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Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".
Woman standing at a podium speaking. Text underneath her reads "Monday July 11th. Iowa Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health".

Op-Ed: Diversity must include people with disabilities

Senator Tom Harkin and Harkin Institute Research Fellow Robert Ludke authored an op-ed on the importance of diversity among corporate boards

Join the Harkin on Wellness Symposium

Click here to access the 2021 Harkin on Wellness (HOW) Symposium.

Op-Ed: Debt relief for disabled student borrowers

Op-ed by Senator Tom Harkin and Aaron Ament of Student Defense: Biden can help disabled student borrowers on day 1

Sussman Lecture Announcement

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones will deliver the virtual spring Sussman Lecture.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day

Read Dr. King’s Drum Major Instinct sermon here and listen to the sermon here.

2020 Harkin Summit

Learn more about the 2020 Harkin International Disability Employment Summit and register now!

An Evening with Charlie Cook

Register for An Evening with Charlie Cook

NDEAM: Steps for Small Businesses

Steps small businesses can take to recruit and retain qualified people with disabilities.

NDEAM Success Story

Meet Jesse and other clients from Puget Sound Personnel

2020 NDEAM: Increasing Access and Opportunity

2020 NDEAM Theme: Increasing access and opportunity

60 Minutes: Employing people with autism

60 Minutes: Companies seeking out potential employees with autism

Virtual 2020 Fall Sussman Lecture

Register now for the virtual 2020 Fall Sussman Lecture featuring Microsoft’s Jenny Lay-Flurrie!

30th Anniversary ADA Virtual Rally

Learn more about the 30th Anniversary ADA Virtual Rally on July 26!

All In 2020 Giving Challenge

Make your gift to the All In 2020 Giving Challenge!

Olmstead v. LC Supreme Court Decision

Article: Where we are on the Twentieth Anniversary of Olmstead v LC

From the Archives: Juneteenth

Read an excerpt from a Juneteenth speech Senator Harkin delivered in 2001.

Harkin Institute statement on systemic racism

Read our statement on systemic racism here.

May 9: ADA introduced in the U.S. Senate

May 9, 1989 remarks to the Senate regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act.

What you can do to help stop the spread of COVID-19

Don’t take public health for granted and do what you can to stop the spread of COVID-19

Register now for the Sussman Lecture! 

Register now for the Sussman Lecture feat. Dr. Jean-Baptiste Richardier on Wednesday, March 11, 2020.

Column: Increasing Employment for People with Disabilities

Read Senator Tom Harkin’s (retired) column in NETWORK Connection magazine about the role of accommodations and representation in family-friendly workplaces.

Op-Ed: Senators are not jurors

Read Senator Tom Harkin’s (retired) op-ed in The Washington Post explaining the role of senators in an impeachment trial. 

Video: Happy Birthday, Senator Harkin!

Watch as Senator Harkin’s friends and colleagues share their birthday wishes in honor of his 80th birthday.