Crip News v.122
Judy Heumann, new works, other news, lots of jobs, and many events. Thanks for being here.
NEWS
Remembering Judy Heumann
Today is the 1st anniversary of the passing of Disability Rights icon Judy Heumann. Her death has been deeply felt among disability communities worldwide and her legacy lives on in many forms, through her memoirs, podcast, brilliant role in the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp, and much more.
Her memory will be celebrated at a Zoom event tonight organized by the American Association of People with Disabilities and a candlelight vigil on Wednesday hosted by disabled artists Lachi and Jim LeBrecht. You can view a list of other events in the most recent issue of the Judy Heumann newsletter.
New Works
The recording from the Longmore Institute’s recent “Disability and Palestine Teach-In” with Sawsan Zakaria, Marina Salman, and Allie Cannington is now available.
A new report and toolkit from Attitude is Everything, Julie’s Bicycle, and A Greener Future looks at “the barriers and opportunities for disabled people engaging with sustainability initiatives at live events and festivals.”
In an essay called “Feeding the Revolution” for Eater, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha writes about “crip love, mutual aid, and pots of immune-boosting soup on the stoop.”
In an interview with The 19th’s Caregiving Reporter Sara Luterman, designer of the Black Disabled Lives Matter symbol, Jen White-Johnson, discusses zines, parenting, and solidarity.
Justice in Aging has released a new issue brief on "Justice for Tribal Elders: Issues Impacting American Indian and Alaska Native Older Adults” and another on “Addressing Bias in the Guardianship Process.”
A recently published article in Public Parking by Hannah Doucet considers the “reparative criticality” in AO Roberts’s 2022 exhibition Sickroom at the School of Art Gallery at the University of Manitoba.
Brazilian disabled artist Daniel Gonçalves’s 2023 documentary, Acsexybility, is part of the PATOIS 2024 film festival in New Orleans this week.
Private Jones, a musical by Marshall Pailet, stars Deaf actor Dickie Hearts using BSL to play “a young Deaf Welshman who, after wriggling his way into military service, becomes a celebrated sniper only to learn there might be more to life,” at Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia through March 10th.
Haptic Voices, an exhibition by VibraFusionLab, David Bobier, Jim Ruxton, with composers John Gzowski and Ailís Ní Ríain, is up at Tangled Arts + Disability through April 26th.
Object Sensations by Emilie Gossiaux and Seo Hye Lee, with “tacticle translations” from VibraFusionLab, and curated by Amanda Cachia, is also on view at Tangled through April 26th.
A new monthly newsletter from Sins Invalid features the 2011 video work “Pussy Vinaigrette” by Aurora Levins Morales, “a testament to queer disabled sexuality and sensuality.”
In South China Morning Post Magazine, Richard Lord tells the story of the 1986 Hong Kong Festival of Arts with the Disabled and its legacies.
A new digital exhibition from the National Deaf Life Museum, Left Behind: HIV/AIDS and the Deaf Community, “gives visitors a better understanding of the magnitude of the crisis through the AIDS quilt, and explores the impact it had on the deaf community, especially our deaf LGBTQ+ community members who died as result of the US government's neglect.”
In Other News…
Last month, the Ford Foundation granted $450,000 to the Proteus Fund in “core support for the Disability Culture Lab to seed the creation of a disability strategic communications organization, amplifying the voices of the disability rights and justice movements.”
The Museum of Somerset recently bought an 1842 self-portrait by Victorian disabled artist Sarah Biffin.
A new organization, the Medicare-Medicaid Alliance, seeks to help the 12 million people in the U.S. facing the challenges of being dually enrolled.
Disability Rights California is putting its support behind the 2024 Reparations Priority Package recently introduced by the California Legislative Black Caucus.
The Inevitable Foundation announced the winners of its Starz #TakeTheLead Elevate Collective Grants and the Winter 2024 Elevate Cohort, “both of which support disabled TV writers to level up their careers.” The winners are Kryzz Gautier, Hari Ziyad, Chris and Charlie Frazier, Andrew Reid, Roma Murphy, Obiageli Odimegwu, and Cheryl Meyer.
Organizers in Pennsylvania are seeking to establish a new department, the Department of Disability Rights, Employment, Accessibility and Mobility, or DREAM.
CALLS
A jobs, jobs, jobs edition:
Detroit Disability Power is hiring a full-time Disability Access Consulting Senior Manager. Apply by March 15th.
New Disabled South is hiring a temporary full-time Gulf Coast Organizer (apply by March 8th) and a part-time Executive Assistant to the CEO (apply by the end of March).
Senior & Disability Action is hiring a temporary full-time Transit Justice Organizer. Apply by March 14th.
The Alliance for Community Services is hiring a part-time Community / Coalition Organizer.
The National Federation of the Blind is hiring a Project Lead to develop the Museum of the Blind People’s Movement.
Urban Jazz Company is hiring a part-time Administrative Assistant and a Public Relations Coordinator. Applications open until the roles are filled.
The American Association of People with Disabilities is hiring Fall Interns. Apply by March 13th.
