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description
While traditional systems and institutions often fail immigrants with disabilities, the very systems designed to support them often fall short as well. Disability justice community leaders whose lived experiences and shared identities, along with those who have expertise at these intersections, have vital perspectives to share and are leading the work of building a more accessible and inclusive world. The disability rights movement's "nothing about us, without us," approach informs all aspects of disability community organizing, and this approach must include communities of immigrants with disabilities who face additional barriers to full participation in society. Disability justice means that no one is left behind in the fight for liberation.
In this webinar, funders will learn from disability justice leaders implementing strategies at the intersections of disability and immigration justice. Disability justice offers a framework for grassroots organizers and practitioners in the field doing cross-movement work. This framework underscores the ways in which collective liberation can dismantle systemic biases, including ableism.
speakers
- Osvaldo “Ozzy” Capmany, Executive Director, Living Hope Wheelchair Association
- Laura Murchie, Staff Attorney, Civil Rights Education & Enforcement Center (CREEC)
- Rumba Yambú, Co-Founder & Director, InTRANSitive
moderators
- Sandy Ho, Program Director, Borealis Philanthropy Disability Inclusion Fund
- Kevin Douglas, Senior Director of National Programs, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
co-host
registration
Register by 5pm PT on Friday, March 8th.
transparency committment
Thank you for your interest in this program. GCIR's webinars and funder learning opportunities are made possible through the time and expertise of presenters from the field. In the spirit of transparency, GCIR will make available the list of webinar participants to presenters upon request, unless the registrant requests to remain anonymous (to register anonymously for this program uncheck the box "show in roster").
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