> about the speaker:

• Led Team Everest ’03 (the largest group of people with disabilities) to ever reach Everest Base Camp at 17,500 feet

• Reached the summit and became the first person with one arm to reach Mt. Everest

• Led an expedition to the summit of Mt. Cho Oyu (world’s 6th highest mountain) in Tibet

• Completed the Marathon des Sables in Morocco across the Sahara Desert

> topic Description:

• People should not focus on color, gender, orientation, physical disability, or cognitive challenge, but look at each other’s hearts.

• You need a bunch of other people around you, a lot more than you think sometimes, to be truly successful.

• Anything is possible when people do it together.

• Never give up on your dream and what you to accomplish even though there may be pitfalls and challenges.

> date & time

• July 30 (Thurs.)  EDT, PDT