...Embracing life as a "Para' or a "Quad"
Howard chats with Marcie Roth, CEO of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association, their upcoming celebration in September in New Orleans with Wynton Marsalis, and the need for all to be involved politically!
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From the National Spinal Cord Injury Association:
Ms. Marcie Roth’s background in disability services, rights, grassroots organizing, coalition building and public policy work began in the early 1970’s. She has been active as a local, state and national leader, and has been involved in senior management activities for several national and international non-profit disability organizations over the past twenty years, managing multiple projects and leading public policy initiatives simultaneously.
Currently leading national public/private efforts to address the additional needs of people with disabilities before, during and after disasters, she also serves on the National Citizen Corps Subcommittee on Individuals with Disabilities in Emergency Preparedness, and co-chairs the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Emergency Management and International Task Forces.
