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. Our facilitator, LOTUS BOY, will guide our third Chronic Pain Care Circle. We’ll focus […]
Pop-up! Co-Working Day
Come work at the DCC! Whether you bring your laptop to the space or join from home on Discord, let’s support each other in getting the things done. Virtual: dcc.page/discord. In person: 165 Grove Street, San Francisco. Pop-ups are completely optional activities during open hours, with no advanced registration required. So, you can come by […]
Pop-up! Plant Potting
Learn all about propagating succulents and easy house plants! We’ll have soil, pots, seeds, clippings, and lots of good information. No need to register in advance – just come on by if you’d like! Pop-ups are quiet, completely optional activities during open hours, with no registration required. So, you can come by to read, work, […]
Mask Decorating & Collective Grief
Join the Disability Cultural Center and Senior Disability Action as we partner up to learn from and participate in the Collective Loss Adaptation Project (CLAP). Together, we’ll process our collective grief and decorate masks in honor of disabled losses (both deaths and disenfranchised losses) that will be used in a future art installation honoring disabled […]
Pop-up! Grad School Support
Co-director, scholar activist, lecturer, PhD, and former (but loooong-time) university employee is popping up to support you with applications, talk access in academia, affirm your horror stories, and chat disability studies. Pop-ups are completely optional activities during open hours, with no advanced registration required. So, you can come by to work, snack, or join the […]
Virtual Tea and Tour
Back by popular demand, we’re offering our virtual community a tour and chance to sip a cup of tea with the leaders of the Disability Cultural Center. Settle in and let us show you around our indoor-outdoor hybrid home – it has changed even since our launch last month! Share your ideas for our programs, […]
Pop-up! Job Search Support
Lots of things are better in community – board game nights, dinner parties, poetry workshops, etc. But at the very top of that list: JOB SEARCHING. No matter where you are in your employment journey, seeking out new opportunities is a vulnerable and isolating process. If you’d like some company while you apply for jobs, […]
Meditation for the Movement
Blind elder and meditation leader Dennis Billups has been bringing meditation to disability activism since participating in the 504 occupation in 1977. Join Dennis in person at the DCC or virtually as he guides our meditation practice. As always, Dennis draws from his lived and spiritual experience, centering the importance of breath and quiet to […]
Pop-Up Board Games Day
Calling all board game fanatics and newbies too! We’ll be ending our week with some board games at the DCC. We’ll have some available, or bring your favorite. Come with friends or join up with us. Either way, you are welcome to end your week with some fun at the DCC! Pop-ups are completely optional […]
Collective Poetry with T.S. Banks
T.S. Banks, Black Trans, Queer person with a disability, teaching artist, poet, and playwright, is back for another night of Collective Poetry. He’ll lead us through a collaborative, dynamic, and transformative writing experience. T.S. helps folks activate their creativity and explore our collective voice’s power and beauty. No need to be a poet, poetry reader, […]