Sustaining Us: Getting Published with Keidra Chaney
Our words are revolutions waiting to happen. They light fires and connect humans – they create love and build strong communities. Our words are powerful y’all. Whether you’re a poet, essayist, experimental scribbler, novelist, or academic – the world needs to read your writing. But, the publishing process can be so discouraging, discriminatory, and depleting. […]
Cafe Crip: RAGE
Cafe Crip is a monthly gathering to talk about important topics within our disability communities. This month, we’ll talk about rage. What is the role and place for rage in our movements? How do we let the rage out so it doesn’t consume us? How do we harness our rage power to fight for our […]
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. He will guide our mediation practice by drawing from his lived and spiritual experience, centering the importance of breath and quiet to fight oppression and care for our whole selves.
Fairfax Library Superfest Showcase
Superfest is excited to partner with Marin County for an afternoon of disabled brilliance! Settle in for films and storytelling that bring depth and breadth to disabled lives and experiences. Join us after the screening for a panel discussion with Superfest Director Shaina Ghuraya and Festival Curator and actor Ajani Murray.
Together Time
Whether you’re in the mood for a chat, want a little company while doing the dishes, need a cheer squad for that big project, or want to hang back and quietly be with your people, let’s do it together! Together Time is a facilitated open Zoom room with nobody’s agenda but your own.
Sustaining Us: Fiscal Sponsorship
In the “Sustaining Us” series of workshops, panels, and community discussions, we’ll explore our passions – the things we love to do – and how they sustain us. This workshop will demystify fiscal sponsorship, starting with “What exactly is fiscal sponsorship and should I be thinking about it?” It is one of the many tools […]
Altar-Building with Tiezst Taylor
We know loss far too well in disability communities. Altars offer a space to connect with our ancestors and celestial spirits – a space to manifest power and wisdom for our future. Think of the beloveds that you want to connect to. They may be a person, pet, community, movement – whatever is true for […]
Sustaining Us Series Launch
We are launching a new series called Sustaining Us. With workshops, panels, and community discussions, we’ll explore our passions – the things we love to do – and how they sustain us. It’s a tricky dance between doing creative work, surviving ableism, and gaining financial freedom. In our first panel, we’ll learn from three small-business […]
Cafe Crip: Reproductive Justice
Cafe Crip is a monthly gathering to talk about important topics within our disability communities. Reproductive justice is disability justice. This month, we’ll talk about the places they meet, where they diverge, and how the two struggles are intertwined and interdependent. We send readings in advance, but they are optional, and there will be plenty […]
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. Come be with people who care deeply and want to hear about you. […]