Meade one of five honorees for Carol Hollenshead Inspire Award
Topic of lightning talk to be "Healthcare Disparities Among Individuals with Disabilities – Taking Responsibility for Our Role as Healthcare Providers” at the CEW+ Advocacy Symposium.
Michelle A. Meade, who serves as co-director for the University of Michigan Center for Disability Health and Wellness and as co-chair of the Michigan Medicine Disability Council, is one of four U-M faculty members and one staff member to receive the Carol Hollenshead Inspire Award for Excellence in Promoting Equity and Social Change, which will be presented at the CEW+ Advocacy Symposium on Oct. 29.
The $1,000 award honors the former CEW+ director’s 20-year tenure at CEW+. The recipients will each present a “lightning talk” about their work during lunch at the symposium, the theme of which is “Redefining Leadership.”
Meade, associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, Medical School, will present “Healthcare Disparities Among Individuals with Disabilities – Taking Responsibility for Our Role as Healthcare Providers.” She is the principal investigator and director of federally funded interdisciplinary centers focusing on disability issues: the U-M Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center and “Technology Increasing Knowledge: Technology Optimizing Choice” and the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Investigating Disability factors and promoting Environmental Access for Healthy Living.
In addition to the talks at the symposium, each recipient will lead a 90-minute workshop once during the 2019-20 academic year as a component of the CEW+Inspire Initiative, which focuses on wellness while creating social change.
The intent of the workshops is to highlight the authentic journeys of social change leaders, spotlighting them as role models for others aspiring to work toward social change.
The Advocacy Symposium runs from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Michigan League. This working event is free and open to all activists, advocates and allies from all U-M campuses, and includes students, staff and faculty, as well as members of the local community. Registration is required.
The CEW+ Advocacy Symposium is organized in partnership with Barger Leadership Institute, Poverty Solutions at U-M and Nicola’s Books, with funding from CEW+’s Frances & Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and the CEW+ Mullin Welch Fund.