Event Calendar
Queer Writers Micro Retreat
Calling all queer writers! DCC and Longmore Fellow Geetanshi Sharma, disabled writer and creator, will lead a 90-minute micro retreat to help us access and express our queerest selves. We’ll work our way through a series of flexible prompts and short writing exercises. There will be opportunities to share and talk with each other, but it’s not required. Queer only space.
ASL | CART | virtual | queer only
About Geetanshi Sharma (she/her)
Geetanshi (she/her) is a graduate student at SFSU getting her MFA in Creative Writing, with a concentration in fiction. She has a BA in Cognitive Science from UC Berkeley, and previously worked in the tech industry as a product manager and accessibility specialist. In her free time, Geetanshi enjoys reading, and runs a bookstagram and literary podcast about diverse and inclusive storytelling. She also loves astronomy, photography, baking, and playing board games.
Slowwww Dating
Ready to meet that person who will heart all your texts and send you care notes just because? Looking for that friend who knows that 12:00 pm is the earliest reasonable time to call a person? Yearning to share your nerdy love of fantasy with other beautiful crips? Yeah, we’re ready for that too. Join us as we team up with the founders of the disability dating app Dateability for our first Slowwww Dating event. It’s simple - we’ll ask questions to the group, and then you’ll answer them via chat or verbally. You can connect in the session via DM or wait for the DCC to compile profiles and contact information for everyone in the room. We are excited for all the beautiful new friendships, dates, and relationships! There will be plenty of space to share what you’re interested in. Adults only.
ASL | CART | virtual | adults only
Register for Verbal and ASL Dating.
Registration closes February 24 at 12:00 pm PT.
Chronic Pain Care Circle
There is so much beauty and joy in disability – and there can also be so much pain. It’s hard work to get through flares and manage the daily levels – it feels impossible in a culture that doesn’t acknowledge our reality. Come be with people who care deeply and want to hear about you. Come as you are – Lotus Boy, our chronically illUSTRIOUS facilitator, will hold space for all of it.
ASL | CART | virtual
About Lotus Boy (Ze/Zir, He/Him, or They/Them)
LOTUS BOY is a transgender, unapologetically disabled, neurodivergent, and chronically illUSTRIOUS, Chinese-American drag king based in occupied Lisjan Ohlone Land (aka Oakland, CA). As an ANTI-disciplinary artist, ze explores gender fluidity, accessibility, sustainability, joy, and healing from trauma, through any medium which speaks to zir. LOTUS BOY is on the Board of Directors for Oaklash, the Bay Area's drag festival, and the SPM Disability Justice Fund which supports projects led by disabled BIPOC.
Cafe Crip: Reproductive Justice
Cafe Crip is a monthly gathering to talk about important topics within our disability communities. Reproductive justice is disability justice. This month, we'll talk about the places they meet, where they diverge, and how the two struggles are intertwined and interdependent. We send readings in advance, but they are optional, and there will be plenty of opportunities to jump in if your capacity doesn’t allow for reading them. Facilitator Bianca Laureano leads the group through community agreements and access principles to ensure everyone can join this informal community-building hangout.
ASL | CART | virtual
Registration closes February 26 at 6:00 am PT.
About Bianca Laureano (she/her/hers)
Bianca I. Laureano is an award-winning educator, curriculum writer, and sexologist. She is a co-foundress of the Women of Color Sexual Health Network and ANTE UP! a virtual freedom school. She has written curricula and led the curriculum development for the award-winning Netflix film Crip Camp and PBS documentary I Didn’t See You There, both guided by disability justice principles. She is an AASECT certified sexuality educator and supervisor and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the California Institute for Integral Studies for her work in expanding the US sexuality field. She is the editor of The People’s Book of Human Sexuality: Expanding the Sexology Archive (2023). Find out more about Bianca at her website BiancaLaureano.com and about ANTE UP! at www.AnteUpPD.com
A Pleasure Chat with Robin Wilson-Beattie
Oooooooh. Y’all, it’s going to be a steamy one. There are infinite ways to find loving pleasure with ourselves and our partner(s). Robin Wilson-Beattie is joining us to host a chat about feeling good in our bodies, shopping for your sexiest toy, tricks for positioning, and whatever else tickles our fancy. It wouldn’t be the DCC if we didn’t talk about the messy moments – whether it's the best kind, the hardest kind, or anything in between – it’s an all-access evening together. Active participants and observers are welcome. Gotta catch this one live; we’re not recording. Adults only, obviously.
ASL | CART | virtual | adults only
About Robin Wilson-Beattie (she/her)
Life experience is a powerful teacher. As a woman of color with hidden and visible disabilities- advocating for diversity and inclusion in society IS my lived experience. With a professional background of teaching disability self and systems advocacy, my groundbreaking and revolutionary work in disability and sexual and reproductive health, and early employment in corporate America, I’ve learned the importance of empowering people to advocate for better access in their communities. My educational background is in anthropology, sexual and reproductive health, and law. All of this has gifted me with a unique perspective and outlook on how we all can learn and support each other in being better- together.
