LiveAtState Virtual Town Hall | November 19th
Disabilities Treaty
Please join the U.S. Department of State for a LiveAtState Virtual Town Hall on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Disabilities Treaty). Judy Woodruff will host a discussion with Judith Heumann and Patrick Murphy about the Disabilities Treaty and its connection to people with disabilities at home and abroad. The audience will be able to follow the conversation live via webcast and also join the discussion by submitting questions through email and Twitter.
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Biographies
Co-Anchor and Managing Editor
PBS NewsHour
Judy Woodruff, broadcast journalist, has covered politics and other news for more than three decades at CNN, NBC, and PBS. After returning to the NewsHour in 2007 as a senior correspondent, she now regularly co-anchors the newly redesigned PBS NewsHour. For 12 years, Ms. Woodruff served as anchor and senior correspondent for CNN, anchoring the weekday political program, “Inside Politics.” Woodruff also played a central role in the network’s political coverage and other major news stories. At PBS from 1983 to 1993, she was the chief Washington correspondent for The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. From 1984-1990, she also anchored PBS’ award winning weekly documentary series, “Frontline with Judy Woodruff.” At NBC News, Woodruff served as White House correspondent from 1977 to 1982. For one year after that she served as NBC’s Today Show chief Washington correspondent. She wrote the book, This is Judy Woodruff at the White House, published in 1982 by Addison-Wesley. Woodruff is a founding co-chair of the International Women’s Media Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting and encouraging women in communication industries worldwide. She serves on the boards of trustee of the Freedom Forum, the Newseum, and the Urban Institute.
Special Advisor for International Disability Rights
U.S. Department of State
Term of Appointment: 06/07/2010 to present
Judith Heumann is an internationally recognized leader in the disability community and a lifelong civil rights advocate for disadvantaged people. She has been appointed Special Advisor for International Disability Rights at the U.S. Department of State. She previously served as the Director for the Department on Disability Services for the District of Columbia, where she was responsible for the Developmental Disability Administration and the Rehabilitation Services Administration.
From June 2002- 2006, Judith E. Heumann served as the World Bank's first Adviser on Disability and Development. In this position, Heumann led the World Bank's disability work to expand the Bank’s knowledge and capability to work with governments and civil society on including disability in the Bank discussions with client countries; its country-based analytical work; and support for improving policies, programs, and projects that allow disabled people around the world to live and work in the economic and social mainstream of their communities. She was Lead Consultant to the Global Partnership for Disability and Development.
From 1993 to 2001, Heumann served in the Clinton Administration as the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in the Department of Education. Heumann was responsible for the implementation of legislation at the national level for programs in special education, disability research, vocational rehabilitation and independent living, serving more than 8 million youth and adults with disabilities.
From June 2002- 2006, Judith E. Heumann served as the World Bank's first Adviser on Disability and Development. In this position, Heumann led the World Bank's disability work to expand the Bank’s knowledge and capability to work with governments and civil society on including disability in the Bank discussions with client countries; its country-based analytical work; and support for improving policies, programs, and projects that allow disabled people around the world to live and work in the economic and social mainstream of their communities. She was Lead Consultant to the Global Partnership for Disability and Development.
From 1993 to 2001, Heumann served in the Clinton Administration as the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in the Department of Education. Heumann was responsible for the implementation of legislation at the national level for programs in special education, disability research, vocational rehabilitation and independent living, serving more than 8 million youth and adults with disabilities.
For more than 30 years, Heumann has been involved on the international front working with disabled people’s organizations and governments around the world to advance the human rights of disabled people. She represented Education Secretary, Richard Riley, at the 1995 International Congress on Disability in Mexico City. She was a US delegate to the Fourth United Nations World Conference on Women in Beijing, China. She has been active with Disabled Peoples’ International, Rehabilitation International and numerous Independent Living Centers throughout the world. She co-founded the Center for Independent Living in Berkeley California and the World Institute on Disability in Oakland California.
Heumann graduated from Long Island University in 1969 and received her Masters in Public Health from the University of California at Berkeley in 1975. She has received numerous awards including being the first recipient of the Henry B. Betts Award in recognition of efforts to significantly improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. She has received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Long Island University in Brooklyn, an Honorary Doctorate of Public Administration from the University of Illinois, Champaign, and an Honorary Doctorate of Public Service from the University of Toledo.
For more information, visit the Office of the Special Advisor for International Disability Rights. Follow the Special Advisor on Twitter: @IntDisability and on Facebook: https://www.
Partner, Fox Rothschild Philadelphia
Former U.S. Congressman (PA-8)
The Honorable Patrick Murphy is a Partner in the Philadelphia office of Fox Rothschild. Prior to joining the firm, Patrick represented over 700,000 constituents from Pennsylvania's Eighth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives for two terms. He served on the Appropriations, Intelligence, and Armed Services committees and championed equality by authoring the bill repealing the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy. He also coauthored the 21st Century GI Bill and Hire Our Heroes legislation for his fellow veterans and was instrumental in helping make the Washington Crossing National Veterans Cemetery a reality in 2008. Patrick was commissioned as an Army officer through the King's College Army ROTC program and is a graduate of the Widener University School of Law. He served as an assistant professor teaching constitutional law at the United States Military Academy at West Point and has lectured globally, including the U.S. Air Force Academy, the Air Force War College, the Federal Reserve Bank, and the Institute for Humanitarian Law in San Remo, Italy. Immediately following 9/11, Patrick served two overseas deployments - Tuzla, Bosnia in 2002 and Baghdad, Iraq in 2003-04, where he earned the Bronze Star for Service. A dynamic leader and MSNBC contributor, Patrick advises a broad range of clients on legislative, regulatory, public policy and advocacy matters. Additionally, Patrick serves as a Senior Fellow for the Center for American Progress. He also is currently working for the Department of State in support of efforts to secure ratification of the disabilities treaty.
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