Tag: disability justice

DAY FOUR: Ableism

30 Days of Racial and Disabled Justice A system that places value on people’s bodies and minds based on societally constructed ideas of normalcy, intelligence,

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NPN 2021 Conference Consultation

Calling Up Justice was hired to provide Disability Justice Consultation for NPN’s 2021 Annual Conference. Below is a rough description of our initial scope of work. NPN is a national arts service organization, grantmaker, and movement-builder working to create a more just and equitable world — one that champions freedom of expression, liberation and anti-oppression, and building and claiming collective power for radical systems change. Through national programs, investments in our communities in the South, and engagement in global movements, we seek to build artists’ power, advance racial and cultural justice in the arts, and foster relationship-building and reciprocity between individuals, institutions, and communities.

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Nothing About Us Without Us

Nothing About Us Without Us: A platform to discuss cultures, controversies, and dreams for justice and ‘allyship’ from individual perspectives to further cross-disability solidarity and challenge a Disability Essentialism. A 60 minute workshop at SDS with Deanna Yadollahi and Claudia Alick

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American Theater Magazine Disability And Theatre 2021

This package of stories about Deaf and disabled theatre workers was only possible thanks to a deep and intentional collaboration with TCG’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion department, whose director, Elena Chang, and associate, Sarah Machiko Haber, recruited an extraordinary advisory panel of leaders from the Deaf and disabled community. These five folks will be talking live about this issue—and, in another sense, about many issues facing the field, March 26, at 3 p.m. ET on American Theatre‘s Offscript on Facebook.
Advisors: Claudia Alick, Ava X. Rigelhaupt,Brian Balcom, David Kurs, Regan Linton

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Pleasure Activism Event

Pleasure Activism. A free online event with adrienne maree brown + Claudia Alick. Hosted by Disability Visibility Project + Integrated Community Services. Join us as we explore the intersection of disability justice, pleasure and liberation. Come for the real talk on activism, pleasure and disability. Stay for the dance party!

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Misrepresentative Casting

In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the importance of authentic representation in the entertainment industry. Misrepresentative casting, sometimes referred to as

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