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Disability Culture and Community Speaker Series

  • 22 September 2021 6:30 (zoom): Dr. Fred Pelka and Dr. Lisette Torres-Gerald, History of the disability movement
  • 6 October 2021 from 4-6 pm (zoom): Dr. Liz Thompson. The beautiful intersections of identities: affirming disability identity and culture. Sponsored by Office of Equity and Inclusion to celebrate disability employment month
  • 21 October 2021 from 4-6 pm in the campus center: Crip Camp showing. Sponsored by Office of Equity and Inclusion celebrate disability employment month
  • 17 November 2021: Panel discussion Disability Experiences in Higher Education
  • 16 February 2022: Dr. Liat Ben-Moshe discussing her book, Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition (2020)
  • 6 April 2022: Panel discussion entitled Disability Activism

Events are supported by a Campus Climate Grant from the UMass Office of Equity and Inclusion to the Alliance Against Ableism. Additional support from the History Department and the UMass Allies for Illness and Disability Access (UMAIDA) employee resource group. Sponsors also include the African American Studies program.

Questions? Please contact the speaker series committee: Rachel Adams, Elodie Carel, Samm Delorey, Kim Enderle and Helene Grogan.

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