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Online workshop Disability Politics 101 looks at modern Western ableism

A range of presenters will discuss the history of disability activism
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An online workshop called Disability Politics 101 is looking for people to participate.

It takes place on Oct. 3 and goes from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Presenters include Gabrielle Peters, a disabled writer and policy analyst and a commissioner on the Vancouver City Planning Commission. She is co-founder of Dignity Denied and the Disability Filibuster.

“Gabrielle Peters has called ableism the rebar of our economic, political, social and cultural system,” reads a post about the online event. “The histories of ableism and racism are interwoven and as the late Mel Beggs said, ‘There is ableism somewhere at the heart of your oppression, no matter what your oppression might be.’”

This workshop will begin with an overview of the history of Modern Western Ableism and the history of disability activism. Other presenters include Sarah Jama, Spring Hawes, Q, Rabbit Richards, Pamela Hope and Iva Cheung.

“In addition to providing an overview of key concepts such as crip theory, disability justice and radical accessibility, participants will learn what it means to apply an intersectional disability lens to issues they will determine at the time of registration such as housing, environmental policy, urban planning, extreme weather preparation, policing, and carceral care,” reads a workshop description. “This workshop will feature a range of disabled presenters and facilitators with varied lived experiences and intersecting identities. This process involves unlearning as well as learning. Poverty, institutionalization, eugenics, and other acts of violence will be discussed but participants will be given the opportunity to opt out by muting and turning captions off during these segments.”

For full details about the workshop and how to register, visit here.