AAPD Leadership Gala-March 16, 2004
Information Sheet
What: The American
Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) will celebrate and
honor leaders within the disability community at its third-annual
AAPD Leadership Gala. At this event, AAPD
will publicly recognize several emerging leaders of the disability
community, and present each of them with a $10,000 Paul G. Hearne/AAPD
Leadership Award. Additionally, the prestigious $50,000
Henry
B. Betts Award will be presented to a person who promotes social
change, an established leader in the disability community whose lifetime
work has improved the quality of life of people with disabilities both
nationally and internationally. AAPD will also present the first-ever
Linda Chavez-Thompson Award to Linda Chavez-Thompson, in recognition
of her longstanding leadership towards inclusion of people with disabilities
and their families within the labor movement.
Who: Leadership Gala Honorary
Co-Chairs
The Honorable Tom Daschle
The Honorable William Frist
The Honorable J. Dennis Hastert
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Leadership Gala Steering Committee CO-Chairs:
The Honorable Tony Coelho
Mrs. Don Evans
Mrs. Norman Y. Mineta
Mrs. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
Guest Speakers:
The Honorable Don Evans
The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta
Senior members of the Executive Branch, Members of Congress,
high-ranking policy makers, community leaders and disabilities rights
advocates
Why: Bringing together leaders from government,
business and the non-profit sectors, in recognition of the important
work of AAPD and the award recipients, the AAPD Leadership Gala will
be a celebration of achievement, leadership and progress toward AAPD's
vision of political and economic empowerment for individuals with disabilities.
The AAPD Leadership Gala is a forum for recognizing, empowering,
and supporting both emerging and established leaders in the disability
community, as well as for inspiring and mobilizing all attendees to
increase their advocacy in support of realizing the promise of the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Please also visit:
Paul G. Hearne/AAPD Leadership Award Recipients - 2004 Videos
2003 AAPD Leadership Gala Photo Gallery
2003 Paul G. Hearne/AAPD Leadership Award Recipients
2003 Henry B. Betts Award Recipient
