Speakers will include:
Anita Cameron - Black Disabled Lesbian who has been arrested 139 times for nonviolent civil disobedience fighting for disabled folks civil rights. Director of Not Dead Yet Minority Outreach. 34 year organizer for ADAPT. Co-chair ADAPT Intersectional Justice Committee. National Disability Leadership Alliance Steering Committee & its Racism Task Force
Sasha Blair-Goldensohn - Rise and Resist Elevator Task Force Action Group, co-founder and member
Terrea Mitchell - People's Power Assemblies NYC
Marie Hickey - Member and Co-Coordinator of Long Island ADAPT
Jean Ryan- President Disabled in Action of Metropolitan New York
Kathleen Collins - Board of Directors of Disabled In Action of Metropolitan
Rasheta Bunting - Member, Disabled in Action of Metropolitan New York
Kristin Turgeon - Member of Disability Rights Caucus, Workers World Party
The COVID-19 pandemic is teaching able-bodied people what it’s like to be disabled: endless unemployment, quarantined at home, finding ways to get food delivered, isolation from friends and family.
Of those who survive infection, many become disabled to some extent and remain disabled for the rest of their lives. We ALL have just gotten a taste of disability in the last few months.
Join members of the WWP Disability Rights Caucus this Thursday to discuss the struggle against ableism and it's connections with racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, capitalism and imperialism.
Contact the WWP Disability Rights Caucus at drcwwp@workers.org
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