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Category: Disability Rights

Ed Roberts Day

December 7, 2021 Disability Rights

January 23 is Ed Roberts Day. Roberts, often referred to as “the father of the Independent Living Movement” became a legend in the Disability Rights…

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Access & Inclusion Lunch & Learn

December 3, 2021 Disability Rights

Grab your lunch and join us online to take a deeper dive into the disability rights movement.  Each month we will highlight the disability experience…

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21-Day Disability Justice Challenge

September 13, 2021 Advocacy

Earlier this year, United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region invited us to partner with them in producing a 21-Day Equity Challenge focused…

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Webinar: Rise Up!

May 3, 2021 Disability Rights

Rise Up! Disability Resistance, History & Pride Celebrate Ed Roberts Day with us! Many of us in the disability community are unaware of the depth…

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Johnnie Lacy

February 15, 2021 Disability Rights

Celebrating Black History Month Johnnie Lacy was an early leader in the independent living movement, advocating at the intersection of race and disability years before…

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Lois Curtis

February 5, 2021 Disability Rights

Celebrating Black History Month Lois Curtis paved the way for people with psychiatric, developmental, and intellectual disabilities to get out of institutional settings and live…

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Brad Lomax

January 28, 2021 Disability Rights

Celebrating Black History Month When Brad Lomax helped found the Washington chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1969, he had already been diagnosed with…

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Ableism in Law Enforcement

December 11, 2020 Advocacy

Disability Network recently presented anti-ableism training at the Kalamazoo Valley Community College Police Academy as part of their implicit bias training. When we learned that…

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NDEAM: Increasing Access and Opportunity

September 21, 2020 Advocacy

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, or NDEAM. The purpose of NDEAM is to raise awareness and educate people about disability employment issues and…

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Ableism 101

September 18, 2020 Disability Rights

Ableism 101: Everything you know about disability is (probably) wrong! In its simplest form, ableism is the belief system that tells us it is better…

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