Disability Culture Lab

Disability Rising Fellowship — Disability Culture Lab

Need CART or ASL? Please book at least 3 biz days in advance.
Can’t make it? Email us: hello@disabilityculturelab.org
More info + FAQ:
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Got Qs about the Disability Rising Fellowship?
Join open office hours with Program Director Keidra Chaney on Aug 11, 12–3pm CT. 1:1 convos to help with your app, questions, or concerns.

Appointments:
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"Disabled Joy Is Revolutionary" Unisex Tee Reads: "Disabled Joy Is Revolutionary."  Imprint on black, 100% cotton tee.  Designed by Jennifer White-Johnson. Purchase is a donation to Disability Culture Lab. Orders ship within 10 days. Union Pri...

Shirt is from @disabilitylab.bsky.social.

It's not too late to join the fun! Here's the CORRECT link to Disability Culture Cabaret: Pride Edition - starting soon!! www.youtube.com/live/bwtZmHd...

It's not too late to join the fun! Here's the CORRECT link to Disability Culture Cabaret: Pride Edition - starting soon!! www.youtube.com/live/bwtZmHd...

Graphic for the Disability Rising Fellowship by Disability Culture Lab. The top banner says “Applications Open.” Main text reads: “Disability Rising Fellowship. Are you a disabled advocate, storyteller, or change-maker ready to shift the narrative around disability? Apply for our media fellowship program!” Deadline listed as: “August 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST.” At the bottom, the URL reads: “Apply at tinyurl.com/DisabilityRising.” Image includes a photo of two disabled Black people with microphones: one wearing a patterned shirt and shorts with a prosthetic leg, and the other in a black dress. They appear to be speaking and smiling.

Graphic for the Disability Rising Fellowship by Disability Culture Lab. Text reads: “We’re searching for rising disabled leaders to join our cohort!” A bulleted list follows under “As a Fellow, you will...” • Receive TV, radio, and public speaking training • Get personalized coaching and editing support • Grow your digital media presence • Access media booking and storytelling opportunities • Receive a $5,000 stipend • Join a cross-movement community of powerful voices • Attend an optional in-person media training in March 2026 Bottom text reads: “Apply: tinyurl.com/DisabilityRising”

Calling all qualified disabled leaders:

Apply now for the Disability Rising Fellowship!

- Media training & coaching
- Speaking & publishing opportunities
- $5000 individual or org stipend

Ready to shift the narrative?

Apply: tinyurl.com/DisabilityRising

Deadline: 8/22/25, 11:59 p.m. ET

Great, short thread. Speed shouldn’t come at the cost of inclusion.

Graphic for a webinar titled "Lactation and Breastfeeding with a Disability" on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at 12 PM ET, featuring speakers Alesha Thomas, Elizabeth Campbell Soper, and Norma Morán. The flyer features a purple background with speaker photos and accessibility icons indicating the availability of sign language interpretation and closed captioning.

In honor of National Breastfeeding Month, which raises awareness about the importance and benefits of breastfeeding, we’re hosting a webinar to discuss how to support new parents with a variety of disabilities in lactation and breastfeeding their child.

Register on Zoom: zurl.co/UMvAl

TEXT READS: Disability Culture Lab Presents... Disability Culture Cabaret: Pride Edition. Co-hosted by New Disabled South and Crushing Colonialism. July 30, 2025, 6 to 9 p.m ET at Hook Hall in Washington D.C. Featuring Lilith Le’Queer + Ricky Rosé. Sponsored by New Disabled South, Crushing Colonialism, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, J. Bob Alotta + Toshi Reagon, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, and Ignite by Keri Grey. 18+ Event. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A black square features white versions of the logos for all hosts and sponsors. The name of the event is in rainbow colors. There are four vertical bars on either side of the graphic in the colors of the Disability Pride Flag (red, yellow, green, blue). There’s a picture of Lilith Le’Queer crawling in a hot pink outfit. There’s a picture of Ricky Rosé dressed in all pink, including a knit cap and a studded jacket.

DMV! Join us for Disability Culture Cabaret: Pride Edition—a night of drag, burlesque, music + poetry celebrating Queer Disabled joy. Presented by Disability Culture Lab, co-hosted by @newdisabledsouth.org + @crushcolonialism.bsky.social. 18+ • Tix + access info below.

