Workshop #1: Building a Disability Politic (2 hours)
This workshop links the ways disability is connected to the systems of oppression that you are already addressing in your work, aiming to deepen its understanding of disability in relation to capitalism, imperialism, and other dominant systems. Through scenario-based exercises, we’ll identify how ableist views of disability shape situations and find ways to challenge them. We'll examine historical organizing examples through a disability justice lens, to build an understanding of how you can apply the framework to your work.
Workshop #2: Building Access-Centered Cultures (2 hours)
Building on the first workshop, we'll focus on the distinctions between disability rights and disability justice as it relates to accessibility and access. This is not an accessibility training. Our goal is for you to begin developing an understanding of the culture and analysis necessary to implement collective access, as opposed to individual accommodations. We'll use scenarios based on information we have about everyone in the group and real-life situations, to practice applying a disability justice framework.
This program is ideal for:
Anyone that is a part of movement work (activists, organizers, staff, etc.) that is ready to develop a stronger politic and take up practices of access and disability justice. General alignment with the 10 principles of Disability Justice.
Training Outcomes:
Participants will leave with being able to:
- Identify distinctions between disability rights and disability justice as it relates to movement work and implementing access.
- Link your work to the framework of disability justice. Identify alignment and gaps.
- Develop a critical perspective about the dominant views of disability, and practice challenging them to transform these perceptions within your organization.
- Leave with disability justice practices you can develop and implement within your organizations.
What do you do to prepare?
Please choose a location with a strong internet connection, where you are able to share and listen comfortably. You’ll need a laptop or desktop computer, with video and headphones.
Also, please familiarize yourself with these resources before Workshop #1:
- Why disability justice is a way of life by Lateef McLeod
- Disability Justice - a working draft by Patty Berne
Access:
Access requests can be made during registration or by emailing info@peopleshub.org, including interpreters and captioners.
Recording:
Please note that a recording of this event will not be shared publicly, we encourage all registrants to attend this event in real time.
**Only attendees of workshop 1 will have access to workshop 2.
Registration:
Click on a series date to register:
Option 1: Tuesdays, July 15 & 22, 6-8 pm ET (click to register for these dates)
Option 2: Fridays, August 1st & 8, 12-2 pm ET (click to register for these dates)
Option 3: Tuesday, October 21 & 28, 6-8 pm ET (click to register for these dates)
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Choose what to pay, starting at $40. The true cost of this workshop is $100/person. At PeoplesHub we are committed to communication access, radical hospitality, supporting facilitators, and making our offerings financially accessible. This sliding scale allows us to continue offering programs like this one and pay trainers, interpreters, captioners, and other support staff a fair wage for their time and expertise. Like you, those who support our trainings work hard for change in their communities and have often developed the knowledge, skill and gifts that they are offering through many unpaid hours — let’s support them to be sustainable in their work and craft!