Author: Claudia Alick

2022 Liberated DEI Talk Space

Calling Up Justice supports programs and projects of it’s practice members. To support Matthew Reynolds we speak in and sometimes facilitate his Liberated DEI Let’s Talk Clubhouse room. We also did hyper link performances on twitter which we have deleted from our platforms. The result is a weekly space for regular decolonization and ungaslighting. There’s also the recording that are like a podcast. Listen to real people talk about liberation, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Kimi

Kimi , spoiler review. Kimi is a 2022 American thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written and produced by David Koepp. The film stars Zoë Kravitz.

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a diverse group of disabled people

Dis/Rep Overview

The Dis/Rep project is a yearly series of virtual engagements focused on disability representation and accessibility that began in 2020. It utilizes a variety of formats, including book club-style discussions, a Discord server for asynchronous participation, web content, and remote engagement activities. The project is designed to be an anti-ableist, anti-racist, queer, and trans-positive space, centering the needs and voices of the disability community.

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The Justice Producers Collaborative Project Narrative

The Justice Producers Collaborative connects members through monthly cultivation calls, a Discord channel for communication, and a line justice garden that contains links to all of the Collaborative’s projects. These cultivation calls are open to all who self-identify as justice producers and prioritize the perspectives and practices of marginalized communities, including BIPOC, disabled, queer, and trans communities. During these calls, members introduce themselves, share their justice practices and future projects, and discuss how their marginalized identities influence their work. They also explore how they want others to connect with their work.

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a colorful crowd of people wearing masks

Mask Up Now!

wearing a mask during a triple pandemic is a crucial step that individuals can take to protect themselves and others from the spread of infectious diseases. By making spaces accessible to immunocompromised individuals and taking this simple preventive measure, we can help to slow the spread of COVID-19, RSV, and influenza and reduce the impact of these diseases on our communities.

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2022 Events and Programs

In 2022, Calling Up Justice offered a variety of events and programs for community empowerment and enjoyment. The Dis/Rep project was a series of virtual engagements focused on disability representation and accessibility. The Justice Producers Collaborative connected justice producers monthly cultivation calls. The Calling Up Justice Residency offered artists amenities such as an editing and recording studio, a private garden, and a comfortable bedroom, as well as field trips and fun activities. We Charge Genocide TV added additional resources on the ongoing genocide of Black, Indigenous, and Trans communities, and the Every 28 Hours Plays created a resource page for artists in Akron, Ohio responding to the killing of Jayland Walker. The F the Gala event reimagined traditional gala fundraising through a virtual program promoting accessible, inclusive, and equitable practices, featuring interactive spaces for discussions and idea generation. It was a full year of great work we are all very proud of.

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An IG Live Howlround Chat

The brilliant Claudia Alick talks about disability justice, the “half-bridge” of accessibility that many theatres built early in the pandemic and then abandoned, and the

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Interactive Fiction

Interactive fiction is a type of video game or software that combines elements of storytelling with gameplay. Players interact with the story by making choices that affect the outcome, and the story is presented in the form of text or dialogue. There are many different types of interactive fiction, including text adventures, gamebooks, and visual novels.

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