Promotional panel graphic with heading text 'Panel: Disability and Reproductive Equity'. Images of the three panelists with their names and titles. Panelists are Monika Mitra, Director of the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy, Tiffany L. Panko, the Executive Director of the Deaf Health Care and Biomedical Science Hub, and Mia Ives-Rublee, Senior Director for the Disability Justice Initiative at American Progress. Date and Time: May 27 at 7PM EST. Hosted by: Boston Museum of Science.

On Tuesday, May 27 at 7 PM, The Lurie Institute’s Director, Dr. Mitra, will join panelists Tiffany L. Panko and Mia Ives-Rublee to speak on a panel for Disability Reproductive Equity Day.

Learn more and register to attend in person: zurl.co/J6m21

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