Haben Girma & Mychal Threets Discuss Disability Stories @West

Book cover of author Haben Girma and photo of Haben and Mychal Threets, who will moderate the event.
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Haben Girma & Mychal Threets Discuss Disability Stories 

Literacy ambassador Mychal Threets will chat with Haben Girma, author of Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law. Serving up captivating stories sprinkled with humor, their conversation will cover disability rights, mental health, and how to advocate for a barrier-free world. A Q&A will follow.

You’re invited, children and adults, to join us at the library! The space is wheelchair accessible, and we will have both captioning and ASL interpretation.

Please note: space is limited and there are no reservations. We will do our best to accommodate all attendees but a seat at this event is not guaranteed. We will also be livestreaming the event at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83076711337 

About Haben:

The first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, Haben Girma is a human rights lawyer, author, and keynote speaker. President Obama named her a White House Champion of Change. She received the Helen Keller Achievement Award, and a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. In 2023 she became one of the first leaders appointed to serve as a Commissioner on the new World Health Organization Commission of Social Connection. Haben believes disability is an opportunity for innovation, and she travels the world teaching organizations the importance of choosing inclusion. Harnessing the power of the written word to spark advocacy, she published the bestseller Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law. Warm, funny, thoughtful, and uplifting, the book is a testament to her determination to resist isolation and find the keys to connection. You can follow her on social media or learn more on her website, Habengirma.com. 

About Mychal:

Mychal Threets grew up in Fairfield, CA, right between Sacramento and San Francisco. He grew up in libraries as a homeschool kid. He got his first library card at the age of 5 and was hooked on libraries from there. He got his first library job as a library shelver at the library he grew up in and worked his way up to become Supervising Librarian of that very same library. He is a recipient of the 2024 “I Love My Librarian Award”, is one of TIME Magazine’s 2024 “Next Generation Leaders”, and a 2024 Library Journal Mover & Shaker. He is adamant about working to convince as many as possible that they belong in the world and that their mental health is a priority. He is a literacy advocate, a mental health advocate, and is forever committed to library joy. You can find him on Instagram and TikTok as @Mychal3ts.

 

 

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