The Visibility of Disability in Business
June 17, 2013
tags: Accessibility, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD, Digital access, digital divide, disability rights, people with disabilities
by usicdinfo
By Steven Rodriguez
Joining USICD for the summer is intern Steven A. Rodriguez. Steven is a rising senior and Skadden, Arps honors scholar pursuing a B.A. in International Studies at The City College of New York of The City University of New York (CUNY) and holds an A.A. in Liberal Arts from Kingsborough Community College. He is aiming for law school next, with a focus on disability law and public policy.
Before USICD, Steven interned with the National Disability Rights Network where he first had the opportunity to participate in outreach for the CRPD. He has held student leadership roles at CUNY in various capacities, most notably in the CUNY Pathways initiative, a historic reform of the general education framework across CUNY’s 26 Colleges & Schools. In 2012, Steven became chairperson of the CUNY Coalition for Students with Disabilities, a not-for-profit, membership, student-led organization dedicated to increase awareness, opportunity and foster community amongst CUNY’s more than 9,000 students with disabilities. Please welcome Steven and reach out to him at srodriguez@usicd.org.
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