This fall, grab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in to virtual conversations with the Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System on topics from how racism is making us sick to human trafficking awareness to increasing equity and opportunity in the sciences. Let’s learn together!
Lunch and Learn returns with special guest Judge David S. Tatel, author of "Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice" in conversation with the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System.
"David Tatel has served nearly 30 years on America's second highest court, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, where many of our most crucial cases are resolved -- or teed up for the Supreme Court. He has championed equal justice for his entire adult life; decided landmark environmental and voting cases; and embodied the ideal of what a great judge should be. Yet he has been blind for the past 50 of his 80-plus years. Initially, he depended upon aides to read texts to him, and more recently, a suite of hi-tech solutions has allowed him to listen to reams of documents at high speeds. At first, he tried to hide his deteriorating vision, and for years, he denied that it had any impact on his career. Only recently, partly thanks to his first-ever guide dog, Vixen, has he come to fully accept his blindness and the role it's played in his personal and professional lives. His story of fighting for justice over many decades, with and without eyesight, is an inspiration to us all. -provided by the catalog.
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About Judge David S. Tatel:
Judge David S. Tatel served on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1994 to 2024, succeeding future Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
After graduating from the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago Law School, he served as the founding director of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and then director of the National Lawyers Committee. He headed the Office for Civil Rights of the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare during the Carter administration and then founded and led the education practice at Hogan Lovells, where he is now Senior Counsel. Judge Tatel is a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In the past, he co-chaired the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Science, Technology and Law, and chaired the boards of The Spencer Foundation and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Judge Tatel and his wife, Edie, live in Virginia and Washington, D.C. They have four children, eight grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Judge Tatel’s memoir, Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice, was published on June 11, 2024 by Little Brown
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Virtual Event | Speaker or Panel | Discussions |
TAGS: | ohr | lunch and learn |
Mon, Oct 07 | Closed |
Tue, Oct 08 | 12:00AM to 11:45PM |
Wed, Oct 09 | 12:00AM to 11:45PM |
Thu, Oct 10 | 12:00AM to 11:45PM |
Fri, Oct 11 | 12:00AM to 11:45PM |
Sat, Oct 12 | 12:00AM to 11:45PM |
Sun, Oct 13 | Closed |
Mon, Oct 07 | Closed |
Tue, Oct 08 | 12:00AM to 11:45PM |
Wed, Oct 09 | 12:00AM to 11:45PM |
Thu, Oct 10 | 12:00AM to 11:45PM |
Fri, Oct 11 | 12:00AM to 11:45PM |
Sat, Oct 12 | 12:00AM to 11:45PM |
Sun, Oct 13 | Closed |
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