In honor of Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month, join the JCRC's Associate Director, Guila Franklin Siegel for a conversation with world-renowned disability rights advocate Judy Heumann.
Featured in the Oscar-nominated film Crip Camp, and author of “Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist,” Judy has been termed the mother of the disability rights movement. She will discuss her book, Crip Camp, and the current state of disability rights in the US.
*Please note that even those who registered for the program on the previous date must re-register for the new date in order to receive the correct Zoom link.
Watch Crip Camp, which has been captioned in 29 languages and audio described in 15 languages, is on Netflix.
Purchase Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist HERE, or access on Audible, here: Audible. Purchase Judy’s youth novel, Rolling Warrior, HERE.
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Judith Heumann International Disability Rights Advocate
Judith Heumann is an internationally recognized leader in the disability rights community. Her memoir, authored with Kristen Joiner, “Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist,” is published by Beacon Press and audio recorded by Ali Stroker, who is the first wheelchair actor to perform on Broadway. Judy was featured on the Trevor Noah show. Judy is featured in Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution, a 2020 American award winning documentary film directed by James LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham and produced by the Obama Higher Ground Production - available on Netflix. She has been featured in numerous documentaries including on the history of the disability rights movement, including Lives Worth Living and the Power of 504 and delivered a TED talk in the fall of 2016, "Our Fight for Disability Rights and Why We’re Not Done Yet." Her story was also told on Comedy Central’s Drunk History in early 2018, in which she was portrayed by Ali Stroker. As Senior Fellow at the Ford Foundation (2017-2019), she wrote “Road Map for Inclusion: Changing the Face of Disability in Media.” She also currently serves on a number of non-profit boards including the American Association of People with Disabilities, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Humanity and Inclusion, as well as the board of Human Rights Watch.
Crip Camp, which has been captioned in 29 languages and audio described in 15 languages, is available for streaming on Netflix.
Purchase Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist HERE, or access on Audible, here: Audible. Purchase Judy’s youth novel, Rolling Warrior, HERE.
Guila Franklin Siegel Associate Director
Guila is the Associate Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington. Prior to joining the JCRC, Guila was the Founding Director of the Tikkun Olam Women’s Foundation of Greater Washington, a Jewish grantmaking organization focused on empowering women philanthropists and supporting social change for women and girls. With over 20 years’ experience in Jewishly grounded public policy and community relations, Guila previously served on the staffs of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (Assistant Director, Domestic Concerns); PANIM: The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values (Director of Institutional Advancement); and the American Jewish Congress (Regional Director).
Guila is the daughter of two cerebral palsied parents, and has written extensively about her parents’ disabilities and their family’s unique experiences and challenges. Her columns on disability and on a range of other issues related to Jewish community relations have been published in The Washington Post, The Forward, JTA, Maryland Matters, the Washington Jewish Week, and the New York Jewish Week.
She received her undergraduate and law degrees from New York University, and practiced law at the Crowell & Moring firm in Washington, D.C. prior to joining the non-profit sector.