Accessible Strength and Mobility
Whether you’re reclining, sitting, or standing, Dr. Marcia’s all-level strength and mobility class is for you! Dr. Marcia is a physical therapist, founder of Disabled Girls Who Lift podcast and community, and author of “Movement for Everybody.” No equipment necessary, but if you have bands, weights, or household objects, we can add those in. Make sure you have water and what you need to be comfortable - pillows, blankets, rolled towels – you do you!
ASL | CART | virtual | recorded
About Dr. Marcia Dernie (she/they)
Dr. Marcia is a Doctor Of Physical Therapy, accessible yoga teacher, child of Haitian immigrants, dancer, and chronically ill strength athlete. Their book Movement for Every Body serves as an inclusive roadmap for folks of all abilities, shades, and sizes to enjoy movement. She also provides free and affordable online resources to help folks move better through her platform @MoveWithMarcia.
Disability, Love, and Intimacy Film Showcase
San Francisco and UC Berkeley Disability Cultural Centers are excited to share an afternoon of disability stories centering love and intimacy. We’ll watch 4 favorite shorts and take a quick break before jumping into a discussion about the films. Join us at UC Berkeley! Hearst Field Annex (HFA) D-25
ASL | CART | open audio description | in person at Hearst Field Annex (HFA) D-25 Berkeley (directions here)
Location information and logistics available on registration form.
Cafe Crip: Surviving Ableism
Cafe Crip is a monthly gathering to talk about important topics within our disability communities. This month we’ll learn for each other’s experiences, tactics, and coping mechanisms to cultivate a practice of sustainability and self care, even when ableism is trying to tear you down. We send readings in advance, but they are optional, and there will be plenty of opportunities to jump in if your capacity doesn’t allow for reading them. Facilitator Bianca Laureano leads the group through community agreements and access principles to ensure everyone can join this informal community-building hangout.
ASL | CART | virtual
Creative Healing with Natasha Thomas
“We know that may never see ourselves fully ‘healed’ in our lifetimes, but what we believe we CAN do is take conscious and care-filled steps, in solidarity, in order to build to the world we wish to see: one with less harm and more community care.” - Black Creative Healing.
Natasha Thomas will guide us through our communal grief, fear, and hopelessness to center our own healing and community care as they share their three recently released new songs “Black Creative Healing: the EP.” Then, we’ll share thoughts and questions for Natasha and learn more from them about this work. Open to the entire community.
ASL | CART | virtual | recorded
BIPOC Creatives Group
BIPOC creatives, this one’s for us! Artist and activist Alex Locust will facilitate a supportive, uplifting space for you to bring your projects and intentions. Come to bounce ideas off each other, reignite invigoration in your creative pursuits, or just be with your people in a generative space. Last time we got to get to know each other through mostly introductions. This time we invite attendees (new or returning) to bring a specific question or ask of the group. We look forward to seeing you! This is a BIPOC-only space.
ASL | CART | virtual | BIPOC-only
Care Work Under Fascism
We are facing escalating threats to the health and safety of our communities. Care work is how we’ve always gotten through: when systems fail us, we forge ahead by creating our own and dreaming up a better future. Join our panel of community organizers, artists, and care workers as they discuss their lived experiences and personal and community strategies to persist and stay connected under profound uncertainty and oppression.
A conversation with Topher Ávila, Maria Palacios, and TS Banks, who will discuss their experiences and strategies to persist and stay connected.
ASL | CART | virtual | recorded
Superfest Submissions Committee Info Session
Superfest fans! Do you want to help shape this year’s festival? You could join our Community Selection Committee, facilitated by filmmaker Shaina Ghuraya! With so many films that still promote ableism and tired stereotypes, this is an opportunity to change the conversation and determine what makes good disability representation. We’ll meet weekly starting in January to screen submissions and select eligible films for the Festival Curators to review. If you’re interested, please register to receive more information. This is a mostly volunteer opportunity, with gift cards to thank those who participate regularly.
ASL | CART | virtual | recorded
Vision Board for 2025
Join justice-centered artist, producer, and facilitator Claudia Alick to create your 2025 vision board. This workshop encourages us to explore beyond New Year’s resolutions and goals. We’ll imagine our future selves and our vibrant world, then create our own version of a vision board to act as our 2025 guide. You can create using collage materials, Pinterest, paper and pencil, or simply your mind! It’s all about your own journey.
