(B)MIB - #17: Dr. Grateful-Miranda Sefakor Komabu-Pomeyie (Disability, Advocacy, & Education)

The (Blind) Man in Black interviews International Advocate for Disability Rights, Policy Analyst, Independent Living Coordinator for the Vermont Center for Independent Living, Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, Founder/Executive Director of Enlightening and Empowering People with Disabilities in Africa (EEPDAfrica) and friend, Dr. Grateful-Miranda Sefakor Komabu-Pomeyie. They discuss Sefakor’s life growing up in Africa, adapting to the affects of Polio, friendship, disability stigma, faith, reasonable accommodations, inclusion, equal access, SIT Graduate Institute, marriage rituals in Ghana, the importance of education, disability & sexuality, independent living culture, Brian surprising Sefakor by swearing, and much more. Recording Date: Saturday, November 21st, 2020 To learn about Sefakor’s work with EEPDAfrica, please visit: http://www.eepdafrica.org