Christina Curry is the first black woman to serve as the commissioner of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD). She has been in the position since last year, on the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities, on July 26.

Read my story on Curry here: https://www.caribbeanlife.com/black-and-disability-history-maker-christina-curry/

So many more stories on the way! Stay tuned!

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Yesterday evening, we lost #disabled artist and #disability rights champion, Lois Curtis. Lois was one of the two plantiffs in the groundbreaking Supreme Court case Olmstead vs L.C. that set the standard that disabled people deserve to live in the community and not be siphoned to institutions.

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