Who Am I To Stop It

Category: Community News

  • Submit to International Youth Silent Film Festival

    Listen to this post: The International Youth Silent Film Festival is taking submissions right now! Young people, take note! Make a movie without having to record or edit any audio. This festival was founded in 2009 by Jon JP Palanuk after attending a live theatre organ concert. Perhaps a live organ concert doesn’t make everyone…

  • ReelAbilities: Portland–submit your short film now!

    Listen to this post: In the earlier days of this blog, I liked to do a Spotlight on Disability Film Festivals feature sometimes. My hope was that each year there might be new festivals to add to the spotlight. Alas, new ones don’t crop up on any kind of regular basis. I think disability art…

  • Don’t confuse hate speech with “dumb”

    Listen to this post: Warning, this post describes and discusses hate speech against the Black community and discusses ableism. Please read or listen with discretion. If you will not be traumatized by the content, I sincerely ask you to please stick with it. Another day on Facebook, another Black community member sharing hate speech they…

  • Places we don’t care for disabled people

    Listen to this post: Big warning. If you continue with this post, you will read about or listen to descriptions of violence and abuse against people with disabilities. Continue with discretion. A recent article out of Washington state asks “Is it cheaper to care for developmentally disabled adults in institutional settings or in community based…

  • The Unmasking Brain Injury project

    Listen to this post: A while back, I found out about a project where veterans can decorate and paint masks to artistically represent their experiences of TBI and/or PTSD. The images can be haunting and difficult. But having TBI and/or PTSD can be haunting and difficult, to say the least. I think it’s valuable to provide artistic…