A Day of Connection, Advocacy & Celebration
We’re bringing together women with disabilities, aging women, mothers of individuals with disabilities, caregivers, educators, advocates, and allies to build community, share experiences, and connect. Enjoy engaging speakers, access valuable resources, and take part in a space that honors your journey.
Summit Agenda
9:00 AM
Welcome
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Community Organizations Showcase
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Resource Fair & Networking Mixer
11:00 - 12:00 PM
Keynote Speaker: Tiffany Yu
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Guest Speaker: Katie Bindrup
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Dream It, Do It Vision Board Activity
Meet the Speakers
Tiffany Yu
Tiffany Yu is the CEO & Founder of Diversability, a 3x TEDx speaker, and the author of The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World. She started her career at Goldman Sachs before becoming a speaker and writer on disability. At the age of 9, Tiffany became disabled as a result of a car accident that also took the life of her father.
Katie Bindrup, Esq.
Katie Bindrup, Esq. is the founder of Adjurcation, an advocacy program geared towards parents and educators who want to use federal law to further their advocacy for special education children. By utilizing current cases decided by courts nationwide, hot topic issues, practical solutions, and collaboration, Katie urges parents and educators to stand up for themselves and their children in enforcing the law in public education. Katie is married to her husband, David, has five children, and resides in Henderson, Nevada, where she practices estate planning law when she's not advocating.
A Powerful Beginning
As a way to celebrate Women's History Month, we hosted our first Women's Empowerment Summit in 2023, where we provided a safe space to organize our community as well as to discuss the barriers that continue to disproportionately impact women's equal opportunities in government, healthcare, and education; Women led all panelists to unite and unify.
"All the panelists had something important to say and I learned from their lived experience having a disability or working with people who have disabilities."
"Thank you for such an a wonderful event. I found it productive to speak with the women who visited our booth about peer self-advocacy. The reception and hospitability was very heartwarming. The vendors shared lots of good information and resources."
"My key takeaways from this event is: That no one has the right to discriminate just because you are a disabled person, and women have power and no one can make us feel hopeless."
