News Advisory
Detailed Program Update
Open to Credentialed Media
NCD #04-457 and 458
July 23, 2004
Contact: Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004
National Council on Disability
Celebrating ADA Anniversary and Agency Independence
Former Connecticut Governor and U.S. Senator Lowell
Weicker to Speak
NCD to Release Agency History
WASHINGTON—The National Council on Disability
(NCD) will highlight the 14th anniversary of the Americans with
Disabilities Act and the 20th anniversary of NCD as an independent
federal agency at an invitation-only event on Saturday, July 24,
2004, from 6:00 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. at The John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street, NW, Washington, DC.
6:00 p.m.
Entertainment by Dionysus Theatre Troupe and Hunter Ramseur and
Scott McCall
The Millennium Stage, Grand Foyer, Main Level
7:00 p.m.
Reception
The Atrium, Roof Level
8:00 p.m.
Welcome
David Wenzel, NCD Member, Vietnam Veteran, Master of Ceremonies
“The President’s Own” United
States Marine Band
Armed Forces Color Guard
Invocation
Young Woo Kang, Ph.D., NCD Member
Opening Remarks
Lex Frieden, NCD Chairperson
Release NCD History Report
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Sandra Swift Parrino, Former NCD Chairperson
Keynote
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Former Connecticut Governor and U.S. Senator
Presentation of the Justin Dart Freedom Award
Lex Frieden
David Wenzel
Sandra Swift Parrino
Yoshiko Dart
9:00 p.m.
Benediction
Glenn Anderson, Ph.D., NCD Member
Entertainment by Hunter Ramseur and Scott McCall
9:30 p.m.
Adjournment
NCD is an independent federal agency making recommendations
to the President and Congress on disability policy. In its 1986
report Toward Independence, NCD first
proposed that Congress should enact a civil rights law for people
with disabilities. In 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act
was signed into law.
For more information, contact Mark Quigley at 202-272-2004. |
