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Senator Tom Harkin on death of Karen Ferguson

Institute News, Senator Harkin

Karen Ferguson, founder of the Pension Right Center, died on December 22, 2021. Senator Tom Harkin (retired) issued the following statement about Ferguson and her commitment to fighting for workers’ rights. “Karen Ferguson understood both the societal and...

Senator Harkin, Joseph Jones and Daniel Van Sant address disability employment at Dubai World Expo

Harkin Summit, Institute News, People with Disabilities

Harkin Institute Executive Director Joseph Jones and Disability Policy Director Daniel Van Sant attended the World Expo in Dubai to meet with fellow international disability employment advocates and recommit to increasing accessibility to international events like the...

December 16 | Disability Inclusion: A Driver of Long-Term Value Creation

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Date: December 16, 2021 Time: 12 p.m. ET Location: Zoom link available here Register For This Event This was the final event in a series of dialogues that bring together the disability and investor communities and the private sector to achieve competitive, integrated...
Senator Harkin Column: Bob Dole’s legacy will live on through his service to this country

Senator Harkin Column: Bob Dole’s legacy will live on through his service to this country

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Senator Harkin remembered Senator Bob Dole in a column published in USA Today on December 10, 2021. An excerpt of the column is available below. The full column can be read here.   On Jan. 3, 1985, I was scheduled to be sworn in as a new United States senator. I had...

Watch on Demand | A Conversation with NYT Disability Reporter Amanda Morris

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This webinar was recorded on December 16, 2021. The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement partnered with the Zero Project and the National Center on Disability and Journalism to host a conversation with Amanda Morris, the New York Times’...
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