!!! Show Your Cripself that You Are Loved !!!
We’ve watched / read / heard so much information about the Novel Coronavirus -- And most of it has made us more anxious and less grounded.
We want to offer Folks a little bit of grounded support.
You are the Only Person that can offer what Only You can offer to the world, in all of history and from this moment onward. If you don't offer Your Specific & Unique Gifts, they will never exist in the planet’s life.
Your BodyMind deserves Care. You always have, You do now, and You always will deserve Care.
We offer You these questions to gently encourage one of your most essential and often hidden Superpowers, Your Crip Self Love:
Which principle of disability justice can support you while you navigate through your response to coronavirus?
[They include: Intersectionality; Leadership of those Most Impacted; Anti-capitalism; Cross-Movement Solidarity; Recognizing Wholeness; Sustainability; Commitment to Cross-Disability Solidarity; Interdependence; Collective Access; and Collective Liberation]
We know lots of disabled people have recently lost their income / resources. Can you look through 2 (two) of these links to see if they can support you?
East Bay Disabled Folks COVID19 Support Request Form
Fat-Assed Prepper Survival Tips for Preparing for a Coronavirus Quarantine
RadComms Network for Mutual Aid
How does your brilliance shine through, even in a global pandemic?
Knowing that much of the world does not have access to digital communication or Internet access, who is one person you can reach out to, breaking through the isolation for a disabled person?
Name:_______________________ Phone # ________________________
(fill it out in your mind, or write it down on a piece of paper)
Now that you’ve experienced a shift in the dominant ways we are expected to work, how can you continue to disrupt able-bodied capitalistic standards of work?
Now that non-disabled people have experienced the effect of isolation and lack of access first hand, name two people that you can have conversations with about being a better ally to you when you can’t leave your house.
___________________________ and _________________________
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Fantastic Links to Slowly Graze Through
SKILL SHARING
Half-Assed Disabled Prepper Survival Tips for Preparing for a Coronavirus Quarantine, by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Coronavirus Preparation for People with Chronic Illness webinar hosted by Cranky Queer, turned Healing Justice Podcast re-cap
Facilitators and Presenters:
-- JD Davids, strategist and storyteller, Cranky Queer
-- Evvie Ormon (they/them), healer, facilitator and generative coach, Emergent Phoenix Consulting
-- Crissaris Sarnelli, MD, primary care/family doctor and healer, Harlem NY
-- Elandria Williams, Executive Director and Trainer, PeoplesHub
Transcript of the podcast.
Surviving Triage Protocols by Fat Rose and #NoBodyIsDisposable
Pod Mapping for Mutual Aid by Rebel Sidney Black
How to Neighborhood Pod by Mutual Aid Mamas
Pandemic Plans for those Homeless from Mold or MCS by Corrine Segura for My Chemical Free Home
Organizing in a Time of Social Distancing webinar, hosted by JOIN with Lydia X.Z. Brown, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Patty Berne
Fat-Assed Prepper Survival Tips for Preparing for a Coronavirus Quarantine by Fat Rose/Fat Lib Ink
JOURNALISM
In Coronavirus Fight, China’s Vulnerable Fall Through the Cracks by Li Yuan for NYT
Prisons Worldwide Face Coronavirus Crisis from Overcrowding and Lack of Sanitation by Amy Goodman, Juan Gonalez for Democracy Now!, republished by TruthOut
ORGANIZATIONAL STATEMENTS
NMD COVID-19 Plan and Prep Guide
CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC WORK
wash your hands, by Dori Midnight
In the corona by adrienne maree brown
What To Do In a Pandemic by Ricardo Levins Morales
Prison is No Place for a Pandemic by Micah Bazant
COMMENTARY
‘The Cripples Will Save You’: A Critical Coronavirus Message from a Disability Activist by Charis Hill for CreakyJoints
Coronavirus Fears Show How “Model Minority” Asian Americans Become the “Yellow Peril” by Matthew Lee for NBC News
This virus by Anne Boyer
Dear Quarantined and Socially Isolated published by Seriously Sensitive to Pollution
Disabled Oracles and the Coronavirus by Alice Wong for Disability Visibility Project
My Life is More Disposable During This Pandemic by Elliot Kukla for the New York Times
Saving Our Own Lives Again by Maria Palacios for Audacity Magazine
ORGANIZING MUTUAL AID EFFORTS
East Bay Disabled Folks COVID19 Support Request Form organized by Disability Justice Culture Club
Mutual Aid Hub by Town Hall Project
PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION
Hesperian Health Guides: Coronavirus
COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for Individuals with Access and Functional Needs
COMMUNITY
Facebook group with somewhat snarky commentary, memes, and info sharing
Admins are: Sarah Glerup, Emily Wolinsky