The Los Angeles Spoonie Collective will facilitate this workshop on the emergence and development of Disability Justice activism, a modern civil rights movement. Presenters Lilac and Hatfield will discuss many topics and concepts of ableism and saneism (the forms of marginality disabled people encounter) including: Patty Berne of Sins Invalid’s Principles of Disability Justice, Christine Miserandino’s Spoon Theory, Johanna Hedva’s Sick Woman Theory, and more. The presentation will close with a discussion on how folks can learn to stand in solidarity with disabled people in their lives, and how to appropriately support and affirm disabled, neurodivergent, and chronically ill people. Oxnard College English Professor Jose Maldonado hosts.
To pre-register for this community event and see the full Diversity in Culture Festival Program, visit our webpage at www.venturacollege.edu/diversityfest
