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| Disability 101 |
PRESS RELEASE
July 5, 2007 |
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Caitlin Childs,
GCDD-OI Fellow
Charis Circle
404-522-9912 |
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Disability 101
Charis Circle presents a 3-part series |
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ATLANTA, GA - July 2007 - This summer, Charis Circle will be hosting a 3-part Disability 101 Series.
Part One: The Analysis will take place on Thursday, July 19 at 7:30pm at Charis Books and More (located at 1189 Euclid Ave. N.E. in Little 5 Points) and will focus on introducing the basic ideas of disability theory, including ableism and the social contruction of disability, as well as the difference between social and medical approaches to disability.
Part Two: Disability Etiquette and How to be an Ally will take place on Thursday, August 23rd (time and location to be announced) and will help answer the questions people are often afraid to ask about interacting with people with disabilities. We will discuss ways people without disabilities can be allies to people with disabilities and ways we can support each other in our activism and everyday lives.
Part Three: Disability Activism will take place on Thursday, September 6th (time and location to be announced) and will close out the series with a facilitated discussion on the past, present and future of disability activism. We will highlight the work that disability activists in Atlanta are doing and share ways to get involved.
All programs are open to people with and without disabilties. All programs will take place in wheelchair accessible locations and American Sign Language interpretation will be provided.
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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. |
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