ASL | CART | virtual
Yoga for All Bodies
Join Tan Hubbard, a Black, queer, solo family caregiver, for a restful all-bodies Yoga class. Tan dreams of a future where the planet and everyone on it is thriving and working together toward a world that centers care, love, and conscious collaboration. Their yoga classes center meditation, visualization, and breath work with the goal of creating a space where everyone can access their own practice. No matter whether your body is moving or staying still, whether you’re sitting in a chair or standing on a mat – Tan teaches to our individual experiences and bodies as we move through the class together.
ASL | CART | virtual | recorded
Crip Your Crown
It’s almost 2025, and we all deserve to go into the new year with our crowns on! Artist and founder of Rebirth Garments, Sky Cubacub, will lead an all-skill-level crown-making workshop. We’ll send out recommended material lists and instructions ahead of time with lots of tips for found and comfortable materials. During the workshop, Sky will support you with detailed instructions, troubleshooting, and lots of suggestions for different bodies, both in wearing and construction. Crown Kits are available for Bay Area folks!
ASL | CART | virtual | recorded | kits available for Bay Area
Tea with the DCC
The DCC co-directors invite you to chat! Come and introduce yourself to our leadership team. Have a program idea or feedback you’d like to share? Want to learn about what’s underway as the hybrid DCC is being developed? Catch up with our leadership team. Come on by for a virtual cup of tea and open conversation.
ASL | CART | virtual
Access Horror Movie Night
You know what would be weird and fun? A holiday season horror movie night on Friday the 13th. Superfest and Access Horror are coming together to do it! We’re planning an evening of zombies, murder (of a gaslighting doctor, obviously), creepy crawlies, and more. These aren’t your typical slasher, killer clown, monster movies; they’re truth-telling, often funny films that feel good to watch with your people. Filmmaker and founder of Access Horror Ariel Baska will kick off the event with their hot take on why the horror genre can be a powerful genre for disability storytelling, and then you’ll have the chance to watch and decide for yourself!
ASL | CART | virtual | open audio description
Cafe Crip: Radical Rest
Cafe Crip is a monthly gathering to talk about important topics within our disability communities. This month, we’ll talk about how we find rest as individuals and in community and how rest is a radical act for fighting ableism and capitalism. We send readings in advance, but they are optional, and there will be plenty of opportunities to jump in if your life doesn’t allow for reading them. Facilitator Bianca Laureano leads the group through community agreements and access principles to ensure everyone can join this informal community-building hangout.
ASL | CART | virtual
Anti-Ableist Manifesto with Tiffany Yu
Join Tiffany Yu, author of the new book The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World in conversation with human rights attorney Haben Girma. We’ll discuss her process for writing the book, her aspirations for change, and her lessons for building an anti-ableist world.
ASL | CART | virtual | recorded
Together Time: BIPOC Edition
Whether you're in the mood for a chat, want a little company while doing the dishes, need a cheer squad for that big project, or want to hang back and quietly be with your people, let's do it together. Together Time is a facilitated open Zoom room with nobody’s agenda but your own.
This Together Time is only for Black, Indigenous, and people of color.
ASL | CART | virtual | BIPOC-only
Cafe Crip: Self Care in Stressful TImes
Cafe Crip is a monthly gathering to talk about important topics within our disability communities. As we wrap up election season and head into the holidays, we’ll talk about Self Care in Stressful Times. How do we access what we need to feel whole, especially when the world asks so much of us?
We send readings in advance, but they are optional and there will be plenty of opportunities to jump in if your capacity doesn’t allow for reading them. Facilitator Bianca Laureano leads the group through community agreements and access principles to ensure everyone can join this informal community-building hangout.
ASL | CART | virtual
Tea with the DCC
The DCC co-directors invite you to chat! Come and introduce yourself to our leadership team. Have a program idea or feedback you’d like to share? Want to learn about what’s underway as the hybrid DCC is being developed? Come on by for a virtual cup of tea and open conversation.
ASL | CART | virtual
Registration closes November 17, 2024, end of day.
Crafting Circle
You asked for it and we’re doing it! The DCC is hosting our first crafting circle. Crafters, aspiring crafters, lapsed crafters looking for inspiration, craft appreciators - all are welcome! Our resident crafter, Craigslist-free enthusiast, and DCC co-director Emily Beitiks will share her tips for crafting on a budget. Then she’ll facilitate our time as we chat and craft together. Come with your wisdom, questions, and ideas for a cozy and creative crafting circle! BYOC - Bring Your Own Craft!
ASL | CART | virtual
Registration closes November 13, 2024, end of day.
Measuring Spoons Cooking Class
We loved cooking dinner with y’all so much that we’re doing it again! Join cookbook authors Anna Foster and Rosemary McDonnell-Horita to make to learn a new dinner recipe. We haven’t decided what it is yet, but we can promise a delicious, low-spoon, fall-inspired meal. While we cook (or watch!) we’ll share kitchen hacks and stories as well as get updates on Measuring Spoons: A Cookbook for Crips.
