Open Mic: Drag Takeover
August’s Open Mic Night has been royally taken over, and we are so ready for it. Incredible drag queen, Taipei, is hosting a hybrid open-mic drag show for newbie drag performers, drag-curious artists, veterans looking to experiment, and everyone in between. Come play and try out your work for the most loving and supportive community […]
Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival: Meet the Artists Panel
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 with Pushing Limits
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 is partnering with Pushing Limits, KPFA’s radio show by and for disabled people, to talk about what it takes to […]
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 […]
Virtual Anniversary Party
Family! We’re celebrating our TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY! What is time? It both feels like our Disability Culture is Here virtual launch was yesterday, AND the community runs so deep that we can’t believe we just started building two years ago. Please join us for a virtual celebration of this community, the connections we’ve built over the […]
One City One Day 504 Rolling + Walking Tour
Did you know that in the late seventies, 150 disabled activists held the longest peaceful occupation of a federal building in US history? Known as the “504 protest,” the sit-in lasted 26 days and took place just across the street from the present-day San Francisco Disability Cultural Center. Join 504 protestors Dennis Billups and Debby […]
Townhall | 2026
Dearest DCC Family, please join us for our 2026 Town Hall! We’re going to look back over the past year and chat about what’s next. Come with your questions, insights, hopes, and dreams. This community is everything – we’re here for all of it! Masks will be required inside for the in-person event. If it’s […]
It Wasn’t Meant to be Perfect: A Book Talk + Performance with Gaelynn Lea
Musician, Broadway composer, and disability advocate Gaelynn Lea is coming to the DCC with special guest Haben Girma to celebrate the release of her new memoir! It’s a love letter to every kind of body, music, and making it work. Books will be for sale by Book Passage at the event. Register here. About Gaelynn […]
Laura Mauldin Book Chat
Laura Mauldin’s new book “In Sickness and in Health: Love Stories from the Front Lines of America’s Caregiving Crisis” is a rallying cry for a radical reimagining of care—not as an individual act of devotion, but as collective responsibility. Through memoir, reporting, and cultural critique, Laura shows us how ableism is at the heart of […]