Dance/NYC is hiring a full-time Research and Advocacy Manager. Apply by March 25th.
Women Enabled International is hiring a full-time Executive Office Associate. Apply by March 8th.
GreenLatinos is hiring a full-time Climate Justice and Clean Air Advocate. Apply by March 8th.
Resource Generation is hiring a full-time Director of Organizing. Applications accepted on rolling basis.
Fordham University seeks emergency replacement instructors for three courses: Introduction to Disability Studies, Disability, Literature, Culture: Neurological, Mental, & Cognitive Difference In Culture & Context, and Unstrange Minds: On the Ethical Dimensions of Neurological and Cognitive Difference. For more info, email Dr. Matthew Weinshenker, Chair of Sociology and Anthropology, weinshenker@fordham.edu.
EVENTS
Covid Memorial Day Virtual Vigil
TODAY, March 4, 8pm ET, on Zoom
Creating permanent space for mourning, remembrance, and education is the first step in ensuring that we are better prepared for the next crisis. The loved ones we've lost to Covid-19 and those severely harmed by the pandemic — people living with Long Covid, marginalized groups, and those grieving losses — deserve to be recognized by the federal government. Acknowledging the devastating impacts of Covid is universal, nonpartisan, and an avenue to unite the country. We cannot recover from the pandemic without taking measures to heal our nation’s grief and prevent this from ever happening again. Special guests this year include Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ed Yong, Social justice reporter Dr. Steven Thrasher, and the indomitable collective grief and Black liberation advocate, Malkia Devich Cyril, as well as members of our community. You'll get a behind-the-scenes look at our augmented reality memorial, in partnership with Snap, Inc.
Pandemic Solidarity for the Long Future: A Virtual Convening for Black, Brown, Indigenous, Asian, & Pacific Islander Kin Who Give a F#ck
March 8 - 10, online
PS4LF is organized by a Black-led multiracial group of trans, queer, & gender nonconforming folks of various ages, experiences, and abilities who have lost access to public space as a result of disappearing COVID mitigations. More information about the convening is available at our website: www.pandemicsolidarity.org. All convening attendees, art gallery participants, facilitators, performers, and vendors must fall under our definition of a Black, Brown, Indigenous, Asian, and Pacific Islander (BBIAPI) umbrella. Folks who are white and recognize themselves as “white-passing,” “white-presenting,” or “white-assumed” are not welcome at this convening. We ask that you honor and support the container we are seeking to build together.
Le Freak!
March 5 - 10, Adelaide Fringe (Austrailia, in-person)
After centuries of exploitation circus artists are pushing back - world-class queer, disabled, and sex worker performers sharpen their swords and their stilettos to take down capitalism. This silly and profound show that celebrates difference and empowers the 'freaks' will have you sitting on the edge of your seat between discomfort and excitement!
Image Description and the Critical Blind Gaze
Friday, March 8, 2 - 3:30pm ET, in-person at The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (NYC)
Author and scholar M. Leona Godin uses photographs in the Library’s collections to explore the strange relationship between sighted photographers and blind subjects.
Crafting Disability-Inclusive Climate Policy
Wednesday, March 6, 1 - 2:30pm ET, on Zoom
Disability Victory and the League of Conservation Voters are hosting an event to learn from disabled leaders, discuss how to design a policy platform that reflects awareness of your disabled constituents, and review some features of a campaign that is inclusive for disabled staff and volunteers. Featuring Sarah Young Bear-Brown, Chair of the Native American Caucus for the Iowa Democratic Party, Pennsylvania State Representative Jessica Benham, Maddy Ruvolo, Principal Transportation Planner for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, and Germán Parodi and Shaylin Sluzalis, Co-Executive Directors of the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies.
San Francisco Disability Cultural Center Town Hall
Tuesday, March 5, 8pm ET, on Zoom
The San Francisco Disability Cultural Center (DCC) is getting ready to open (virtually in July 2024 and physical location in 2025), and we need your help! Please help shape the new center with your feedback and insights. The operators of the SF DCC, Haven of Hope and subcontractor the Longmore Institute on Disability, will be hosting a virtual town hall, open to everyone in the disability community.
Crip’d Ecologies Convening
March 9 - 10, in-person at the LightHouse and Root Division (San Francisco)
Closing celebration for the exhibition that “centers disabled artists across race, gender, class and disability, who are expanding ideas of environmentalism toward a more complex reflection of our feelings of trauma, fear, anger and desire.”
Disability, Revolution? Access, Intersectionality, and Resistance in Disability Culture
Wednesday, March 6, 2:30 - 4pm CT, in-person at the University of Manitoba (Winnipeg) and online
Robert McRuer, Professor, Department of English, George Washington UniversityMcRuer, discusses the idea of "one-dimensional disability," a disability identity that does not consider solidarity with other movements for social justice. His talk considers the vibrancy, intersectionality, and multi-dimensionality of social justice movements which actively seek solidarity across a range of differences, namely, Mad Pride, disability justice, and queercrip culture.