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Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2023 at the University of Minnesota

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is celebrated around the world annually on the third Thursday of May. The event aspires to raise awareness of the importance and impact of accessibility, share our progress, and renew our commitment to cultivating inclusion.  “Amplifying Accessibility” was the theme for the University of Minnesota’s second systemwide GAAD event held on May 18, 2023, which had more than 460 registrants from all five system campuses, other higher education institutions, and organizations around the country. The event engaged participants in conversation and sparked thinking and learning about amplifying accessibility with sessions that are relevant to everyone’s work in teaching and learning. Program Recap and Video Recordings This year's event included three separate tracks with nine sessions on a variety of topics, as well as a keynote  by Lydia X. Z. Brown on disability justice action in higher education. Lydia is an activist, writer, and adjunct lectu