Every year, UMInDS holds an annual spring conference with a mission to advance knowledge about, by and for people with disabilities. Due to the popularity of these events, UMInDS has arrange for a special spring conference March 27th, 2009.

Ramped Up and Shovel Ready: Thinking Radically About Infrastructure

Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist John Hockenberry is the host of public radio's live morning news program The Takeaway. He has written two books, a play, and dozens of magazine articles. A former correspondent for ABC News and NBC News, he has traveled the globe reporting on a wide variety of stories. His memoir Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Sponsored by The University of Michigan Initiative on Disability Studies; The National Center on Institutional Diversity; The University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; The Rackham School of Graduate Studies; The Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs; The Office of the Vice President for Research; The Knight Wallace Fellows Program; Department of Communication Studies; and Institute for Research on Women and Gender

If you need accommodations for this event, please contact Carrie Baker at (734) 674-6251 or at mscarrie@umich.edu .Captioning services will be provided for the hearing impaired.