#GetWokeADA26: Call for Stories by Disabled People of Color
Last year was a milestone anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act when it turned 25. Just like that, another year has passed and it’s time for re-examination of disability rights in America from the perspective of disabled people of color (POC).
Vilissa Thompson, LMSW, of Ramp Your Voice! and Alice Wong of the Disability Visibility Project™ are looking to survey disabled people of color for an upcoming article to be published on July 26, 2016, the 26th anniversary of the ADA.
The survey will ask disabled POC:
- their reflections on disability rights and the ADA,
- the unfinished work of the ADA (specifically for disabled people w/ multiple intersectional identities),
- why talking about racism and ableism matters in the disability community,
- and how disability organizations and leaders can respectfully and meaningfully collaborate with disabled POC.
How to Participate
People can respond to interview questions here in this Google form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EsNWEhJ-A7kBigytRerYL9_ZoH9lctjVurZlV3lcVYs/
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #GetWokeADA26 and follow Vilissa @VilissaThompson and Alice @SFdirewolf!
Deadline to participate: Tuesday, July 19, 2016
If you’re curious about the hashtag and what ‘Get Woke’ means, here’s an article that explains the concept:
Contact
Vilissa: Vilissa@rampyourvoice.com
Alice: DisabilityVisibilityProject@gmail.com
About
Ramp Your Voice! is the brainchild movement of Vilissa Thompson, LMSW, a macro-minded social worker who is on a mission to educate and inform the public & political figures about the plight of people with disabilities, especially women of color with disabilities, in America.
From her website: “I will use Ramp Your Voice! (RYV for short) as a way to spotlight the issues and barriers of people with disabilities, as well as create effective social and political changes to ensure that all people have the ability to succeed and prosper, regardless of their ability, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, educational level, or place of origin.”
Alice Wong is a San Francisco-based disability advocate and Staff Research Associate at the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF. Currently, she is the Founder and Project Coordinator for the Disability Visibility Project™ (DVP), a community partnership with StoryCorps and an online community dedicated to recording, amplifying, and sharing disability stories and culture. She is a co-partner with Andrew Pulrang and Gregg Beratan for #CripTheVote, a non-partisan online campaign encouraging the political participation of people with disabilities. You can find her on Twitter: @SFdirewolf and online: DisabilityVisibilityProject.com
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