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Haben Girma Booking Agency Profile

Haben Girma is an American lawyer and disability rights advocate who is best known for being the first graduate to be blind and deaf from Harvard Law School. Girma was born in Oakland, California, and she lost her vision as well as her hearing at a young age. While growing up, she benefited from the Americans with Disabilities Act and also used a digital Braille device. When Girma was 15 years old, she did volunteer work, building schools with buildOn in Mali, Africa. She later went on to study at Lewis & Clark College where she graduated magna cum laude before going on to earn her J.D. from Harvard Law School. Girma has gone on to be named a White House Champion of Change by President Obama, has earned the Helen Keller Achievement Award, has been featured in Forbes 30 Under 30’s list of Law & Policy, and has been featured in Pacific Standard’s Top 30 Thinkers Under 30. Girma has recently published her memoir entitled, “Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law.” Girma has previously joined the Disability Rights Advocates in Berkeley, California as a Skadden Fellow and has more previously worked there as a staff attorney. She has also worked with the National Federation of the Blind and has been on the national board of trustees for the Helen Keller Services for the Blind..

How to hire Haben Girma for an event

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Frequently Asked Questions about booking Haben Girma to speak.

Many performers, actors, speakers and other talent like Haben Girma in certain cases will consider virtual appearances via live streaming. They perhaps may accept lower fees too. If you are seriously interested in booking Haben Girma or other talent shown on our site, we will research their desire and the specific fee for your live-streaming event or project request.
Haben Girma's current work schedule and location in relation to your event's type, date, budget, and locality will play a primary factor in the acceptance of booking Haben Girma for your party. As long as your funding is commensurate with the price range to book Haben Girma, CTI will propose your event to the official agency representing Haben Girma. After we consult with them, we will provide a personal and accurate quote that includes: final costs, availability, and actual interest in being hired for your specific event or party.
CTI can give you the accurate Haben Girma booking price once we submit your event details to their camp. "How much does it cost to book Haben Girma for an event?" is a frequent question we get. The final Haben Girma booking price is contingent on many variables and the booking fee we may show is based on a range derived from our past experience with what will Haben Girma charge for an event. An example fee to book Haben Girma is in the starting range of $15,000-$24,999. However, any recent popularity change would cause a price fluctuation well beyond this example. Also, their speaking fee might be different than the fee shown for the cost to perform or to just appear. Popularity, career stage, along with current demand will cause fluctuations in their speaking price as well. The final booking price may be more than what is shown, but you should at least have a budget within that range for them to consider an appearance, performance or speaking engagement.
CTI negotiates on behalf of professional event planners and talent buyers for paid appearances! We cannot give out direct contact information of the Haben Girma agent or help distribute fan mail, personal messages, gifts, requests for free appearances, or donations of time. The Haben Girma manager and agent will only work with us if we present them with funded offers for their client to work your event.
There is low probability to book Haben Girma for a party with anything substantially less than the published booking cost price range. We will negotiate with the Haben Girma agent on your behalf if your funding is in place. By not having funding ready then it will more difficult to book Haben Girma, because they get many offers to work events that are at or above asking price. It is also important to consider the travel costs when researching the Haben Girma booking fee, as additional expenses like this, as well as an entourage of staff and equipment, are not necessarily built-in to the booking fee range shown. If your budget does not factor that in, then there is no benefit for them to want to be hired. We do not personally speak for Haben Girma, but in our experience in booking talent for over 25 years, this is generally the outcome of inadequate funding.
Type
Speaker
Speaking Topic
Social Issues
Range
Disabilites, Disabilities-Blindness, Social Issues, Social Issues-Advocate, Female
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