Trip to Vancouver, British Columbia On January 8th, 2023–the morning after my 40th birthday–I headed to Vancouver BC with my partner and caregiver. I was met with generosity, kindness, excitement, and warmth.[…]
Hearing Hard Things
Hearing Hard Things Taking Accountability: We all make mistakes. After making a mistake, we need to take responsibility for our words and actions. This is called accountability. In most cases, taking accountability[…]
Saying Hard Things
Saying Hard Things Speak up about things that matter to you. Don’t let things fester, but also be sure you can talk to the person about your concerns in a respectful way[…]
Direct Communication
Direct Communication We have a value that we won’t make assumptions. We can’t expect others to know what we need unless we communicate it, and the one reliable way we can be[…]
Pod Mapping for Mutual Aid
Pod Mapping for Mutual Aid Written 3/9/2020 Spanish Translation (pdf) | French Translation (pdf) | English version (pdf) Mutual aid can look many different ways. Those of us who are sick and[…]
Disability Justice vs. Supremacy Culture
Disability Justice vs. Supremacy Culture I want to talk about how Disability Justice can be used to fight Supremacy Culture. Tema Okun wrote this great piece in 1999 that has stood the[…]
Cross-Movement Organizing
Cross-Movement Organizing Cross-movement organizing is being in solidarity with other struggles for liberation and justice. Solidarity means working together and supporting each other. In Disability Justice, we share our wisdom and learnings[…]
Anti-Capitalism
Anti-Capitalism  “Gloria, capitalism said our bodies were useless” (Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha). I have that written on a poster above my bed, framed with a Nikki McClure print of a person laying flat[…]
Leadership of those most impacted
Leadership of those most impacted “The personal is political” -Second wave feminism When we talk about leadership of those most impacted, what do we mean? Intersectionality tells us that oppressions are not[…]
Intersectionality 101
Intersecting Identities 101 “Intersectionality refers to the ways race, class, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, status and other markers of differences intersect to inform individual realities and lived experiences.” –C. Nicole Mason,[…]