Marc Fiedler

Marc I. Fiedler ’78 (first row, far right) with his classmates at Quincy House. He paved the way for many disabled students after him. Fiedler and the group he founded, ABLE, worked with University administration to get the basic needs of disabled students met in the late '70s, during a national surge in disability advoacy.

Bianca McEvoy

Bianca C. McEvoy ’25 believes that accommodations should not seek to replicate the experience of an able-bodied student but rather be tailored toward the individual student’s needs.

Maureen Clare

Maureen Clare '24 (first row, far left) with the rest of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

ASP crosswalk

One of the crosswalks that now has an ASP, thanks to Sevier.

Katie Sevier

Katie L. Sevier ’25 advocated for the placement of various ASPs around Harvard's campus to the Cambridge Department of Traffic, Parking, and Transportation.

Sonya and Emma

Sonya R. Ganeshram ’24 (left), and Emma Vrabel ’25 (right) with their dogs Athena and Holly.

Melissa Shang

Melissa Shang ’25 is a co-founder and co-president of HUDJ.

Sarika Chawla

Sarika Chawla ’23 was a co-president and founding member HUDJ while she was at the College.

Brooke Ellison

Brooke M. Ellison ’00 was the first quadriplegic person to attend Harvard. During her commencement speech, she reflected on her time at the College, saying: “There were times when I thought for sure that the statue of John Harvard was looking right at us and saying, ‘What in Heaven’s name are you doing here?’”

Valerie Piro

Valerie J. Piro ’14 on Housing Day, 2013.

Chanel Washington

Chanel E. Washington ’15 during Housing Day, representing Quincy. She was president of the House Committee and also founded the Harvard College Disability Alliance.

View of Eastern Side of Walpole Prison

A view of Walpole Prison from the eastern side of the facility in the early 1980s.

The Men of Walpole Prison (1981-1982)

Prisoners at Walpole raised their fists in solidarity at a 1971 rally for better conditions.

Men incarcerated at Walpole attend a rally for better conditions in the fall of 1971, one year before unionizing.

Men raise their fists during a 1971 rally for better conditions in Walpole Prison.

A man speaks to a crowd of others incarcerated at Walpole State Prison in a 1971 rally.

Men incarcerated at Walpole attend a rally for better conditions on Sept. 29, 1971.

Prisoner Watches TV

A man incarcerated at Walpole watches The Beverly Hillbillies on a TV set in his cell.

Man Stands in Cell at Walpole

A man incarcerated at Walpole stands in his cell, with a map of Africa on the wall behind him.

Around Walpole Prison (1981-1982)

Portraits Inside Walpole (1981-1982)

PBHA Prisons Talk Poster

A poster advertises a conversation about Massachusetts prisons at the Phillips Brooks House in the fall of 1973, five months after the end of the Walpole guard strike. Arnie Coles, the then-president of the National Prisoners Reform Association, was one of the guest speakers. (HUD 3688.272. Harvard University Archives.)

Trooper Searches for Escaped Prisoners

A State Trooper searches for escaped prisoners from Walpole on October 18, 1971.

Radical PLAPpers Sign

A whiteboard in the PLAP office at the Harvard Law School reads: PLAPpers are: RADICAL! OFFENSIVE! DANGEROUS!