Mary Lou Breslin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2009
Mary Lou Breslin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2009
Watch Mary Lou Breslin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2009 Online Free on Watchseries. Mary Lou Breslin, co-founder of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership awards (the Robert C. Kirkwood Award) - for making a mark in defining disability rights as a civil rights issue. She is a trailblazer whose grassroots movement has had tremendous impact addressing human rights abuses and neglect worldwide. As co-founder of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Mary Lou was at the forefront of creating the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Fair Housing Amendments Act, and the Civil Rights Restoration Act leading to protected rights and enhanced opportunities for us all, not just those with disabilities.
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