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A Celebration of the 25th Anniversary
of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Re-Broadcast of the U.S. Department of Justice,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and
Access Board ADA Anniversary Event

July 23, 2015 from the Great Hall in the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building in Washington, DC

The re-broadcast is divided into three parts.

Part One includes Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Vanita Gupta, EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum, Senator Bob Dole, and Representative Steny Hoyer.

Part Two includes a panel of people with disabilities, who have seen their lives changed because of enforcement actions that the Justice Department and the EEOC have taken to ensure that the civil rights of people with disabilities are upheld, moderated by NPR's Joe Shapiro followed by remarks from Senator Tom Harkin.

Part Three includes a memoriam to disability advocates followed by Bob Williams reading "Doing Justice," a poem he wrote for this event.