Participants will get an ingredient list and recipe when they register. We’ll make substitution recommendations common allergens and if you have any questions or need help adapting the recipe please email us! The recipe is very adaptable and we’re always here to help. The total cost for four servings will be under $25. Meal kits are available for folks in the Bay Area without the spoons or funds for grocery shopping (details when you register.)
ASL | CART | virtual | recorded | meal kits for Bay Area folks
Together Time
Whether you're in the mood for a chat, want a little company while doing the dishes, need a cheer squad for that big project, or want to hang back and quietly be with your people, let's do it together! Together Time is a facilitated open Zoom room with nobody’s agenda but your own.
ASL | CART | virtual
Registration closes November 8, 2024, at 3:00 pm PT.
Yoga for All Bodies
Join Tan Hubbard, a Black, queer, solo family caregiver, for an all-bodies Yoga class. Tan dreams of a future where the planet and EVERYONE on it is thriving and working together towards a world that centers care, love, and conscious collaboration. Their yoga classes center meditation, visualization, and breath work with the goal of creating a space where everyone can access their own practice. No matter whether your body is moving or staying still, whether you’re sitting in a chair or standing on a mat – Tan teaches to our individual experiences and bodies as we move through the class together.
ASL | CART | virtual | recorded
Meditation for the Movement | Election Day
Calm your nervous system and be in community on election day. Blind elder and meditation leader Dennis Billups has been bringing meditation to disability activism since he participated in the 504 occupation in 1977. He will guide our meditation practice by drawing from his lived and spiritual experience, centering the importance of breath and quiet to fight oppression and care for our whole selves.
ASL | CART | virtual | recorded
BIPOC Creatives Group
BIPOC creatives, this one’s for you! Artist and activist Alex Locust will facilitate a supportive, uplifting space for you to bring your projects and intentions. Come to bounce ideas off each other, reignite invigoration in your creative pursuits, just come to be with your people in a generative space.
*Note, this space is BIPOC-only*
ASL | CART | virtual | BIPOC-only
Superfest Community Conversation
Get together with Superfest filmmakers and attendees for a virtual conversation with your community. What did you love? How did it feel to see our stories without the stereotypes or pity? What was your best laugh? What film went over your head? Learn from the filmmakers about their process and inspiration; chat with fellow attendees about their perspectives and interpretations. Let’s talk about it all! Bianca Laureano, our incredible Cafe Crip moderator, will facilitate the conversation.
ASL | CART | virtual
Superfest Film Festival at the Exploratorium
Superfest Disability Film Festival is happening at The Exploratorium in San Francisco! This year’s program promises innovative perspectives from around the world. Our films come from Mongolia, The Netherlands, Egypt, the United Kingdom and more. Please join us for a day of community, storytelling, and films that bring depth and breadth to disabled lives and experiences.
We’re hosting two screenings of brand-new films. Join us for a matinee screening from 12:00 - 2:00 and an afternoon screening from 3:00 - 5:00. Films are different at each screening, so stay for the day if you like! Passes are on a sliding scale, starting at $0.
ASL | CART | optional audio description | masks required in the auditorium
Award-Winning Shorts on Zoom
Because we know the Eventive site might be too daunting for some of our community members, we're screening this year's award-winning shorts on Zoom.
ASL | CART | open audio description | virtual
Superfest Kickoff Panel with Alice Wong
Join us for our Superfest Kickoff Event where we will hear from Alice Wong and spotlight her new initiative: The Disabled BIPOC Film Collective. Learn from disabled filmmakers Malak AlSayyad and Jason DaSilva in a panel moderated by Superfest Co-Director Shaina Ghuraya as they discuss past productions, challenges encountered in this profession, and practical tips for creating a more inclusive industry.
ASL | CART | recorded | virtual
Superfest Virtual Film Festival
Welcome to the 38th Superfest Disability Film Festival! This year’s festival promises films and storytelling that bring depth and breadth to disabled lives and experiences. Our festival is hybrid with four days of virtual access on Eventive and one day of in-person screenings in the Bay Area.
Passes to the virtual festival are available October 17-20, 2024. Once you get your passes, you have 4 full days to watch as many films as you’d like. All films are captioned with optional audio description.
Captions | optional audio description | virtual
Zine-Making Workshop
Mini-zines are easy and fun to make – something about their tiny form is very freeing! Liz Henry, poet, literary translator, small press publisher, hacker, and maker of innumerable zines, will facilitate this hands-on workshop. We'll look at a few zines for inspiration and construct our tiny zines together. We'll hang out and chat while we all start - and maybe finish - our own! Please note, the window for requesting zine-making kits has now passed 🤎
ASL | CART | virtual | kits for Bay Area folks
Materials needed: sheets of blank paper; scissors or a utility knife, pens; (optional) a glue stick, or other glue, or tape; (optional) a magazine you can cut up; (optional) a stapler