OUCH Pain Support Group
Event Organizer: Los Angeles Spoonie Collective Location: Virtual Price: Free! Event Description: Looking for crip community? Join LASC in June for our Pain Support Group. This group will center the crip wisdom and experiences of those living with chronic pain. Come vent, share tips, and meet others with similar experiences. Registration Information: Register here. Event […]
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 […]
Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival: Meet the Artists Panel | Conoce a Los Artistas: Festival Internacional de Danza para Sordos del Área de la Bahía
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 […]
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? […]
ADA Celebration: Vivien’s Wild Ride + Sign 504 Now!
Event Organizer: The Roxie Theater Venue: The Roxie Theater Location: 3117 16th St, San Francisco Price: $5-15 (+$1.62 for the online booking fee) Event Description: A special double feature screening on Sunday, July 26th at 1pm. Click the BUY TICKETS button at the bottom of the page! Featuring a live panel discussion moderated by CRIP CAMP […]
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 […]