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AAPD Gala to Honor Emerging Leaders in Disability Community

Luminaries from the disability and business communities and government will gather March 4 to celebrate three emerging disability rights leaders at the annual American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) Leadership Gala at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.

Leadership Gala will be held March 4 at the National Building Museum

Luminaries from the disability and business communities and government will gather March 4 to celebrate three emerging disability rights leaders at the annual American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) Leadership Gala at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.

The event, which will be held from 5:45 to 9 p.m., will honor Paul G. Hearne Award winners Stephanie Enyart, Victor Santiago Pineda and Maureen McKinnon-Tucker. The three were chosen by a national advisory committee to receive $10,000 each to further their work in the disability community.

The Leadership Gala will be emceed by The Honorable Tony Coelho, the former Majority Whip of the U.S. House of Representatives and an author of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and actor and disability rights activist Robert David Hall ("CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"). Legendary R&B artist Sam Moore ("Soul Man") will also make a special appearance at the event.

The Paul G. Hearne Award carries on the work of one of AAPD's founders, Paul G. Hearne, a renowned leader in the national disability community and realizes his goal of cultivating emerging disability rights leaders.

More than 55 corporations, including Wal-Mart, American Airlines, National Structured Settlements Trade Association (NSSTA) and SAP, are providing sponsorship for the event, which has been held since 2002.

Tickets are $250 per person and $100 for AAPD members. To purchase tickets, visit https://secure.netsolhost.com/aapd.com/galatickets.html or call 703-714-2363 TTY/703-556-0808 or AAPD at 202-457-0046 ext 25.

Reference: For additional information about this event, visit the AAPD Web site: www.AAPD.com, or call AAPD at 202-349-5848.

The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the country's largest cross-disability membership organization, organizes the disability community to be a powerful voice for change - politically, economically, and socially. AAPD was founded in 1995 to help unite the diverse community of people with disabilities, including their family, friends and supporters, and to be a national voice for change in implementing the goals of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). To learn more, visit the AAPD website: www.aapd.com.

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