Talk:Laura Hershey

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Proposed addition
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I am a college student and I would like to add some of Laura Hershey's contributions to this article. I will be placing this under Education and Activism:

"She was an intelligent, funny, active writer, activist and mother,” Hershey’s partner, Robin Stephens, said Saturday. “She was a genius who lived with disability and lived well.” Hershey was a writer of many genres, including books of poems, magazines, and online at a number of websites. Her works center on the battle to preserve individual dignity in a world slanted to see the debilitated as pitiable or useless. Her poem “You Get Proud By Practicing” is one of her most famous works. Hershey was best known for protesting Jerry Lewis’s muscular dystrophy telethons, which enticed the view that people with muscular dystrophy were not worth living. During a protest of the telethon in 2001, she was cited for trespassing. In an excerpt that embodies her work, she further cautions people with disabilities against being constrained to feel thankful for necessities. 	Hershey also offered workshops, speeches, readings, and other presentations to a wide range of organizations. Some recent appearances include a workshop session on queer disabled bodies at the 2009 Creating Change conference. She was also a keynote speaker and held a poetry reading at the annual meeting of the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) and facilitated a two-day meeting between disability and labor activists. She is nationally recognized for her activism and promotion for a large number of social justice issues and disability rights. Hershey has also served on a few committees related to health care policy, guided organizations on disability community outreach, and participated in grassroots activism with groups such as ADAPT, Not Dead Yet, and the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition. The Presidents on Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities and acknowledged her activism and presented the 1998 President’s Award to Hershey. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DuyenDiep (talk • contribs) 20:05, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh right, you did have sources, you just didn't add them. Do you know how to? ! dave  20:15, 9 December 2017 (UTC)


 * (ec) Hi while the content of your proposed addition seems ok, the referencing is rather thin. Only two citations in such a large chunk of text seems inadequate, so try to improve it. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 20:17, 9 December 2017 (UTC)