Google Doodle tribute to disability rights activist Stacey Park Milbern. In this article, let’s meet her father, Jean Milbern and American Father, Joel Milbern.
Stacey Milbern was an American disability rights activist who supported creating the disability justice movement and backed for fair treatment of people with disabilities.
Further, she started serving in disability rights leadership roles at the age of 16. Apart from that, she served as Community Outreach Director for the National Youth Leadership Network.
Moreover, when Pacific Gas & Electric shut down power to thousands of homes in response to the 2019 California wildfires, Stacey was actively working on launching a grassroots campaign to provide critical aid to people with disabilities affected by the blackouts.
Google Doodle Honored To Stacey Milbern, A Disability Rights Activist
Stacey Milbern, Koren- American disability rights activist who died on 2020 May 19, on her 33rd birthday, is recognized as a dynamic leader with a knack for organizing people.
Throughout her active career, this pioneer in the disability justice movement supported homeless people, fair treatment of people of color, and transgender and gender-nonconforming.
Furthermore, as a part of its Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebration, Google celebrates the Korean American activist with a Doodle on Thursday — Milbern’s 35th birthday and the second anniversary of her death.
Besides, Thursday is also Global Accessibility Awareness Day, encouraging digital accessibility and inclusion for people with all disabilities.
Stacey Milbern Has Korean Heritage
Stacey Milbern came into this world on 1987 May 19 with congenital muscular dystrophy at a US Army hospital in Seoul. Further, she has Korean Heritage as she was born to her white father and Korean mother.
Likewise, growing up, Milbern adopted and honored elements of her identity that stood out in an evangelical Christian family in North Carolina, particularly her sexuality.
Not to mention, Milbern composed poetry and noted disability matters on a personal blog in which she defined herself as “just your everyday queer disabled corean girl living in the south.”
Stacey Milbern Parents Jean Milbern and Father Joel Milbern
Stacey Milbern was born and raised by her parents, Jean Milbern and Joel Milbern. Her father, Joel, was in the United States Army. As we already mentioned, she was mixed-race.
In addition to this, Milbern grew up in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in a military family, and as a child, she leaned on her family as caregivers.