tells the stories behind the protest -- and reminds us that, 40 years on, there's still work left to do





For those newer to GumGum, these sessions are an opportunity for us to slow down, listen to an inspiring podcast or TedTalk and (optional) open up to a round table discussion on what we've just watched -- and is open to ALL GumGummers.