Film about Academic Mark Bookman ‘Mark – A Call to Action’ On Amazon US on October 8th 2024

By Barrier Free Japan

October 1 2024

JAPAN – There is one week to go until the release of ‘Mark – A Call to Action’ on October 8th 2024!

Mark Bookman was a historian, whose specialism was disability policy and related social movements in Japanese and global contexts. He studied Japanese Studies at University of Pennsylvania, and at the time of his death on December 16th 2022 he was Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Tokyo. The film is directed by Ron Small.

Information about the purchasing film:

Amazon US: Amazon US DVD 

MVDshop: https://mvdshop.com/products/mark-a-call-to-action-dvd?_pos=1&_sid=0cf54414d&_ss=r

Information about the ‘GLIDE Fund, Inc’:

GLIDE Stands for ‘Global Leaders in International Disability Education’.  The organization was established to provide financial assistance to disabled students interested in education exchange experiences to foster an inclusive society in which anyone can lead an independent and self-determined life.

16% of the world’s population lives with a disability. Fully Accessible Education Institutions are not well documented on the Internet or social media. Even when they are, they usually do not include video, images, or an explanation of how they are adapted. The GLIDE Fund is here to change that!

GLIDE’s goal is to carry on the legacy of Dr. Mark Bookman and spark dialogue surrounding the ways architects, engineers, educators, policy makers and other interested parties can help improve access to built environments, and through the GLIDE Fund, a network of disabled University students will receive scholarships to travel globally to learn, train, and be motivated to share ideas and bring about greater change and awareness in the community throughout the world.