ADA Anniversary Disability Justice Workshop
Following the success of our 2019 event on South Asians and the Americans with Disabilities Act, Desis for Progress is hosting a workshop on disability justice in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Thursday, July 23rd from 6-7:30pm ET.
The workshop will be led by Noor Pervez & Dr. Sarmistha Talukdar, and will cover:
- The difference between disability rights and disability justice;
- The 10 principles of disability justice;
- Physical, cognitive, and spatial accessibility needs when planning events and conferences; and
- How to make their organization’s programming and/or their activism more accessible.
Registration fees will go towards compensating our facilitators & future DFP programming.
ASL interpretation & financial assistance are available, upon request. Please email info@desisforprogress.org for accommodations.
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