Event Calendar
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
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
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
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.
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
Registration closes January 15 at 9 am PT.
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
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
Registration closes January 28 at 4:00 pm PT.
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
Bachata Para Todos Los Cuerpos | All Bodies Bachata
Bailamos bachata! Esta clase de baile es accesible para todos los cuerpos introducirá la alegría de la bachata. Danny Ramirez, una persona queer, de género fluido y con discapacidad, dirigirá esta clase en español con traducción en inglés y ASL. La bachata, una forma de baile en pareja social, será comunitaria a través de nuestro espacio virtual del Centro Cultural de la Discapacidad: tus parejas serán abundantes. ¡Baila frente a la cámara o fuera de ella, con todo el cuerpo o solo los ojos, elije tu propia aventura!
ASL | CART | ESPAÑOL | VIRTUAL
Let’s dance bachata! Join instructor Danny Ramirez for this accessible class in Spanish with English and ASL interpretation. Danny, a queer, Latine, gender-fluid, disabled professional dancer, combines their passion for dance and music with their experience of learning to love exactly how their body shows up each day. Dance on camera or off, take breaks and hydrate, dance with your whole body, or keep the beat with your eyes – choose your own adventure! Your dance partners will be plentiful, and the music will fill your heart!
ASL | SPANISH | ENGLISH | CART | VIRTUAL
Superfest Showcase: San Francisco Public Library
Join us at the San Francisco Public Library to watch diverse films created by, acted by, and about people with disabilities. This program is curated by The Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability in partnership with San Francisco Public Library's Talking Books and Braille Center and the Deaf Services Center.
ASL | CART | in person | masks encouraged | drop in
NO REGISTRATION NEEDED.
Cafe Crip: Care Work and Academia
Cafe Crip is a monthly gathering to talk about important topics within our disability communities. This month’s conversation is a part of our Care Work Series. We’ll dive deeper into our September 19th panel topic, Care Work and Academia. We send readings in advance and encourage folks to attend the panel, but no preparation is required. 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! 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. In July, we talked about uplifting and developing disabled-owned businesses. We’d love to hear more of your ideas and what would be helpful as we develop our social entrepreneurship program. So, please join if you are a small business owner or dream of working for yourself!
ASL | CART | virtual
REGISTRATION CLOSES SEPTEMBER 22, 2024 AT 11:59 PM (PST)
Care Work and Academia
Academia continues to be a place where ableism thrives. Inside these larger institutional structures of power, disabled faculty, staff, and students have been creating our own care networks for survival and resilience. This program will learn from panelists fighting to create space for disabled belonging inside the walls of our academic institutions.
Panelists: Capria Berry | Sara Acevedo | Travis Chi Wing Lau
Moderator: Emily Beitiks
ASL | CART | recorded | virtual
Collective Poetry with T.S. Banks
T.S. Banks, a Black Trans, Queer person with a disability, teaching artist, poet, and playwright, leads us through a collaborative and dynamic poetry writing experience. T.S. helps folks get their creativity activated and explores the power and beauty of our collective voice. No need to be a poet, poetry reader, or writer. Just come as you are and let’s do this together.
ASL | CART | virtual
Together Time: Rage Edition
It’s Friday the 13th, and we’re exorcising ableist demons. Want to vent and rage about ableism? Want to slay the monsters of oppression with community and love? Let’s do it together at Together Time: Rage Edition. We’ll open a quiet room (text chat only) and a talking room (text, captions, voice, ASL) so you can rage and love as big as you want, however you want!
ASL | CART | virtual
REGISTRATION CLOSES SEPTEMBER 11 at 1:00 PM (PST)
Measuring Spoons: A Cookbook for Crips Cooking Class
Learn a new recipe with a cooking demo hosted by Anna Foster and Rosemary McDonnell-Horita, authors of Measuring Spoons: A Cookbook for Crips. Together, we’ll cook gnocchi and veggies, a favorite easy low-spoon meal. As we prepare dinner, we’ll discuss the Measuring Spoons cookbook and how Rosemary and Anna are developing the idea.
After registering, participants will get an ingredient list—the total cost for four servings will be under $25. For San Francisco community members who may not have the funds or spoons for grocery shopping right now, we can provide about 20 meal kits. They will be available for pick-up at a central location (TBD) in the City. If you are unable to pick up your kit, we will happily make a few at-home deliveries.
ASL | CART | virtual | materials available | recorded
Meditation for the Movement
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
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 be with your people, let's do it together! We plan on playing with breakout rooms and timed check-ins and would love to continue evolving this space.
ASL | CART | virtual | quiet room