Chicago Public Library: Virtual Event, Disability Power Series Featuring Senator Tammy Duckworth in conversation with Emily Blum

Join Disability Lead for a fireside chat featuring U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth. The first woman with a disability elected to Congress, Senator Duckworth will reflect on her journey and how the Americans with Disabilities Act paved the way for her to become the highest-ranking elected official with a visible disability. Join Senator Duckworth as she discusses her storied career, as well as key legislative priorities that protect the rights and livelihoods of Illinoisans with disabilities.

This event is presented in partnership with The Disabilities Fund at The Chicago Community Trust and Chicago Public Library's Diversability Advocacy, Women’s History Month, and Asian American Pacific Islander Committees.

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth is an Iraq War Veteran, Purple Heart recipient and former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs who was among the first handful of Army women to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Duckworth served in the Reserve Forces for 23 years before retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 2014. She was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016 after representing Illinois’s Eighth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives for two terms.

Senator Duckworth serves on several influential committees that give her an important platform to advocate for Illinois’s working families and entrepreneurs: the Armed Services Committee; the Environment & Public Works Committee; the Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee; and the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee.

How to Attend
Register on the Disability Lead website. You will receive the Zoom Webinar link from Disability Lead the day before the event. ASL interpretation, Spanish translation, and live captioning (with a streaming link) will be provided. Additional accommodation requests can be submitted via RSVP.

In Every Day Is A Gift, Tammy Duckworth takes readers through the amazing—and amazingly true—stories from her incomparable life.