Month: October 2016

  • Disability Intersectionality Summit and scholarships

    Listen to this post:  When you’re new to social justice activism, you can get super energized about the work and then hit a couple early roadblocks. One is asking this: “Where do I go to get more info about this that’s accessible, understandable, and coming from reliable sources?” Another, much harder one to get past is often this:  “Uh…now what?…

  • Take a new disability microaggressions survey

    Listen to this post:  A marvelous thing about anger is we can use it for fuel to power social change. Of course, if you’re not angry, it’s easy to misinterpret someone else’s anger as unwarranted, random complaining, or even a sign that the angry people are somehow genetically more prone to rage or are an inferior kind…

  • Oregon Ehlers-Danlos Conference

    Listen to this post:  I’m excited about the upcoming Oregon Ehlers-Danlos Conference. It’s designed for people who have EDS, want to learn more about it, or are medical providers looking for alternatives to giving some of the common responses people with EDS get. You know, time-tested stuff like this:  “You don’t have anything wrong with you. It’s…

  • Vanport Oral History Screening

    Listen to this post:  Oral histories! So good! Everyone who’s interested, please go to this and report back to me how wonderful it is. I’m working that day and can’t make the screening. But I do intend to visit the exhibit of archival photos and maps from “Vanport: The Surge of Social Change,” co-curated by Oregon Black…