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, […]
I, Spastic by Neil Marcus Book Talk
Neil Marcus famously described disability as “an art, an ingenious way to live.” This event celebrates the contributions Neil made to disability culture in his lifetime, as captured in his posthumously published autobiography, I, Spastic. Join Neil’s sister Kendra, Neil’s writing assistant S.H Chambers, and moderator Rosemary McDonnell-Horita as we look back on clips, hear […]
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, […]
Cafe Crip: Science Fiction
Cafe Crip is a monthly gathering to talk about important topics within our disability communities. For August, we’re visiting the worlds of science fiction and disability. Let’s talk about traveling through space and time, exploring the multiverse, and connecting to wild imaginings. Also, we don’t always love a supercrip, but do we sometimes love a […]
Sustaining Us: Get Podcasting!
Do you have creative energy for podcasts and storytelling? In this next installment of our Sustaining Us series, we welcome Cheryl and Thomas from POD Access. They’ll lead an interactive and informative workshop aimed at getting more d/Deaf and disabled folks podcasting. From technical skills and advice to building interdependent networks and promotion, POD Access […]
Pop-up! Works-In-Progress
Calling all you Bay Area creatives! Come to the DCC at 165 Grove Street on Wednesday – bring a piece you’re working on, an idea you’re developing, or if you’re blocked, just come as you are, and we’ll get into it together. Our facilitator, Liz Henry, specializes in writing, but we’re excited to cross all […]
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, […]