USI to honor Disability Awareness Month with global motivational speaker Lizzie Velasquez
WHO: USI Disability Resources, ADA Coordinator and the Institutional Equity Office are hosting a keynote presentation by Lizzie Velasquez, global motivational speaker, YouTube personality and anti-bullying activist/author. The event is open to the public at no charge.
Velasquez’s story has been featured on TODAY, The View, Huffington Post, Associated Press, MSN and Yahoo! among other national and international media outlets. She is an executive producer of A BRAVE HEART: The Lizzie Velasquez Story, a documentary chronicling her journey from cyber-bullying victim to global anti-bullying activist. Her fourth book, DARE TO BE KIND, was released in June 2017.
WHAT: The keynote presentation by Velasquez, “How Do You Define Yourself?,” will be followed by a Q&A session and meet and greet with Velasquez. The event is in honor of Disability Awareness Month.
WHEN: The presentation will take place at 6 p.m. today, Thursday, March 16.
Velasquez and Michelle Kirk, USI Manager of Disability Resources, will be available for interviews with media from 5:40-5:55 p.m.
WHERE: The presentation will take place in Carter Hall, located in University Center West.
*A mult box will be available at the presentation.
Founded in 1965, the University of Southern Indiana enrolls more than 9,700Â dual credit, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students in more than 130 areas of study. A public higher education institution, located on a beautiful 1,400-acre campus in Evansville, Indiana, USI offers programs through the College of Liberal Arts, Romain College of Business, College of Nursing and Health Professions and the Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education. USI is a Carnegie Foundation Community Engaged University and offers continuing education and special programs to more than 15,000 participants annually through Outreach and Engagement. USI is online at www.usi.edu.
