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Free Our People Film Contest and Festival
Listen to this post: Are you in Rochester, NY? If you are, can I come and see you? Because I’m thrilled to say that I’ll be there August 7th for the Free Our People Film Festival put on by Center for Disability Rights in New York State. There’s kind of two ways I think about…
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The International #FacesofDisability Project: a global video initiative
Listen to this post: If you know me well, you know I’m a leftist more than a liberal. I would much rather our current racist, classist systems be smashed up and turned into compost. To me, that’s better than continuing with the never-ending cycle of stop-gap measures to try to fix a “broken system.” Our…
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National Coalition for Latinxs with Disabilities 2nd Annual Conference
Listen to this post: In just a couple weeks is an amazing looking conference in Berkeley called Tearing Down Walls, Building Bridges: The Disabled Latinx Movement. It’s put on by the National Coalition for Latinxs with Disabilities (CNLD) and Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF). There will be a wide range of presentations from scholars,…
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Who Am I To Stop It Screening at PSU #InvisibleNoMorePSU
Listen to this post: Hey, a Portland screening! We’re excited to be part of the Invisible No More project at Portland State University on May 2nd. Here’s a description of the project. “The Disability Resource Center has designed a year-long project called Invisible No More PSU in which we are recognizing, celebrating, and supporting students…
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I do not advocate killing disabled people
Listen to this post: Trigger Warning: Murder and rape of disabled people and Peter Singer. I could have just put “Trigger Warning: Peter Singer.” If you have the fortitude, please read on and assist my community in amplifying protests against eugenicists. In early April, my social media caught on fire with proud Autistic advocates and…