Pop-up! Mending with Rosemary
Rosemary’s mending workshop is disability justice in action. It’s a hard no to disposability and capitalism and a F**K YES to sustainability, wholeness, collective access, and alllll the good stuff. She’ll teach different approaches and techniques for mending, all of them centering the mender’s body, mind, and aesthetic. Bring a garment, stuffy, blanket (anything really!) […]
Disgruntled Academics Meet-up
Hello, fellow brilliant academics! We’re writers, mathematicians, theorists, scientists, thinkers, and we often defy categorization. Disabled academics pour love and labor into work at institutions of higher education and learning; however, more often than not, these institutions don’t love us back and refuse the basic labor of meeting our access needs. It’s disgruntling to say […]
Pop-up! Pizza Party
We’re hosting a pizza party! Bring a friend, make new ones, or enjoy a quiet slice by yourself. Just come as you are – we’re excited to host you! There will be vegan, gluten-free, and vegetarian options. Please take a moment to register if you’re coming – it helps us get enough pizzas and meet […]
Pop up! Toolworks SF Resource Support
Hi San Francisco! Get assistance with IHSS and DOR applications, regional center information, job placement services, Deaf services, discounted Clipper/transit cards, SSI and SSDI benefits counseling. We’re offering in English and ASL, with other translation services as well. No need to RSVP, just pop in, grab a snack, and get help from our Toolworks friends, […]
Access Horror Screening | Halloween Edition
It’s Halloween time and we’re planning an evening of creepy crawlies, spookiness, chills, and thrills. Access Horror and Superfest are coming together to offer you a delightfully macabre Halloween movie night, featuring all disability stories. These aren’t your typical slasher, killer clown, monster movies; they’re truth-telling, often funny films that feel good to watch with […]
Be Seen on Halloween
Let’s light it up! We’ll provide LED light strips, portable battery packs, wheelchair battery adapter kits, holographic reflective tape, and bolt-on bike reflectors. Liz Henry will facilitate a session where you can experiment and get help with custom-made safety and lighting modifications for wheelchairs, powerchairs, walkers, canes, and more. We will inspect your devices and […]
Pop up! M Eilo’s Shared Skins Community Art Installment
Local artist M Eilo is showcasing their newest work, Shared Skins, at the DCC. As they say, “Wearable art but make it community-engaged, participatory, and can be remade into thousands of different arrangements.” You’ll get to create wearable art from the pieces crafted by M and have your portrait taken at the DCC. Hard to […]
Cafe Crip | Superfest
Cafe Crip is a monthly gathering to talk about important topics within our disability communities. This month’s topic is Superfest! We’re closing out the festival with an opportunity to discuss the films and chat with their creators. Learn their stories and share your own. We encourage you to join us at Superfest before Cafe Crip, […]
Superfest | Sunday Hybrid Screening
Join us for a weekend of films, community, and conversation. There are opportunities to watch in person and live virtually with films screening Saturday and Sunday. Following the screenings, festival director Shaina Ghuraya will host filmmaker panels on film, disability, storytelling, intersectionality, and all the things that land in between. Or, you can watch the […]
Superfest | Saturday Evening Hybrid Screening
Join us for a weekend of films, community, and conversation. There are opportunities to watch in person and live virtually with films screening Saturday and Sunday. Following the screenings, festival director Shaina Ghuraya will host filmmaker panels on film, disability, storytelling, intersectionality, and all the things that land in between. Or, you can watch the […]