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
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 will talk with two veterans of the field, Shruti Rajkumar and Julia Métraux, who combine their professional and lived experience […]
Cafe Crip | Disability Pride + the ADA
Cafe Crip is a monthly gathering to talk about important topics within our disability communities. For Disability Pride Month, we’re chatting about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Disability Pride. For two such positive-seeming things, it’s complicated! Let’s dig into who benefits from the ADA and Disability Pride, and who does it leave behind? […]
Liberation Lunch | Bakeworks
Welcome to Liberation Lunches! A weekly space where you can show up exactly as you are and enjoy a meal in community, the DCC’s treat. Please join us for lunch provided by Bakeworks! We’ll have many vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options, including quinoa and kale salad, roasted chicken, vegetable sandwiches, soup, and Spanish tortilla (a […]
MacArthur Series | Disability + Racial Justice Solidarity
MacArthur Fellow Alice Wong, beloved oracle of our lifetime, envisioned a series of discussions that take disabled brilliance to the messy middle of our current struggles for justice, equity, and access. The DCC, together with the MacArthur Fellows at 45 series and Fellow Josh Miele, is proud to honor Alice’s vision with a four-part discussion […]
BIPOC Creatives | Collaboration
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. This month’s theme is Collaboration. We’ll dig […]
Filmmaking 101 | How to Direct a Short
You know that feeling when you have something to share, but you’re not sure how to do it? Maybe you need to tell your story or illuminate a community or a struggle that is dear to you. Or do you have a cast of characters that you can’t wait to introduce to the world? We […]
Liberation Lunch | Bahn Mi!
Welcome to Liberation Lunches! A weekly space where you can show up exactly as you are and enjoy a meal in community, the DCC’s treat. Please join us for a Bahn Mi from Saigon Sandwich! We had to make a last-minute change and won’t have any gluten-free or vegan options this week. Register here.
Disability Pride Festival
It’s Disability Pride Month AND the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center’s 2-year anniversary?! Sounds like celebration time to us! We’re teaming up with The Kelsey Civic Center to host our very first Disability Pride Festival. There will be a market of disabled makers, resource booths, a birthday cake, tasty treats, Disability Visibility quilt-making, and, most […]