Join the Disability Futures Fellows and their collaborators for a first look at exclusive performances, compelling conversations, a virtual dance party, and more. Produced by @fordfoundation @mellonfdn @unitedstatesartists #disabilityfutures
Bodies of Wisdom: Disability Justice x Climate Justice featuring DISABILITY FUTURES Fellow Patty Berne of Sins Invalid in conversation with Crosby and Ellen Choy of Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project. Communities around the world are grappling with the growing number and intensity of climate-related disasters because of climate change. Many in the disability community are asking, “When climate disaster strikes, will able-bodied allies be there for us?”
We Love Like Barnacles Encore Performance / Redimiento Encore. Sins Invalid is proud to bring you an encore performance of We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives In Climate Chaos. Sins Invalid se enorgullece de presentar un rendimiento encore de We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives in Climate Chaos.
We Love Like Barnacles Encore Performance / Redimiento Encore. Sins Invalid is proud to bring you an encore performance of We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives In Climate Chaos. Sins Invalid se enorgullece de presentar un rendimiento encore de We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives in Climate Chaos.
QWOCMAP will premiere 19 films in 3 screenings during their FREE virtual Queer Women of Color Film Festival, June 11-13, 2021. The 17th anniversary Festival Focus "Molten Connections" forges new relationships, awakens steadfast bonds of diaspora, and sparks a metamorphosis of love that withstands time. From Chumash ancestors who mapped the stars, to two older queer Latinas rekindling a geode of love, to queer and transgender people of color battling gentrification and displacement, these films resonate across generations and lay the cornerstone for change. All films are Subtitled for the Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing, and ASL Interpretation and CART/live open captions will be provided for live, interactive filmmaker Q&As.
Sins Invalid presents Love Letters by Salwa Meghjee & Sam Ku as part of the QWOCFF Centerpiece Screening "Love That Endures,” a kaleidoscope of queer love and whimsy, from older Latina lovers unearthing an affair to queer Black desire that ignites exhilaration and bliss, these films ease weathered fragments of heartbreak and illuminate facets of love and self-love that persevere like jewels, if only we can find it.
QWOCMAP will premiere 19 films in 3 screenings during their FREE virtual Queer Women of Color Film Festival, June 11-13, 2021. The 17th anniversary Festival Focus "Molten Connections" forges new relationships, awakens steadfast bonds of diaspora, and sparks a metamorphosis of love that withstands time. From Chumash ancestors who mapped the stars, to two older queer Latinas rekindling a geode of love, to queer and transgender people of color battling gentrification and displacement, these films resonate across generations and lay the cornerstone for change. All films are Subtitled for the Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing, and ASL Interpretation and CART/live open captions will be provided for live, interactive filmmaker Q&As.
Disability Justice Transformations: Overlaps and Tensions with Climate Justice, co-presented by Sins Invalid and the Paul K. Longmore Institute. The discussion will be moderated by Patty Berne and will feature speakers: Jen Deerinwater, Mordecai Cohen Ettinger, and Maria Palacios. This event will be presented in English with ASL and Spanish translation and English/Spanish live captioning.
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A two part course on implementing the principles of Disability Justice into work and life.
This course meets two times for two hours each. Session I is on Wednesday May 19, 2021 at 5pm - 7pm PST / 8pm - 10pm ET and session II is on Wednesday May 26, 2021 at 5pm - 7pm PST / 8pm - 10pm ET
This is part two of a two part series. Part one is two sessions and part two is two sessions. Each session is 4 CEs. This course is co-taught with Sins Invalid and / or Cory Silverberg. It is advised to take part one prior to part two as part two begins where part one ends.
Disability Justice (DJ) is a phrase and framework essential for all of us! The first part of this course offered an overview of the principles and tenants that create Disability Justice. There is an urgency to elevate the work we are doing and allow ourselves to be guided by a fuller understanding of bodymind. In this second part of Disability Justice we will dive deeper into examining each of the 10 principles and discussing ways to implement them into our work and everyday lives.
Learning Outcome: By the end of this session participants will:
List how ableism is rooted in white supremacy and Eugenics
Examine and discuss the principles of Disability Justice
Create a plan to implement principles of Disability Justice into work
Implement the plan created based on Disability Justice principles into personal lives
Essential Questions:
How is ableism rooted in white supremacy?
What is Disability Justice?
How do I implement principles of Disability Justice into my work?
How do I implement principles of Disability Justice into my personal life?
