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SUMMARY: Disability Employment Awareness Month: Expanding Our Lens for Incl
 usion (Virtual  – Zoom)
DESCRIPTION: The event is hosted by the Office of Diversity\, Equity and In
 clusion. National Disability Employment Awareness Month was created to reco
 gnize the important contributions that people living with disabilities make
  to the workplace and the overall economy.  This year’s theme is “America’s
  Recovery: Powered by Inclusion”. As Washington University School of Medici
 ne continues to our […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>The event is hosted by the Office of Diver
 sity\, Equity and Inclusion.</p><p>National Disability Employment Awareness
  Month was created to recognize the important contributions that people liv
 ing with disabilities make to the workplace and the overall economy.  This 
 year’s theme is “America’s Recovery: Powered by Inclusion”. As Washington U
 niversity School of Medicine continues to our journey toward inclusive exce
 llence we must better understand\, support and engage people living with di
 sabilities in our community.</p><p>This event will start with the President
  of <a href="https://www.paraquad.org/">Paraquad</a>\, Aimee Wehmeier\, pre
 senting information about the number of people with disabilities in the wor
 kforce\, why representation is important and what organizations can do to i
 ncrease representation. She will also discuss the importance of an inclusiv
 e culture. Aimee will then moderate a discussion with a panel of individual
 s living with both visible and invisible disabilities in the workforce.  Pa
 nelists will share some of their experiences and discuss existing challenge
 s.  Panelists will discuss what each of us can do to address those challeng
 es and  intentionally foster a sense of belonging and inclusion for folks w
 ith disabilities at Washington University School of Medicine.</p><p><img cl
 ass="size-medium wp-image-46528 aligncenter" src="https://diversity.med.wus
 tl.edu/app/uploads/2021/10/Aimee-Wehmeier-Paraquad-headshot-2020-300x450.jp
 g" alt="" width="300" height="450" /></p><p style="text-align: center\;">Ai
 mee Wehmeier\, President\, Paraquad</p><p>Please register to attend [formid
 able id="211"]</p><p>For more information contact  valeriejoyner@wustl.edu.
 </p><p><strong>Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all W
 ashington University School of Medicine sponsored events.  If you are a per
 son with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to p
 articipate in this event\, at least one week before the event\, please cont
 act the Washington University School of Medicine Office of Diversity\, Equi
 ty and Inclusion in advance at 314-273-2809 or </strong><a href="mailto:Med
 DEI@wustl.edu"><strong>MedDEI@wustl.edu</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p>
LOCATION:Zoom (Virtual)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Marcy":MAILTO:marcylivingston@wustl.edu
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 areness-month-expanding-our-lens-for-inclusion-virtual-zoom/
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