Dear Colleagues, I write to inform and invite you to the inaugural event of the 'Sports and Society Lab' <https://dslabs.ucla.edu/labs/sports-and-society-lab/> at University of California, Los Angeles, part of the Disability Studies Inclusion Labs <https://dslabs.ucla.edu/> network, a symposium on *Wednesday, 11/16, 5-7:30pm (PST)*, at the UCLA Hall of Fame; there will be a public lecture, titled: "Sports are for Everybody: Histories of Extracurricular Athletics and Disability Inclusion in Japan and US," and Q & A; refreshments will be provided for those in-person. We will also livestream the event via Zoom Webinar. The event main page: https://dslabs.ucla.edu/events/sports-are-for-everybody/ *In-Person registration: * https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sports-are-for-everybody-tickets-440662171417 *Zoom registration:* Please use the following link to register: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qCMAqV9lSD-GwXifYn0uQA <https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qCMAqV9lSD-GwXifYn0uQA> Thanks to the support of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science US Alumni Association <https://www.jspsusa-alumni.org/>, <https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/> UCLA Disability Studies will host Waseda University Professor Atsushi Nakazawa <https://w-rdb.waseda.jp/html/100001394_ja.html>, to discuss his recent work on school athletics for students with disabilities and disability rights movements in Japan post-1945. It will be followed by a discussion with UC Berkeley Professor of Disability Studies Karen Nakamura <https://anthropology.berkeley.edu/karen-nakamura>, We hope you can join us. Sincerely, Fred Ariel Hernandez, PhD NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, project page here <https://theasthmafiles.org/content/fred-ariel-hernandez-research-program/essay> Dept. of Anthropology, EcoGovLab <https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/fortunlab/>, UC Irvine Disability Studies, Sports and Society Lab <https://dslabs.ucla.edu/labs/sports-and-society-lab/>, UCLA