Disability & Human Rights Advocate to Speak at Mitchell College

Mitchell College kicks off its Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging and Social Justice Week with virtual speaker AJ Link, a disability and human rights advocate, on Monday, March 22, from 7 to 8 p.m. The free event, a Zoom Webinar, is open to the public. Register at https://mitchell.edu/speaker-aj-link/

Openly autistic, Link will share his story, including his path to advocacy in disability and human rights. He will also talk about how students can become social justice advocates.

Link received his JD from The George Washington University (GW) Law School and was awarded the Michael Dillon Cooley Memorial Award by his graduating class for his compassion and humanity in serving fellow students. While at GW, he chaired the Diversity and Inclusion Assembly for the Student Association and the Student Life Committee. He also founded the Atypical Student Society, a student organization for neurodiverse and disabled law students.

Having extensively studied space law, along with disability law and international human rights, Link is currently pursuing an LL.M in space law at the University of Mississippi School of Law. There he chairs The Center for Air and Space Law Task Force on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Aerospace and serves as a senior editor of the Journal of Space Law. He works as a research director for the Jus Ad Astra project and serves as co-president of the National Disabled Law Students Association, which he co-founded.

Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging and Social Justice Week at Mitchell College, March 22-27, presents a series of campus events and activities which celebrate diversity, inclusion and belonging and engage the campus community in social justice awareness, action and dialogue. Participants learn through art projects, fusion cuisine, informational tables, film, story sharing and discussions.

For more information about Mitchell College, please visit www.mitchell.edu.