Disability rights advocate Rebecca Cokley was formally recognized as the 2020 Richman Distinguished Fellow in Public Life and delivered a lecture hosted by Brandeis last week. The Richman Fellowship ...

Editor’s Note: Rebecca Cokley is the program officer for the US Disability Rights program at the Ford Foundation. She was the co-founder and director of the Disability Justice initiative at the Center ...

Rebecca Cokley is the program officer for the US Disability Rights program at the Ford Foundation. She was the cofounder and director of the Disability Justice initiative at the Center for American ...

Judy Heumann's years of advocacy and lobbying ultimately led to the federal Americans With Disabilities Act. What the next generation of disability activists can learn from Judy Heumann Rebecca Cokley ...

Rebecca Cokley's opinion of the gene-editing technology CRISPR can be distilled into one word. "It's eugenics," she says, referring to the pseudoscientific movement inspired by Darwin's theory of ...

In her writing, speeches, and interviews, Rebecca Cokley readily shares intimate details about her life. Growing up, she regularly watched the television show L.A. Law and was inspired by actor Jimmy ...

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--University of Phoenix will hold an October 21 webinar in its Educational Equity Webinar Series, titled “There is No Justice Without Disability.” The event is intended to help ...

Rebecca Cokley is the first program officer to lead a U.S. based disability rights portfolio for the Office of the President at the Ford Foundation. From 2017-2020 she served as the founder/director ...

Judy Heumann, a former State of California rehabilitation agency employees takes part in a Washington news conference to call attention to the outback in funds by the Reagan administration for their ...

Rebecca Cokley is a program officer in the President’s Office, developing the U.S. disability rights program strategy, the first of its kind at the Ford Foundation. Prior to joining Ford, Rebecca was ...

Rebecca Cokley with Judy Heumann. Her kids affectionately called her “auntie Judy.” (Courtesy of Rebecca Cokley) The woman known as the mother of the disability rights movement is being remembered as ...