AASECT Core Knowledge Areas:
C. Socio-cultural factors
H. Health/medical factors that may influence sexuality
N. Learning theory and its application
Q. Principles of sexuality research and research methods
This program meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and is approved for 4 CE credits. These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification.
FAQs
How can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Contact Bianca at AnteUpPD@gmail.com
What's the refund policy?
Full refund for those who paid in full upfront.
Partial refund less the deposit for all payment plans.
Only a 50% refund within 30 days of the event for all ticket types.
Accessibility Information
All videos will have English subtitles or transcripts, font size on powerpoint will be 24+, we will read aloud what is posted in the chat box on the zoom platform, and we are guided by disability justice principles. Please contact Bianca to confirm your needs are supported and honored. If you need ASL or BSL please contact Bianca to make this request.
Sins Invalid and Ante Up! offer another opportunity for social justice educators to level up your understanding of Disability Justice and earn Continuing Education credit (2CE's per individual class session).
Join a conversation with leaders in movements for native sovereignty, disability justice and climate justice to talk about why following the leadership from those most historically marginalized is the key to creating a better future for all of us. They will also talk about how deeply rooted cultural values and creative practices inform and guide their work. Speakers include Judith LeBlanc (Native Organizers Alliance, NDN Collective, The Natural History Museum), Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan (Movement Generation, Climate Justice Alliance), Patty Berne (Sins Invalid).
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Sponsored by NIVA, the National Independent Venue Association
As we look to reopen our spaces and gather again, we have a historic opportunity to focus our efforts on building a more inclusive, accessible industry. Patrons, performers, and employees alike experience obstacles to participating in live music and on Wednesday, April 28th, we'll explore those obstacles (and their solutions) with industry experts. Join us to hear some powerful stories and learn ways big and small to make accessibility a reality for all.
Featuring Panelists
-- Katie Samson (she/her) / Art -Reach
-- Nomy Lamm (she/they) / Sins Invalid
-- Taneshia Laird (she/her) / Newark Symphony Hall
-- Valerie Gritsch (she/her) / Half Access
+ Moderated by Lisa Sonneborn (she/her) / The Institute on Disabilities at Temple University
Offered in collaboration with AnteUP, this two-part class offers 4 Continuing Education credits.
For more information and to register, click here: https://www.anteuppd.com/dj1/
Offered in collaboration with AnteUP, this two-part class offers 4 Continuing Education credits.
For more information and to register, click here: https://www.anteuppd.com/dj1/
Episode #31 of Insta-Views presented by Free the Work (freethework.com, @freethework). Nomy Lamm and Syrus Marcus Ware discuss disability justice, art, activism, and what brings them to this work. Syrus is one of the contributors to Sins Invalid’s new Disability Justice from A to Z coloring book. Follow @sinsinvalid on instagram to get notifications whenever we go live!
Imagining Change: Film and Dialogue Series. The focus of this event will be on disability, race, sexuality, and performance.
About the film (runtime 32 minutes): Since 2006, Sins Invalid has been celebrating artists with disabilities, centralizing artists of color and queer and gender-variant artists. Performances by Sins Invalid have explored themes of sexuality, beauty, and the disabled body.
This film will be closed captioned and audio described. Live transcription will be available for the Q&A.
This documentary contains a couple performances of violence (a beating, a sexual assault). The discussion and Q&A will engage with the documentary’s content and may be emotionally and intellectually challenging to engage with. We will do our best to make this a space where we can engage bravely, empathetically and thoughtfully with difficult content.
Registrants will receive an email with the event Zoom link before the event.
"Imagining Change" is a virtual series sponsored by Repair, the Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy & Ethics at USC Gould School of Law and UCLA Disability Studies.
As we navigate urgent public health, racial and economic challenges, we recognize a continuing need for education and dialogue about vital social questions. "Imagining Change: Film and Dialogue About Disability, Racism, Violence, Gender and Power" engages issues of disability, race and racism, healthcare, violence, policing and incarceration, economic justice, law and policy, gender and sexual politics, protest, and social change.
This is the second event in the series, "Imagining Change: Film and Dialogue About Disability, Racism, Violence, Gender and Power".
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Find out what else is happening with the UCLA Disability Studies Inclusion Lab.
Check out more upcoming events through Repair.
Grounded in the beauty and truth of our body/minds and lives, keenly aware of the myriad ways that our many communities are treated as disposable, and acknowledging the current sociopolitical, pandemic, and environmental landscapes, Sins Invalid presents We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives in Climate Chaos.
Join us amidst waves of gratitude and grief as we gather online October 23-25 to celebrate the wisdom and resilience of our communities. In these heartbreaking times when we are unable to gather in person, we offer a Sins Invalid performance that is more accessible than ever. This webstream-only performance offers the first opportunity to experience the show beyond the theater at the time of the event.
We welcome you to be in crip community with us on Fri. Fri. October 23 and Sat. October 24 at 7pm, or Sun. October 25 at 3pm and 6pm. All performances of We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives in Climate Chaos, include a pre-performance lounge and a post-performance Q&A. As always, all performances will provide ASL interpretation and Audio Description. Please stay in touch as we announce viewing and performer updates through our newsletter, FB, Instagram and Twitter!
PS: Want to show love for Sins Invalid like Barnacles? Now is a perfect time to join our community of supporters. Donations big and small buoy our work and spirits, and make the world-changing art we create -- by ALL crip, Queer, and BIPOC artists - possible. We are because you are! You can donate here: tinyurl.com/SinsGiving. Sustainers and one-time donations are welcome!
Grounded in the beauty and truth of our body/minds and lives, keenly aware of the myriad ways that our many communities are treated as disposable, and acknowledging the current sociopolitical, pandemic, and environmental landscapes, Sins Invalid presents We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives in Climate Chaos.
Join us amidst waves of gratitude and grief as we gather online October 23-25 to celebrate the wisdom and resilience of our communities. In these heartbreaking times when we are unable to gather in person, we offer a Sins Invalid performance that is more accessible than ever. This webstream-only performance offers the first opportunity to experience the show beyond the theater at the time of the event.
We welcome you to be in crip community with us on Fri. Fri. October 23 and Sat. October 24 at 7pm, or Sun. October 25 at 3pm and 6pm. All performances of We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives in Climate Chaos, include a pre-performance lounge and a post-performance Q&A. As always, all performances will provide ASL interpretation and Audio Description. Please stay in touch as we announce viewing and performer updates through our newsletter, FB, Instagram and Twitter!
PS: Want to show love for Sins Invalid like Barnacles? Now is a perfect time to join our community of supporters. Donations big and small buoy our work and spirits, and make the world-changing art we create -- by ALL crip, Queer, and BIPOC artists - possible. We are because you are! You can donate here: tinyurl.com/SinsGiving. Sustainers and one-time donations are welcome!
Ticketing info available soon!
Grounded in the beauty and truth of our body/minds and lives, keenly aware of the myriad ways that our many communities are treated as disposable, and acknowledging the current sociopolitical, pandemic, and environmental landscapes, Sins Invalid presents We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives in Climate Chaos.
Join us amidst waves of gratitude and grief as we gather online October 23-25 to celebrate the wisdom and resilience of our communities. In these heartbreaking times when we are unable to gather in person, we offer a Sins Invalid performance that is more accessible than ever. This webstream-only performance offers the first opportunity to experience the show beyond the theater at the time of the event.
We welcome you to be in crip community with us on Fri. Fri. October 23 and Sat. October 24 at 7pm, or Sun. October 25 at 3pm and 6pm. All performances of We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives in Climate Chaos, include a pre-performance lounge and a post-performance Q&A. As always, all performances will provide ASL interpretation and Audio Description. Please stay in touch as we announce viewing and performer updates through our newsletter, FB, Instagram and Twitter!
PS: Want to show love for Sins Invalid like Barnacles? Now is a perfect time to join our community of supporters. Donations big and small buoy our work and spirits, and make the world-changing art we create -- by ALL crip, Queer, and BIPOC artists - possible. We are because you are! You can donate here: tinyurl.com/SinsGiving. Sustainers and one-time donations are welcome!
Ticketing info available soon!
Grounded in the beauty and truth of our body/minds and lives, keenly aware of the myriad ways that our many communities are treated as disposable, and acknowledging the current sociopolitical, pandemic, and environmental landscapes, Sins Invalid presents We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives in Climate Chaos.
Join us amidst waves of gratitude and grief as we gather online October 23-25 to celebrate the wisdom and resilience of our communities. In these heartbreaking times when we are unable to gather in person, we offer a Sins Invalid performance that is more accessible than ever. This webstream-only performance offers the first opportunity to experience the show beyond the theater at the time of the event.
