BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:664@handson.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T200000 DTSTAMP:20250425T172558Z URL:https://www.handson.org/events/book-talk-the-anti-ableist-manifesto-by -tiffany-yu/ SUMMARY:Book Talk | The Anti-Ableist Manifesto by Tiffany Yu DESCRIPTION:Pre-purchase your copy of the featured title to guarantee your signed copy! This helps ensure that everyone who wants a book goes home wi th one\, in case we sell out at the event. Click here to purchase.\n\nASL interpreters provided. Note that the venue has been updated to 115 Bowery\ , Welcome to Chinatown. Welcome to Chinatown is wheelchair accessible and has a wheelchair accessible restroom. Please reach out to Yu &\; Me Boo ks should you have additional access requirements ideally one week in adva nce of the event date. We will make an effort to accommodate all requests up until the time of the event.\n\n\n\nTiffany Yu takes readers on a revel atory examination of disability—how to unpack biases and build an inclus ive and accessible world.\n\nAs the Asian American daughter of immigrants\ , living with PTSD\, and sustaining a permanent arm injury at age nine\, T iffany Yu is well aware of the intersections of identity that affect us al l. She navigated the male-dominated world of corporate finance as an inves tment banker at Goldman Sachs before founding Diversability\, an award-win ning community business run by disabled people building disability pride\, power\, and leadership\, and creating the viral Anti-Ableism series on Ti kTok.\n\nOrganized from personal to professional\, domestic to political\, Me to We to Us\, The Anti-Ableist Manifesto frames context for conversati ons\, breaks down the language of ableism\, identifies microaggressions\, and offers actions that lead to authentic allyship.\n\n• How do we remov e ableist language from our daily vocabulary?\n• How do we create inclus ive events?\n• What are the advantages of hiring disabled employees\, an d what market opportunities are we missing out on when we don’t consider disabled consumers?\n\nWith contributions from disability advocates\, act ivists\, authors\, entrepreneurs\, scholars\, educators\, and executives\, Yu celebrates the power of stories and lived experiences to foster the pr oximity\, intimacy\, and humanity of disability identities that have far t oo often been “othered” and rendered invisible.\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\n\ nTiffany Yu is an award-winning social impact entrepreneur\, disability ad vocate\, and content creator. She is the founder and CEO of Diversability\ , a social enterprise aiming to elevate disability pride and build disabil ity power. Having started her career at Goldman Sachs\, Bloomberg\, and RE VOLT\, Yu is now an in-demand corporate speaker\, creating an approachable bridge in corporate diversity\, equity\, and inclusion spaces. Yu is the cofounder of the Awesome Foundation Disability Chapter\, serves on the LA2 8 Olympic and Paralympic Games Working Group\, and was a co-chair of the W orld Economic Forum Sustainable Development Impact Summit. Her TED Talk\, How to Help Employees with Disabilities Thrive\, has over one million view s. Her work and story have been featured in The Wall Street Journal\, The New York Times\, Business Insider\, Marie Claire\, Forbes\, USA Today\, Th e Guardian and more.\n\nIN CONVERSATION WITH\n\nNitika Chopra is the Found er and CEO of Chronicon and The Chronicon Foundation\, dedicated to empowe ring individuals with chronic illnesses. With a personal journey marked by psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis diagnoses since childhood\, Nitika turn ed her experiences into a force for change. Her entrepreneurial spirit led her to host her own TV show\, 'Naturally Beautiful\,' and organize over 1 00 transformative events. Nitika's influence extends to partnerships with major brands like Google\, Microsoft\, and Bristol-Myers Squibb\, where sh e advocates for the chronic illness community. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.handson.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/ 04/Screen-Shot-2025-04-25-at-10.25.41-AM.png LOCATION:Welcome to Chinatown\, 115 Bowery\, NY\, NY\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=115 Bowery\, NY\, NY\, Unit ed States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Welcome to Chinatown:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR