Attorney-activist Ady Barkan, who has ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and is a fierce advocate for healthcare rights, will speak at a free Zoom event, Nov. 1, 5:30 pm. The event is organized by Baruch’s Sandra K. Wasserman Jewish Studies Center.
Barkan works for the Center for Popular Democracy and is co-founder of Be A Hero. He’s the author of a memoir, “Eyes to the Wind,” and his story is told in a new documentary widely available online called “Not Going Quietly.” Politico called him “the most powerful activist in America” and Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people of 2020. The New York Times profiled him in a story called “Ady Barkan Won’t Let Dying Stop His Activism.”
Barkan will be in conversation with Baruch Marxe Professor Jonathan Engel. Register here for the Nov. 1 event.
