Disgruntled Academics Meet-up
Hello, fellow brilliant academics! We’re writers, mathematicians, theorists, scientists, thinkers, and we often defy categorization. Disabled academics pour love and labor into work at institutions of higher education and learning; however, more often than not, these institutions don’t love us back and refuse the basic labor of meeting our access needs. It’s disgruntling to say […]
Cafe Crip | Superfest
Cafe Crip is a monthly gathering to talk about important topics within our disability communities. This month’s topic is Superfest! We’re closing out the festival with an opportunity to discuss the films and chat with their creators. Learn their stories and share your own. We encourage you to join us at Superfest before Cafe Crip, […]
Superfest | Call to Action Virtual Screening
We are living in a time that calls us to act – to do the things that support our communities, resist fascism and oppression, share our resources globally, and hold multiple truths all at once. At this virtual screening, we will watch four films that answer this call and raise our consciousness. After the screening, […]
Superfest | Tech Support
Superfest is switching to Vimeo for our virtual festival. It’s a more accessible platform (yay!), but it’s still new and can be confusing! If you need a little help signing up for the festival or accessing the videos, join us on Zoom for a drop-in tech support session. Register here.
Cafe Crip: Boundaries
Cafe Crip is a monthly gathering to talk about important topics within our disability communities. For September, we are talking about boundaries! Those amazing, elusive practices that we hold, expand, and contract so we can be in nourishing relationships. Let’s dig into how we develop and hold boundaries with ourselves, family, work, community, and caregivers. […]
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 […]
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. Our facilitator, LOTUS BOY, will guide our third Chronic Pain Care Circle. We’ll focus […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]