Professor Phaedra C. Pezzullo will be interviewing Mia Ives-Rublee about her expertise in disability justice with environmental organizations, institutions and broader coalitions鈥攊ncluding outdoor recreation access, being a competitive athlete, plastic ban advocacy, as well as the value of public protest and voting.听
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About Mia Ives-Rublee
Mia Ives-Rublee is the director for the Disability Justice Initiative at American Progress.
Ives-Rublee holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in sociology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master鈥檚 degree in social work from UNC Chapel Hill. She is a leader in disability justice and inclusion, working with non-profit organizations and businesses, such as Women鈥檚 March, Families Belong Together, DC Action Lab, Adoptees for Justice, Fair Fight, People鈥檚 Collective for Justice and Liberation, Lonely Whale, and more.
Best known for founding the Women鈥檚 March Disability Caucus, Ives-Rublee helped organize the original Women鈥檚 March on Washington in 2017, pushing for better access to disability accommodations at progressive events and more policy platforms inclusive of the disability community. Ives-Rublee was named by Glamour magazine as one of 2017鈥檚 Women of the Year Award. She was also recognized by She the People as one of 20 Women of Color in Politics to Watch in 2020.
Ives-Rublee also worked on several political campaigns during the 2020 cycles. As a North Carolina community regional organizing director for the Elizabeth Warren Campaign for President, she communicated policies and organized events around specific issues affecting the disability and Asian American communities. Ives-Rublee worked as the field director for Down Home NC to encourage rural residents to vote. She also worked with the Asian American Advocacy Fund and the Georgia Disability Vote Partnership to help elect Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and the Reverend Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) during the 2021 election.听
Hosted by:听Department of Environmental Studies
Co-Sponsored by: College of Media, Communication & Information, Environmental Center, Ethnic Studies and Disability Services
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