Keynote Speaker & Panelists
Keynote Speaker
Britney Wilson
Associate Professor of Law | Director of the New Civil Rights
Disability Justice Clinic New York Law School
Panelists
Jabreel N. Brandon
Self-Advocate
Graduate from The University of North Carolina-Greensboro- Beyond Academics
Layla D. Brown, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Cultural Anthropology & Africana Studies, Northeastern University
Cari Carson, J.D., MSW
Legal Aid of North Carolina - Right to Education Project
Shea Cleveland
Project Director, Family Resource Center South Atlantic
Board Member, NC Epilepsy Foundation
Co-Chair, Wake County Community Collaborative for Children and Families
M. Alex Evans, J.D., Ph.D.
Attorney
Danai Fannin, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders, North Carolina Central University
Crystal M. Grant, J.D., MSW
Clinical Professor of Law|
Director, Children's Law Clinic
Duke Law School
Iris Peoples Green, J.D.
Director of Constituent Services
Disability Rights-NC
Allison R. Jones, Ph.D
Director, Special Education & Related Services
New Hanover County Schools
Emma Kinyanjui. J.D.
Legal Director
Disability Rights-NC
Al-Nisa Lawson-Herod, AB, BA
Resource Advocate and Community Navigator
The ARC of North Carolina
Dreama McCoy, MA, Ed.S
Section Chief, Exceptional Children Office of Educational Equity - NC Department of Public Instruction
Dekendrick Murray, MSL
Director, Student Accesibility Services and TRiO Student Acce[SSS] Program, North Carolina Central University
Nigel P. Pierce, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Education and Special Education Adapted Curriculum Program
North Carolina Central University
Wanda Brown-Ramseur, Ed.D.
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor-Supervisor
Allen Thomas
Self Advocate
Trainee in Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disorders - Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities
Kathie Trotter, MS, CRC, LCMHC, CPM
Division Director, NC Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Quiteya D. Walker, Ph.D. LCMHCA, NCC, CRC
Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation and Counseling, Winston Salem State University
Rya Williams
Parent and Child Advocate
NC Black Disabilities Network Steering Committee
Terry Williams
Parent and Child Advocate
Jamison Wilson
North Carolina Central University
Nursing Student
Allencia Hinnant
North Carolina Central University
Nursing Student