Virtual Audiencing
Jesenia (@NeuroSpicyNetworking) screened the amazing panel from the The Future of Movement is Disability Justice talk in One Free Community. We often watch talks, panels, and virtual events together in our community server. One Free Community is a BIPOC led collaborative project working toward building communities and providing disability & neuro-affirming spaces online through TikTok and Discord. We are a decolonization-focused advocacy organization committed to mutual aid and collective cross-solidarity activism.
The Future of Movement is Disability Justice: “Progressive movements and the organizers on the frontlines of them are burning out under unsustainable expectations, chronic underfunding, and relentless opposition, especially with this fascist administration. Disability justice provides a blueprint for sustainability, centering interdependence, collective care, and leadership by those most impacted. This panel will explore how adopting disability justice principles can strengthen movements across labor, climate, electoral, and grassroots organizing spaces. By dismantling ableist structures and prioritizing accessibility, we can build movements that last and where activists don’t just survive but thrive.”
Visual Description: A promotional flyer for a Netroots Nation event features the title in bold black and white text: “the future of movement is disability justice.” Below, event details read:
“3:15pm CT. friday august 8, 2025. new orleans, LA and streaming online.” The bottom of the flyer displays headshots of the four featured speakers: Alice Wong, an Asian woman using a ventilator and power wheelchair, wearing a striped top. Matt McGorry, a white man with short dark hair, wearing a floral button-down and dark blazer. Sami Schalk, a Black woman with short curly hair, glasses, and large earrings, wearing a yellow top. Dom Kelly, a white man with short curly hair and a beard, wearing a maroon blazer and a black shirt with a chest tattoo visible. Each name is written in white text on a black background. The bottom of the flyer includes accessibility notes: “masks will be required in person. ASL and CART will be provided.”