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2009 News & Events
BBI Spotlight: 2009
News & Events: 2009
December 2009
November 2009
- 11.30.09 Area high school students focus on disability awareness through communications campaigns
Sponsored by: BBI, The Newhouse School: Advertising Department, and Clear Channel Syracuse
• Related: Disability Rights: 2009 Communications Campaign Contest
• Post-Standard News: F-M teens win top prize for disability rights campaign
Syracuse, New York
- 11.16.09 - 11.25.09 Rune Halvorsen, Senior Researcher at NOVA Norwegian Social Research, and NTNU Social Research presented a lecture at BBI in collaboration with the BBI senior research team.
Syracuse, New York
- 11.10.09 - 11.14.09 Accessing Higher Ground: 12th Annual Accessible Media, Web and Technology Conference for Education, for Businesses, for Web and Media Designers
Presented by Disability Services
University of Colorado - Boulder
- 11.06.09 -11.08.09
DBTAC: Southeast ADA Center, a BBI-SU project, presents four Q&A workshops "Separating Fact from Fiction: ADA Myth Busters"
Abilities Expo
Atlanta, Georgia
October 2009
September 2009
- 9.13.09 - 9.19.09
Jun Nakagawa, Associate Professor - Department of Social Policy, School of Social Welfare: Hokusei Gakuen University lectures at BBI as Visiting Professor presenting "New Horizon or Nightmare Again?: The Duty of Reasonable Accommodation for Persons with Disabilities in Japan."
Mr. Nakagawa's credentials include: LL.B. (Chukyo), LL.M., & Completing Ph.D. in Law Course Works (A.G.U.), LL.M. Certificate (McGill)
- 9.01.09 Me’Shae Brooks-Rolling invited to address the topic of “How to Survive on a Limited Income in this Economy”
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
Temple Society of Concord
Syracuse, NY
August 2009
July 2009
- 7.30.09 Peter Blanck invited by The Honorable Susan E. Rice, Permanent Representative at the U.S. Mission to the U.N. and The Honorable Valerie B. Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement, to represent BBI at reception honoring The Signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
United Nations, New York City, NY
- 7.27.09 - 7.31.09 IT Security Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities from the Syracuse University School of Information Studies and BBI
•Flyer: IT Security Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities [PDF file] - Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
- July 21, 24, & 28, 2009 Brownbag Talks at BBI featuring Civil War Historian Dr. Larry Logue and Dr. Barbara Logue
•Flyer: Brownbag Talks at BBI [Word file]
BBI - Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
- 7.22.09 BBI-Washington D.C. office held a lunch on the cruise ship Odyssey, celebrating the end of the 2009 BBI Disability Law & Policy Summer Internship
• For more information:
BBI Disability Policy Leadership Program - Description & Application
- 7.1.09 Leading Civil War Historian Larry Logue comes to SU as Burton Blatt Senior Fellow
•Press Release: Larry Logue BBI Senior Fellow [PDF file] | SU News Article
June 2009
- June-July, 2009 Dr. Blanck on Distinguished Lecture Tour in Japan
: Hokusei Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan and Kobe Law School, Hyogo, Japan
- 6.22.09 Israel years behind in attitudes on disabled
featuring Dr. Levy - BBI Lifetime Achievement Award 2009 Recipient & Dr. Rimmerman - BBI Senior Fellow
- 6.15.09-6.16.09Eve Hill to present "Creating the Most Inviting Workplace for Lawyers with Disabilities"
American Bar Association – 2nd National Conference on Employment of Lawyers with Disabilities
Washington, D.C.
- 6.11.09Webinar: Promoting Entrepreneurship, through the One Stop Career Center System for Persons with Disabilities, Including Disabled Veterans
Presenters: Gary Shaheen, Lauraine Bush
Moderator: Randee Chafkin
- 6.10.09James Schmeling to present "Entrepreneurship, Inclusion of People with Disabilities, Veterans with Disabilities, and New York’s Medicaid Infrastructure Grant – NY Makes Work Pay"
Central New York Society for Human Resource Management on (CNY SHRM)
Syracuse, NY
- 6.03.09: Audio Recordings of 2009 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium now available.
• Dr. Blanck, BBI Chairman to present United States and International Disability Law & Policy
• Kareem Dale, Special Assistant for Disability Policy to present President Obama's Administration Policies on Disability Issues
May 2009
April 2009
- 4.27.09 BBI honors graduating Research Assistants and Interns for their distinguished service
- 4.27.09 Me’Shae Brooks-Rolling quoted in Spring 2009 Special Edition of "Consumer Reports” magazine addressing strategies on saving, budgeting, and utilizing financial organization tools.
- 4.23.09-4.24.09
BBI staff to co-present at NYAPRS 5th Annual Executive Seminar on Systems Transformation - "A Life in the Community"
• Gary Shaheen: New York State’s Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (co-presented by T. Golden, EDI - Cornell University)
• Michael Morris & Me’Shae Brooks-Rolling: Asset Development Strategies to Achieve Economic Self-Sufficiency (co-presented by M. Shaheen, UW-New York State)
: Albany, NY
- 4.17.09
2009 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium
• Dr. Blanck, BBI Chairman to present United States and International Disability Law & Policy
• Kareem Dale, Special Assistant for Disability Policy to present President Obama's Administration Policies on Disability Issues
Audio Recordings of 2009 JTB Symposium
Agenda: Disability Law Symposium | Brochure: Disability Law Symposium [PDF file]
: Jernigan Institute - Baltimore, MD
- 4.16.09 Stephen Haimowitz presents "Overcoming Job Barriers Facing Vets With Criminal Records"
(National Webcast)
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports and Job Retention
Virginia Commonwealth University
- 4.9.09 Blanck invited to meet with Dr. Mary Robinson, first female President of Ireland and former United Nation’s High Commissioner for Human Rights following the launch of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy.
- 4.7.09 Webcast: The Lifecycle of Talent
Part III in Webcast Series: Maximizing Human Capital: Employees with Disabilities.
• Online: OPEN to the public
- 4.7.09 Blanck quoted in National Federation of the Blind release on Access to E-Books, Amazon Kindle 2 and Eve Hill participates in protest
- 4.2.09 William Myhill to present “Disability and Aging: Historical and Contemporary Challenges” by P. Blanck & W. Myhill at Elder’s Advisor Symposium
Agenda & Brochure: Elder's Advisor Symposium [PDF file]
Marquette University Law School - Milwaukee, WI
- 4.1.09 Diana Foote was quoted in the AuburnPub.com as a Jordan-Elbridge Central School District board member
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
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