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In the Spotlight
Gordon Receives
Emerging Leader Award
Five emerging leaders in the disability community
received the 2002 Paul G. Hearne/AAPD Leadership Award on March
4 at the AAPD leadership gala. The evening of award and recognition
was held at the Washington Hilton and Towers, Washington, D.C. Attendees
included AAPD members and other disability rights advocates, senior
members of the executive branch, members of Congress, business and
community leaders, and the media. NBDA Vice President Claudia
L. Gordon, Esq., was among the five award recipients. A national
advisory committee selected the award recipients from approximately
150 applicants. Each of the awardees received $10,000 to further
his/her work in the disability community.
 About
the Award
The Paul G. Hearne Awards were established in 1999 by the Milbank
Foundation for Rehabilitation and are now administered by AAPD.
The awards were created to recognize and support emerging leaders
with disabilities. They are names after AAPD’s founder and
first President, Paul G. Hearne, an advocate known for his encouragement,
guidance and passion for cultivating leaders throughout the disability
community.
About AAPD:
AAPD was founded on the fifth anniversary of the landmark Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA), AAPD works to politically and economically
empower the more than 56 million children and adults with disabilities
in the U.S. AAPD pursues this mission through programs fostering
leadership development, mentoring and career exploration, non-partisan
political participation and voting, member benefits, and advocacy
to promote the goals of the ADA. To learn more about AAPD programs
and activities and to read biographies of the 2002 Paul G. Hearne/AAPD
Leadership Award recipients visit www.aapd-dc.org.
Michael E Graziano
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