Monthly Archives: October 2013

Sheltered Workshops or Sweatshops for the Disabled?

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Adrienne

Listen (28 minutes) Sign a petition demanding fair wages for people with disabilities! 170,000 signatures on petitions delivered to Goodwill Headquarters around the country. Four hundred thousand people with disabilities in the USA work for substandard wages, some of them … Continue reading →

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Music, Disability & Society, Part 2

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Adrienne

Friday, Oct 18, 2:30 pm PST KPFA Disability music scholar Alex Lubet returns for more conversation about “adaptive music.” Eddie Ytuarte hosts as Lubet discusses contemporary musicians like Bruce Langhorne, Rick Allen, Bill Clements and the Vancouver Adaptive Music Studio. … Continue reading →

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The Empowered FeFes

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Adrienne

Starting early for an expanded hour from 2-3 pm PST, 94.1 fm, KPFA. Three award-winning films made by young disabled women in Chicago.  FeFe is a word for female, and these women live up their names by telling folks how … Continue reading →

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