Allyship Series: People with Disabilities – A Conversation with Brooke Ellison AB '00 MPP '04

Wednesday, June 2, 2021 | 12:00 PM ET

In our ongoing Allyship Series hosted by the Harvard Club of Boston and the Harvard Club of Ireland on June 2nd at 12 noon EST, Brooke Ellison, a University Professor, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, an advocate, an author and an agent for change, will be discussing many topics including her lived experience, her time at Harvard, her research interests and her upcoming book Look Both Ways. Brooke will also be sharing with us her thoughts on how we can all be better allies for people with disabilities in thoughts, in words and in deeds. We will have time for Q&A toward the end of the program.

 

Registration for this virtual event is required and can be found by clicking on the following link (a zoom link will be emailed to registrants just before the event):

https://hcboston.clubs.harvard.edu/article.html?aid=193

 

In her many public appearances and speeches Brooke has repeatedly said: “wherever there is a condition of discouragement or inopportunity, that’s where I hope to be”. In the spirit of Allyship, let us be there with her.