*Disability Justice Workshop with Mia Mingus*
Hosted by API Chaya and The Seattle Disability Justice Collective
“What is disability justice and what does it have to do with
ending domestic violence and sexual violence? Come find out!”
Wednesday, Oct. 23rd at 6:30 pm
Southside Commons, 3518 S. Edmunds St. Seattle WA 98118
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Join Seattle Disability Justice Collective (SDJC), Washington Incarceration
Stops Here (WISH), and API Chaya for a workshop on Disability Justice. Mia
Mingus will provide an introductory lecture on disability justice, followed
by a collective discussion on how disability and ableism intersect with
domestic violence, sexual violence, jails and prisons, and other forms of
oppression and violence. We recommend reading this brief introduction
<http://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/changing-the-framework-disability-justice/>
on ableism and disability justice.
*In Mia’s words:*
“We cannot fight for liberation without a deep, clear understanding of
disability, ableism and disability justice. The bodies of our communities
are under siege by forces that leverage violence and ableism at every turn.
Ableism is connected to all of our struggles because it undergirds notions
of whose bodies are considered valuable, desirable, and disposable. How do
we build across our communities and movements so that we are able to fight
for each other without leveraging ableism?”
*About Mia:*
Mia Mingus is a writer and organizer working for disability justice and
transformative justice to end child sexual abuse.
She identifies as a queer physically disabled Korean woman transracial and
transnational adoptee, raised in the Caribbean, nurtured in the South and
now living on the west coast. She works for community, interdependency and
home for all of us, not just some of us and longs for a world where
disabled children can live free of violence, with dignity and love. As her
work for liberation evolves and deepens, her roots remain firmly planted in
ending sexual violence.
For more information, check out: http://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/
*Accessibility info:*
ASL interpretation available upon request: *please e-mail *
katrina@apichaya.org *by October 14, 2013.*
This event is *fragrance free*. Many in our community have dangerous, and
even life-threatening, reactions to chemicals and fragrances, so please
come unscented. Info on how to be fragrance free: http://
eastbaymeditation.org/accessibility/PDF/How-to-Be-Fragrance-Free-.pdf. *If
you arrive scented/fragranced, you may be asked to leave.*
Southside Commons is 2 blocks away from the Columbia City light rail
station and is also accessible by Metro Bus #7, #8, and #9.
The building is wheelchair accessible. There is a wheelchair ramp on the
west side of the building (by the parking lot) that leads to the main room
where the workshop will take place. Just outside that room is a single
accessible bathroom.
On-street parking is available, and the building has an adjacent parking
lot that will also be available.
For any other questions or requests about accessibility, contact
katrina@apichaya.org. Or call (206) 380-1474
