San Francisco Arts Commission Grants Info Session

Are you an artist or an arts organization in San Francisco? The San Francisco Arts Commission and the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center are teaming up for an info session to learn all about the Art Commission’s 2026 grant opportunities. Join in-person at the new DCC space or come virtually! Register here.

Dignity Fund Needs Assessment Forum

Department of Disability and Aging Services (DAS) is conducting the 2025-26 Dignity Fund Community Needs Assessment — and they need your help! DAS is gathering input from older adults, people with disabilities, veterans, caregivers, and service providers across the city to better understand their needs. This feedback will directly shape how we fund and provide services […]

Mask Decorating & Collective Grief

Join the Disability Cultural Center and Senior Disability Action as we partner up to learn from and participate in the Collective Loss Adaptation Project (CLAP).  Together, we’ll process our collective grief and decorate masks in honor of disabled losses (both deaths and disenfranchised losses) that will be used in a future art installation honoring disabled […]

Earth Angels: Accessible QT Dance Party and Virgo Celebration

Clean Air Network and King LOTUS BOY Co-Produced by Clean Air Network and King LOTUS BOY – Earth Angels is an event BY and FOR disabled and COVID-conscious community! In true Virgo season spirit, we are going all out: Drag Show Local Vendor Market Theme is: EcoSexual vs. Ethereal. Dressing up is highly encouraged CASH […]

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 […]

Disability Culture is Here: Dinner + Drag

Disability Culture is at 165 Grove Street! Please join us for dinner and gorgeously disabled drag performances by King LOTUS BOY and Iman. Whether you want to come with friends, meet new folks, or enjoy a solo evening in community, we would LOVE to have you. There will be two different seatings so that we […]

Press Conference + Ribbon Cutting Live Stream

The first public disability cultural center in the country is a big deal! Join a live stream as San Francisco city officials, disabled leaders, and the DCC team cut the ribbon and officially launch our hybrid space.

Town Hall

Join us for our 2025 Town Hall! Learn about what’s in store for the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center, including what’s next for our virtual space, details about our grand opening celebration for our physical space at 165 Grove Street, job openings, and other opportunities. Come with your questions, insights, hopes, and dreams. This community […]

My Home is Someone’s Workplace: Domestic Employer Workshop

Together with Hand in Hand, we are offering a workshop with guidance for people who employ or plan to employ home care attendants. Participants will learn how to build respectful care relationships by understanding legal obligations, creating work agreements, and ensuring fair pay practices. You’ll leave with sample contracts, timesheet templates, communication strategies, and more! […]

Care Work: Domestic Labor and Liberation

Presented with Hand in Hand, this panel explores the complex reality of care relationships shaped by histories of racism, ableism, and exploitation. We’ll examine what power and equity can look like in relationships of care, acknowledging that care isn’t charity and survival isn’t enough. At this crucial intersection where disability justice meets domestic worker rights, […]