Lessons from the Disability Justice Movement
Hear from 3 leaders around the world in the disability justice / rights movement on campaigning and organising.
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Movements_Campaigns – People with disability_Disabled People
Disability Justice Links
A crowdsourced list of disability justice resources from Virtual Progress 2020. Includes resources from the Lessons from the Disability Justice Movement plenary and Deconstructing Ableism in Progressive Movements workshop.
TED talk: Our fight for disability rights – and we’re not done yet by Judith Heumann
In 1977 Judith Heumann helped lead the groundbreaking Section 504 sit-in protest in which disabled-rights activists occupied a federal building for almost a month, demanding greater accessibility for all.
Centre the voices of people with disability
Carly Findlay – appearance activist, writer and speaker – reminded us at Progress 2017 that “disability is the forgotten part of diversity,” and it’s time to step up.
Home Care in Hungary
In Hungary, digital campaigning organisation aHang has been winning big and building people power in a difficult political environment. Their homecare campaign was a huge win for Hungarian carers, and people power everywhere.