BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//https://cdt.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.28// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Center for Democracy and Technology Events X-WR-CALDESC:Events found on https://cdt.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240518T163528UTC-7918fff155@https://cdt.org DTSTAMP:20240518T163528Z DESCRIPTION:Autistic Women &\; Nonbinary Network –\; Broadband Inte rnet: Civil Rights and Disability Justice\nDate: June 22\, 2023\nTime: 5:0 0 PM – 6:00 PM EDT\nPlease join AWN with DeVan Hankerson Madrigal and Vale rie Novack for a discussion on broadband\, chronic illness/disability\, an d civil rights.\nAbout this event\nIn today’\;s golden age of informa tion\, access to the worldwide web is more important than ever. As more of our devices need access to wireless networks\, the use of technology such as broadband is needed. Broadband allows multiple devices to access the i nternet and at faster speeds. For homebound people\, it provides access to the outside world.\nSpeakers\nDeVan Hankerson Madrigal is the research ma nager at the Center for Democracy &\; Technology. Over the last several years DeVan’s research has focused on disinformation\, especially targete d race and gender based online abuse. Her upcoming research aims to measur e the impacts of disinformation on women of color in public life. DeVan ha s also developed research on digital access issues for students with disab ilities. In a recent law review article\, co-authored with Lydia X.Z. Brow n\, DeVan wrote about how the COVID-19 pandemic sharpened disparities in l earning and digital access for disabled students. She has worked both in t hird-party coalition management and policy advocacy as Senior Director of Public Policy and Government Relations\, with government relations firm th e Goodfriend Group. As a technology\, internet and telecoms policy researc her by training\, DeVan also worked with the Multicultural Media\, Telecom \, and Internet Council (MMTC) as public interest advocate. DeVan holds an M.A. in International Trade Policy from the Middlebury Institute of Inter national Studies\, and a B.A. in Psychology and Linguistics from Vassar Co llege.\nValerie Novack (she/her) is a disability policy researcher focusin g on inclusive infrastructure and emergency management practices. She focu ses on integrating the expertise of lived experience and grassroots effort s of marginalized peoples into policymaking and research at the local\, st ate\, and federal levels. Valerie started in a Center for Independent Livi ng before becoming a 2019 Portlight Fellow focusing on legislative solutio ns to inaccessible emergency response practices in the United States and t he founding Board Chair of the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategi es. She continues to work towards a more inclusive environment with work i n the areas of public health\, housing\, transportation\, and social parti cipation for people with disabilities. She has completed projects with a v ariety of non-profits\, universities\, think tanks\, and community groups to increase inclusion within communities. Novack has a bachelor’s degree i n disability studies and urban planning from the University of Toledo and a master’s degree in disaster preparedness and emergency management from A rkansas State University.\nModerator: Lydia X. Z. Brown\, AWN Director of Policy\, Advocacy\, and External Affairs\n[Image: Event banner shows a sun set gradient with a yellow strip. There is DeVan\, an African American wom en with curly brown hair\, smiling for the camera. She has brown rimmed gl asses\, pearl earrings and is wearing an electric blue scarf around her ne ck. She is standing in an exhibition room where the backs and arms of men in suits are visible behind her. Then there is Valerie\, a biracial person with curly black hair who is smiling for the camera. She has black-rimmed glasses and is wearing a blue\, flowered romper. She is seated in a coffe e shop\, backs of patrons visible behind her. Text reads\, “\;Broadba nd Internet: Civil Rights and Disability Justice on Oct 2\, 2022 4pm Easte rn / 1pm Pacific with DeVan Hankerson Madrigal and Valerie Novack”\;. The corner shows the AWN logo –\; a large “\;a”\; with a d ragonfly on it\, and the words awnnetwork.org.] DTSTART:20230622T210000Z DTEND:20230622T220000Z LOCATION:Online SUMMARY:Autistic Women &\; Nonbinary Network –\; Broadband Interne t: Civil Rights and Disability Justice URL:https://cdt.org/event/autistic-women-nonbinary-network-disability-right s-racial-justice-and-broadband-access/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR