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Author Archives: Adrienne
Reproductive Justice and Disability
Listen, Friday, September 9, 2:30 pm PDT, KPFA, 94.1 fm in Northern California Patty Berne The clamor about the Supreme Court’s decision to revoke Roe v. Wade and allow the states to make their own rules about a woman’s reproductive … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Adrienne Lauby, Community, Disability Justice, Jacob Lesner-Buxton, Mark Romoser, Politics, Sheela Gunn Cushman
Tagged Ableism, Adrienne Lauby, Bianca Laureano, Disability Justice, Elise Cossart-Daly, Jacob Lesnor-Buxton, Patty Berne, reproductive rights
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Hunting the Elusive State Job
For many years the unemployment rate of people with disabilities has hovered around 70%. It seems that every few years, a public official announces initiatives to address this statistic by hiring ten people, or thousands of people with disabilities for … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Carruthers, ACSED, Adrienne Lauby, Ammy Joseph, Association of California State Employees with Disabilities, Catherine Campisi, Jacob Lesner-Buxton, Jobs and Disability, LEAP program, Mark Romoser, Regional Centers, Sheela Gunn-Cushman, State Council of Developmental Disabilities, State of California
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CARE Court Equals Oppression
LISTEN (29 min) Our governor is racing through the legislature with a bill that will bring huge changes in how homeless people are treated in California. The so-called Care Court bill is quickly moving through the committees in both senate … Continue reading
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Ted Jackson – E.D. of Berkeley Independent Living Center
Listen (29 min) Ted Jackson Disability Activists in Berkeley made history in 1972 when they opened the first Independent Living Center in the country. All U.S. states and territories now have multiple Independent Living Centers. Numerous people have served as … Continue reading
Posted in Disability Organizations, Eddie Ytuarte, Portraits
Tagged Berkeley Independent Living Center, California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, CIL, Eddie Ytuarte, Fruitvale Independent Living Center, Ted Jackson
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Neil Marcus – In Memoriam
Neil Marcus leaning against a dark reflective background, on which we see his reflection. Courtesy of Neil Marcus and Gary Ivanek. Today we celebrate the life of actor and playwright, Neil Marcus who died last November. Born with dystonia, a … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Adrienne Lauby, Arts, Comedy, Dance, Disability Culture, Disability Culture, Film, Historical Exhibit, Individual disease and identity groups, Jacob Lesner-Buxton, Mark Romoser, Portraits, Sheela Gunn Cushman, Story Telling - Disability
Tagged Eric Kupers, Jacob Lesner-Buxton, Katie Voice, Mark Romoser, Neil Marcus, Petra Kuppers, Rob Lathim, Storm Reading
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Micah Peace – White Disabled Activists Combat Racism
April 8, 2:30-3 pm PDT on KPFA radio White disabled activists combating racism against the non-white disabled community is the topic of this edition of Pushing Limits radio program. Producer/host Eddie Ytuarte will interview Micah Peace, a co-coordinator of Disability … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-racism, Disability chapter of SURJ, Eddie Ytuarte, Jacob Lesner-Buxton, Micah Peace, SURJ
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Advisory Committees – What Are They Good For?
Friday, March 25, 2:30-3 pm, PDT at KPFA Radio Many nursing homes, transportation agencies, senior services, housing authorities and other groups that heavily impact people with disabilities have Advisory Committees. And, low income and disabled people are often asked … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Adrienne Lauby, analysis & commentary, Community, Disability Organizations, Jacob Lesner-Buxton, Mark Romoser, Politics, Sheela Gunn Cushman, Story Telling - Disability
Tagged Adrienne Lauby, Advisory Committees for VTA the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, Amanda Stahl, Christine Fitzgerald, Dani Anderson, Jacob Lesnor-Buxton, Kentucky Advisory Board for People with Developmental Disabilities, Kentucky Protection and Advocacy Board, Mark Romoser, Mr. Aaron Morrow, n So The State of California Is Requiring Me to Listen to You People, Sheela Gunn-Cushma, State-wide California Independent Living Council
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So The State of California Is Requiring Me to Listen to You People
By Jacob Lesner-Buxton “Jacob, help me understand I keep coming to you with all these great ideas, and you won’t bring them up to the advisory committees you are on. You keep saying it is not the right time, or … Continue reading
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Tagged Jacob Lesner-Buxton
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“Golem Girl” with Riva Lehrer
Listen, Friday, January 28, 2:30 pm PST on KPFA Riva Lehrer is an artist, writer and curator who focuses on the socially challenged body. She is best known for representations of people whose physical embodiment, sexuality, or gender identity have … Continue reading
Posted in Adrienne Lauby, Arts, Disability Culture, Disability Culture, Individual disease and identity groups, Poetry & Prose, Portraits
Tagged Alice Wong, Carrie Sandahl, Lennard Davis, Nadina LaSpina
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Vote For Your Life
Listen: October 21, 2:30-3 pm PDT, KPFA Nick Feldman arrested in a 2009 protest with a sign “Feel the Power of the Disability Vote.”. Photo by Steve Rhodes, courtesy of Disability Rights California and UDWA Weather’s getting colder. November’s drawing … Continue reading →