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Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.

For months, we've been dreaming of launching a new occasional series here on Forum called Legends,

where we bring you a different kind of show about a local figure who's really made a dent in the wider world. We're looking

for people who are generational change makers, people where you say there is a before and an after

they entered the scene. And the happy truth of our area is that there are so many of these people

in different realms, culture and tech and activism and politics and food, we're trying to get

after not just who these people are, but their web of influence, the different people moving forward

in time who carry a little piece of that person with them. To kick us off on this series, we are

delighted to highlight Alice Wong, a trailblazing activist who has

transformed the disability movement. Our area has a venerable tradition in this realm,

reaching back to the rolling quads at Berkeley, at Judy Human, the Center for Independent Living,

and so many more people who've pushed for the passage of legislation to make the inclusion

of disabled people in society and necessity the passage of legislation to make the inclusion of disabled people

in society and necessity.

We're going to hear my interview with Alice in the next segment, but first we're joined by

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