21-Day Disability Justice Challenge
Earlier this year, United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region invited us to partner with them in producing a 21-Day... Read More
Webinar: Disability Pride 2021
Society sends messages to people with disabilities that disability is “bad” – something we should fix, change or hide. We don’t agree! In... Read More
Johnnie Lacy
Celebrating Black History Month Johnnie Lacy was an early leader in the independent living movement, advocating at the intersection of race and... Read More
Lois Curtis
Celebrating Black History Month Lois Curtis paved the way for people with psychiatric, developmental, and intellectual disabilities to get out of institutional... Read More
Brad Lomax
Celebrating Black History Month When Brad Lomax helped found the Washington chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1969, he had already... Read More
Ableism in Law Enforcement
Disability Network recently presented anti-ableism training at the Kalamazoo Valley Community College Police Academy as part of their implicit bias training. When... Read More
NDEAM: Increasing Access and Opportunity
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, or NDEAM. The purpose of NDEAM is to raise awareness and educate people about disability... Read More
Ableism 101
Ableism 101: Everything you know about disability is (probably) wrong! In its simplest form, ableism is the belief system that tells us... Read More
Web Movie: Bottom Dollars
A Rooted in Rights Original Documentary Join us online for this film and discussion. When the Fair Labor Standards Act passed in... Read More
Book Discussion With the Author: Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
Very Exciting News! Author and disability rights activist, Judy Heumann, will be joining us for this online book discussion of her recently-released... Read More