In March of 2007, Caitlin Childs, a member of Charis Circle's Board of Directors, began a seven- month fellowship at Charis Circle as part of the
Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities Organizing Institute (GCDD-OI). Childs is organizing disability-specific programming for Charis Circle, including this summer's Disability 101 series. "I feel that all forms of opression, including sexism, racism, classism, homophobia and ableism, are intrinsically connected. Unfortunately, ableism often gets left out of conversations about oppression," says Childs. "I am honored to be in a position to plan disability programming at Charis Circle and hope this encourages other social justice activists to make sure ableism and disability do not get left out of future discussions and activism around oppression."
Charis Circle is an Atlanta-based non-profit organization that exists to foster sustainable feminist communities, to work for social justice and to encourage the expression of diverse and marginalized voices. For more infomation, please visit our website at
www.chariscircle.org.