We welcome you to be in crip community with us on Fri. Fri. October 23 and Sat. October 24 at 7pm, or Sun. October 25 at 3pm and 6pm. All performances of We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives in Climate Chaos, include a pre-performance lounge and a post-performance Q&A. As always, all performances will provide ASL interpretation and Audio Description. Please stay in touch as we announce viewing and performer updates through our newsletter, FB, Instagram and Twitter!
PS: Want to show love for Sins Invalid like Barnacles? Now is a perfect time to join our community of supporters. Donations big and small buoy our work and spirits, and make the world-changing art we create -- by ALL crip, Queer, and BIPOC artists - possible. We are because you are! You can donate here: tinyurl.com/SinsGiving. Sustainers and one-time donations are welcome!
This webinar is co-organized by the Disability Visibility Project and the Longmore Institute on Disability. Join us for the celebration of this important book launch and a webinar, featuring the discussion and readings by the editor Alice Wong and contributors to the book from the Bay Area. 10 lucky participants will win a free copy!
ASL/captioning provided
Register here.
Join us on Monday, June 15 from 6:15-7:15 pm PST, for poetry, standup comedy, networking, and ideas for mobilizing our resources in support of each other and those who most need it. (Visit the FB event page here.)
This event highlights disabled artists of color, femmes, non-binary and trans folks who are based in Olympia, Washington, on Squaxin / Nisqually / Chehalis land. This majority-white college town & state capitol is home to lots of radical lefty folks, but continues to be dangerous and alienating for folks of color. Disability is rarely seen as a politicized identity, and intersectional community that includes disability is practically unheard of in these parts.
One of Sins Invalid’s goals is to build Disability Justice community that extends beyond the Bay Area. Please join us as Sins Invalid crew and Olympia performers host this regionally-specific Zoom performance, streamed on Facebook live! All are welcome to watch, but/and we especially appeal to folks in our neck of the woods to tune in and show your support for Disability Justice.
This event will have CART live transcription.
Crip Bits is an every-other-month talk show in which Sins Invalid and guests talk in-depth about issues facing crip communities. All episodes of Crip Bits are recorded and housed on the Sins Invalid Facebook page. Check out the Crip Bits playlist under the "Videos" tab!
Performers / Artists / Speakers:
Lennée Reid is a Creole grand slam winning poet, activist, mystic, single mom, community organizer, survivor, healer and all around goddess on the spectrum, who doesn’t like labels. She has toured America with her poetry and has 2 books published by thegirlgod.com, “Universal State of Mind,” and “Qi Woo Mojo Juju.” Her spoken word album “The Second Coming of Matriarchy” is available online. She can be found at crazythundermedicine.com.
Venmo @lenneereid
Paypal.me/witchesmarch
AR Mannylee Rushet
“We can either see embers as dying or a guiding light. My ancestors knew how to build a fire and intend to engulf the world with their flames and mine!”
simon
simon is a poet and aspiring amateur mycologist living on colonized Nisqually, Coast Salish, Cowlitz, and Squaxin land (Olympia). he is interested in making art about gender, jewishness, and chronic illness using video and artificial intelligence and has a multimedia art project in the works called “MY BODY IS A HORROR”
This year, QWOCMAP will premiere 31 brand new films in 3 screenings during the first-time-ever online livestream of their entire Queer Women of Color Film Festival, June 12-14, 2020.
ThE 16th Anniversary Festival Focus “SafeSpace/NoPlace: LBTQ People of Color,” expands discussions about the meaning of safety for LBTQ+ people of color, both outside on the streets and inside homes typically thought of as safe. All films are Subtitled for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, and the live introductory remarks and interactive filmmaker Q&As will be fully captioned.
Sins Invalid is proud to be a community partner for opening night's "Roots Entwined" screening, Friday June 12.
Free, online Livestream with interactive Q&A's
Registration opens May 20 at bit.ly/2020QWOCFF.
(415)752-0868
Our last Crip Dance Party was such a blast, we had to do it again!
Sins Invalid presents: Va-Va-Voom 2: Put On Your Dancing Shoe! Join us on Monday, May 18th, 2020 from 6:00-7:30pm PST in Sins Invalid’s Zoom room for a Crip dance party!!
Register at: tinyurl.com/va-va-voom2.
Crips are resilient, beautiful, powerful, and important. In the middle of a pandemic, in a time when our community is facing rationed care and eugenic medical practices, Sins Invalid offers a space for celebration of our bodies and movement. Let’s dance!
