Cafe Crip is a monthly gathering to talk about important topics within our disability communities. Our May session will discuss the beauty and complexity of our relationships with pets and animals. Animals can offer pure love, complete acceptance, safety, and no-strings-attached support. Regardless of their joys though–it’s hard work to train, care for, and afford animal companions. Plus, there are the memes. Lots to unpack there. We send readings in advance, but they are optional, and there will be plenty of opportunities to participate even if you haven’t read them. Facilitator Bianca Laureano leads the group through community agreements and access principles to ensure everyone can join this informal community-building hangout. Fur baby cameos are encouraged.
ASL | CART | virtual
Registration closes on May 28 at noon PST.
About Bianca
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