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2019 Harkin Summit kicks off in Paris

The 4th Harkin International Disability Employment Summit (Harkin Summit) opened in Paris with three dynamic leaders, Manuel Patrouillard, Senator Tom Harkin, and Sophie Cluzel. Patrouillard, the director general of Humanity and Inclusion opened the session with...

Let’s Go: Business leaders share successes and challenges

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The first Plenary Panel of the 4th Harkin International Disability Employment Summit was a high energy discussion aimed to motivate and mobilize participants to accelerate global change in the business marketplace. Panel facilitator Caroline Casey, Founder of Valuable...

Keynote: Dr. Jim Yong Kim

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Jim Yong Kim (@JimYongKim), M.D., Ph.D., is the 12th President of the World Bank Group. Soon after he assumed his position in July 2012, the organization established two goals to guide its work: to end extreme poverty by 2030; and to boost shared prosperity, focusing...

Afghanistan Disability Rights Conference: From policy to programming

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On 23-24 May, the Embassy of Afghanistan, the United States International Council on Disabilities (USICD) (a Harkin Summit plannning committee member), the U.S. Afghan Women’s Council, and Georgetown University’s Center for Child and Human Development...

Harkin Institute senior fellow testifies before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Institute News, People with Disabilities

Julie Christensen, a senior fellow at The Harkin Institute, testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on November 15, 2019, about the use of 14(c) certificates and subminimum wage for people with disabilities. Christensen, Director of Policy and Advocacy...

2019 Harkin Summit kicks off in Paris

Let’s Go: Business leaders share successes and challenges

Keynote: Dr. Jim Yong Kim

Afghanistan Disability Rights Conference: From policy to programming

Harkin Institute senior fellow testifies before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

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