Va-Va-Voom is a crip-centered space, and is open to everyone regardless of experience or dance prowess. You’re invited to be over the top - wear a wild outfit, do a wild move. Even if you feel shy, see if you can keep your camera on. Set up your space with a cool background or bring your cat or a stuffed animal into the frame with you. Try framing an eyebrow or shoulder up close to the camera and wiggle it in time with the music. If you’re feeling especially shy, turn the lights off and dance in the dark and play with the shadows.
This event will not be recorded, so you have to be there to experience it! We’ll have ASL interpretation and live captioning ️.
How to participate:
1. Fill out this registration Google Form to receive an email link to Sins Invalid’s Zoom room. You can also request songs for our playlist! tinyrul.com/va-va-voom2
2. On Monday, May 18th at 6:00pm PST, click through the link sent to your email.
3. You will be met with a waiting room. Our bouncer will allow you to enter the dance party from there.
Krip-Hop Nation, Disability Justice Culture Club & the Longmore Institute on Disability Present:
Krip-Hop Nation’s Covid19 Virtual Benefit
Featuring disabled Hip-Hop Artists, DJs, Poets and Visual Artists from around the world
This virtual concert will raise funds for people with disabilities in New York and Detroit. Come for the cypher, stay for the dance party. This concert is Krip-Hop's first international virtual event.
ASL interpreted. Please contact Emily Beitiks at beitiks@sfsu.edu if you have any other access needs
Get tickets here.
Healing/Arts brings together creative practitioners from literary studies, medical humanities, disability justice, and performance for a series of talks and workshops on the relationship between the arts and health activism.
Sins Invalid co-founder and director Patty Berne will speak at 5:15 on "Asserting a New Vision for the Revolutionary Body." For more details about the schedule, click here. To register for free, click here.
ASL interpreted.
Hear Patty Berne speak on a panel with Azza Altiraifi, Akeem Browder, Felix Guzman and Leah Harris, hosted by Institute for the Development of Human Arts.
This month, PBS is screening a new movie called Bedlam that examines the United States’ mental health crisis. While we know that every story has a point of view, and no movie can include every perspective, we believe that additional voices and context (particularly those of ex-patients, psychiatric survivors, and others who experience the world in ways that are often called mental illness) are needed to ensure that this documentary doesn’t further marginalize or harm those of us with lived experience of mental health challenges.
On Monday, May 11th, IDHA is hosting a virtual community discussion about the film with the goal of reclaiming our history, fostering critical dialogue, and proposing a vision for the future informed by lived experience, grounded in rights and social justice. The event will open with a panel discussion about the film, facilitated by activist, educator, and IDHA Training Director Sascha DuBrul. The panel will be followed by a brief Q&A and open community discussion.
Please register via Zoom to join. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with call-in details.
NOTE: This community discussion invites a range of perspectives about the documentary. We invite anyone who is interested to join us, including but not limited to: individuals with lived experience, trauma survivors, clinicians, peer specialists, family members, activists, and artists. Given the intersectional issues presented in the documentary (e.g. decarceration, poverty), we are particularly keen to be joined by movement organizers from outside the transformative mental health movement.
Offered by Health Justice Commons via Zoom, with live closed captioning.
For more information: https://www.healthjusticecommons.org/upcoming-events
Never been asked to a dance? Now you have!
Sins Invalid’s Crip Bits presents: Va-Va-Voom: A Crip Dance Party! Join us on Monday, April 20th, 2020 from 6:00-7:30pm PST in Sins Invalid’s Zoom room for a Crip dance party!!
Crips are resilient, beautiful, powerful, and important. In the middle of a pandemic, in a time when our community is facing rationed care and eugenic medical practices, Sins Invalid offers a space for celebration of our bodies and movement. Let’s dance!
Va-Va-Voom is a crip-centered space, and is open to everyone regardless of experience or dance prowess. You’re invited to be over the top - wear a wild outfit, do a wild move. Even if you feel shy, see if you can keep your camera on. Set up your space with a cool background or bring your cat or a stuffed animal into the frame with you. Try framing an eyebrow or shoulder up close to the camera and wiggle it in time with the music. If you’re feeling especially shy, turn the lights off and dance in the dark and play with the shadows.
This event will not be recorded, so you have to be there to experience it!
How to participate:
Fill out this registration Google Form to receive an email link to Sins Invalid’s Zoom room. You can also request songs for our playlist!
On Monday, April 20th at 6:00pm PST, click through the link sent to your email.
You will be met with a waiting room. The host will allow you to enter the dance party from there.
Offered by Health Justice Commons via Zoom, with live closed captioning.
For more information: https://www.healthjusticecommons.org/upcoming-events
