Cafe Crip | Disabled Parenting
Cafe Crip is a monthly gathering to talk about important topics within our disability communities. This month’s theme is Disabled Parenting. Disabled people make incredible parents – our capacity for empathy, creative solutions, and patience is unparalleled. Our children know in their bones that there are billions of ways to live, care, and love. Despite […]
Valkyries Watch Party
We’re not famous for being the sportiest community, but the Valkyries are FUN. They’re a brand new WNBA team with the best energy and such a fun community vibe. Aaaand going to games is both crowded and expensive. SO, please join us for a Covid-safer watch party! We’ll be playing the game on the big […]
BIPOC Creatives | August 2026
Join Alex Locust and Shaina Ghuraya in their co-hosted space for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to explore creativity and process together. You can share your thoughts and feelings, bounce around ideas, hang back and simply enjoy time in community, or basically whatever fills your beautiful cup. August’s theme is Imagining Better Futures. We’ll […]
Open Mic: Drag Takeover
August’s Open Mic Night has been royally taken over, and we are so ready for it. Incredible drag queen, Taipei, is hosting a hybrid open-mic drag show for newbie drag performers, drag-curious artists, veterans looking to experiment, and everyone in between. Come play and try out your work for the most loving and supportive community […]
Somatic Centering Practices with Regan Brashear
Somatic practices support us in living with awareness, purpose, and vision. In somatics, our concept of “self” encompasses the body, mind, moods, emotions, internal narratives, and our relationships with others. Somatic coach Regan Brashear will guide us through gentle movements (performed from any body position), breathing, and embodied imagination. With repeated practice, somatics help us […]
Wellness Wednesday | Tarot + Meditation
You know what feels good? Spending time reflecting and getting loving care from a beloved elder. Dennis Billups, meditation guide and tarot reader, is joining us at the DCC for 20-minute 1-on-1 sessions. You can let Dennis know whether you would like a tarot reading, guided meditation, or simply a positive person to tell you […]
Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival: Meet the Artists Panel
Come meet the Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival (BAIDDF) performers! Learn about their stories, culture, victories, struggles, and identities. The BAIDDF is an annual event produced by Urban Jazz Dance Company that consists of performances and workshops highlighting the essential contributions Deaf and Hard of Hearing artists make to our community. This year, we […]
Queerness of Birds
It’s the event we didn’t know we needed, but we do so deeply. We, as a community, need to learn about queer and crip ecology through our beautiful, freaky, fine-feathered friends: birds. Queer ecologist, multimedia storyteller, and bird lover, Yarrow Koning is coming to the DCC’s virtual space to fill our brains and souls with […]
Liberation Lunch | Tamales
Welcome to Liberation Lunches! A weekly space where you can show up exactly as you are and enjoy a meal, the DCC’s treat. Please join us for tamales! There will be vegan and vegetarian options. Register here.
Disability + Journalism with Pushing Limits
You know that thrill when you read a solid piece of disability journalism? One that leans into real issues and storytelling rather than offensive inspiration porn, narratives of burden, or a pitiful tone. The DCC is partnering with Pushing Limits, KPFA’s radio show by and for disabled people, to talk about what it takes to […]