{"id":17282,"date":"2011-06-20T14:03:55","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T18:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=17282"},"modified":"2015-12-30T03:45:49","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T08:45:49","slug":"u-s-supreme-court-justice-sonia-sotomayor-to-speak-at-jdrf-2011-childrens-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=17282","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to Speak At JDRF 2011 Children\u2019s Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/JDRF_Childrens_Congress.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17284 lazyload\" title=\"JDRF_Childrens_Congress\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/JDRF_Childrens_Congress.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a>U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will meet with 150 children and teens with type 1 diabetes during the 2011 Children\u2019s Congress which takes place June 20-22 in Washington D.C.\u00a0 Justice Sotomayor, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of eight, will<strong> <\/strong>share her experiences of type 1 diabetes as she&#8217;s pursued her professional dreams.\u00a0Organized by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the <em>\u201cRole Models with Type 1 Diabetes\u201d<\/em> Town Hall event in which Justice Sotomayor is participating aims to provide the children with type 1 diabetes opportunities to meet with accomplished role models in the public arena, and talk about their career achievements and healthy living with diabetes. Justice Sotomayor will be introduced by Mary Tyler Moore, the International Chairman of JDRF.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cJustice Sotomayor is truly a role model and we are honored to have her join us for this year\u2019s Town Hall panel,\u201d said Stefany Shaheen, Chair of Children\u2019s Congress 2011.\u00a0 \u201cJustice Sotomayor&#8217;s ability to overcome challenges and succeed throughout a distinguished career spanning more than 30 years is truly inspiring. \u00a0The delegates of the 2011 Children&#8217;s Congress will come away from this remarkable opportunity believing that anything is possible and with perseverance, they too can achieve their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will meet with 150 children and teens with type 1 diabetes during the 2011 Children\u2019s Congress which takes place June 20-22 in Washington D.C.  Justice Sotomayor, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of eight, will share her experiences of type 1 diabetes as she&#8217;s pursued her professional dreams. Organized by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the \u201cRole Models with Type 1 Diabetes\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":17284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1429],"tags":[1571],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to Speak At JDRF Children\u2019s Congress<\/title>\n<meta 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