Tag Archives: Sins Invalid

Organizing in a Time of Social Distancing

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Adrienne

LISTEN (59 min) When activists and advocates are up against a shelter-in-place order, when everything we usually do is completely impossible, who you gonna call? That’s right!  Disability Justice!  Call ‘em now at 1-800-CRIP-POC-CRIP!Why them, you ask.Because over the past couple … Continue reading →

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Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Adrienne

Listen (29 min) Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (she/they) is a queer disabled non-binary femme writer and cultural worker of Burger/ Tamil Sri Lankan and Irish/ Roma ascent is the guest. Her work has been widely published, most recently in The Deaf … Continue reading →

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The First Time You Felt Your Disability

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Adrienne

Listen (29 min) When was the first time you really felt your disability? Not some doctor telling you about it, not some family member crying about it; not even you, doubting your ability to prevail and grow; but the first … Continue reading →

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Sins Invalid – The Movie

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Adrienne

Friday, August 1, 2- 3 pm PST on KPFA. A program busting though assumptions and stereotypes about sexuality and disability.  Our guests, the performance group Sins Invalid, make “an unshamed claim to beauty in the face of invisibility.”  They are … Continue reading →

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Race and Disability

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Adrienne

Listen (29 min) Black and brown people have always been present in the disability movement and some have played pivotal roles.  Yet our conversation about race is often pretty unsophisticated.  We’re a long way from truly supporting all our community … Continue reading →

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Sins Invalid

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Adrienne

Take a good look in the mirror. Do you feel pride in what you see? Pushing Limits ogles – Beauty in the Face of Invisibility. Listen, 28 min. Leah Gardner interviews Patricia Berne and Nomy Lamm from the groundbreaking organization, Sins Invalid. … Continue reading →

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