Visit by new Commissioner of Division of Human Rights
The new Commissioner of the Division of Human Rights Commissioner
Kumiki Gibson will be here Wednesday, March 28th at 9:30 AM. She’ll stay for about an hour. She wants to meet and hear from people. The Commissioner has a specific interest in disability issues and discrimination against people with disabilities. She’s doing a swing
through upstate and wants to visit CDR/RCIL to learn more about people with disabilities, the barriers we face, and what Independent Living Centers do.
We’ll give a tour to the Commissioner and talk about various needs of people with disabilities and what services we provide – and barriers and advocacy to remove barriers. Then we’ll have a big meeting with her in the conference room… that’s where the `lots of people’ come into play.
Staff and consumers and volunteers are very much welcome and encouraged to be present. We’ll coordinate in advance some people to make sure specific points are driven home to the Commissioner.
Among other items in the Commissioner’s biography: “During the Clinton Administration, she served as legal counsel to Vice President Al Gore from 1994 to 1997″. She is now running the state organization charged with enforcing human and civil rights laws within New York State.