About Me

Lawrence Carter-Long is the Director of Advocacy for the DISABILITIES NETWORK OF NYC and curator of the groundbreaking disTHIS! FILM SERIES: disability through a whole new lens. As a media critic/social commentator, he has been featured on CNN (including regular appearances on NANCY GRACE), the NEW YORK TIMES (Style section, above the fold!), NBC’s TODAY SHOW and NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, among other regional and local outlets. Lawrence is a nationally recognized public speaker and regularly facilitates workshops on effective communication techniques at conferences and universities across the nation. Lawrence is also a producer on WBAI’s LARGEST MINORITY Radio Show in NYC. As a performer, he can currently be seen performing as a part of GIMP with Heidi Latsky Dance.