TEXT READS: Disability Culture Lab Presents... Disability Culture Cabaret: Pride Edition. Co-hosted by New Disabled South and Crushing Colonialism. July 30, 2025, 6 to 9 p.m ET at Hook Hall in Washington D.C. Accessibility features: Food and drink for purchase, outdoor space, negative COVID test for entry, masking indoors, scent-free, ASL + CART + Visual Descriptions + Touch Tour, wheelchair accessible, metro-and-bus-accessible, ample street and garage parking, Livestream on YouTube. 18+ Event. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A black square with rainbow disability pride colored diagonal lines on the right and left borders of the image – red, yellow, green, and blue. The name of the event is in rainbow colors.

Access Info: Pay What You Can | Outdoor Space | Neg COVID Test For Entry | Masking Indoors | Scent-Free | ASL + CART + Visual Descriptions + Touch Tour | Wheelchair Accessible | Metro- and bus-accessible + Ample Street and Garage Parking | Livestream on YouTube

Disability Culture Lab Presents... Disability Culture Cabaret: Pride Edition Co-hosted by New Disabled South + Crushing ColonialismSponsored by Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Ignite by Keri Grey, J. Bob Alotta + Toshi Reagon, and Woolly Mammoth TheatreProduced by estrellita b...

Get your tickets here: www.zeffy.com/ticketing/di...

Featuring Lilith Le'Queer, Ricky Rosé & more: Hazel the Brat, Oberon the Demon, Madeleine Madison McPhearson, Sally Stardust, Jen Deerinwater, Goblin Prince, Gabrielle Zwi, Marrianne “Mimi” Fessel.

TEXT READS: Disability Culture Lab Presents... Disability Culture Cabaret: Pride Edition. Co-hosted by New Disabled South and Crushing Colonialism. July 30, 2025, 6 to 9 p.m ET at Hook Hall in Washington D.C. Featuring Lilith Le’Queer + Ricky Rosé. Sponsored by New Disabled South, Crushing Colonialism, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, J. Bob Alotta + Toshi Reagon, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, and Ignite by Keri Grey. 18+ Event. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A black square features white versions of the logos for all hosts and sponsors. The name of the event is in rainbow colors. There are four vertical bars on either side of the graphic in the colors of the Disability Pride Flag (red, yellow, green, blue). There’s a picture of Lilith Le’Queer crawling in a hot pink outfit. There’s a picture of Ricky Rosé dressed in all pink, including a knit cap and a studded jacket.

DMV! Join us for Disability Culture Cabaret: Pride Edition—a night of drag, burlesque, music + poetry celebrating Queer Disabled joy. Presented by Disability Culture Lab, co-hosted by @newdisabledsouth.org + @crushcolonialism.bsky.social. 18+ • Tix + access info below.

Text reads: Welcome, Katherine Gilyard! Program Manager for Disability Culture Lab. Image shows a brown-skinned Black woman with oversized black glasses, gray jacket, and a bright smile. Background is pink and red.

We’re happy to add Katherine Gilyard to the Disability Culture Lab team! In her new role as Program Manager, she will lead our lead our media relations program and get our Disability Source program up and running.

Learn more about Katherine at DisabilityCultureLab.org.

Photo within a Photo: I am standing next to the white blossoms of my crepe myrtle tree, wearing sunglasses and a black tank top that reads "Protect Trans Disabled Youth." In the smaller photo, I am wearing the same tank double and standing with my favorite farmer's market vendor and my sister, all of us smiling and wearing sunglasses.

As a vibrant blue spot in a red state, I invite you—especially my fellow Floridians—to join me in openly advocating for trans disabled youth! Rocking my "Protect Trans Disabled Youth" tank top, designed by the talented Jen D Rafanan for @disabilitylab.bsky.social. As an ally, I cannot stay silent.

Text reads: Welcome, Jen D. Rafanan, Senior Creative Advisor for Disability Culture Lab. Image shows a light-skinned woman with dark hair, pink lipstick, and a twinkle in her eye.

You’ve seen the designs, now meet the creative mind behind them! Jen D. Rafanan has officially joined Team DCL as Senior Creative Advisor, where she will support design work across all our programs and fee-for-service work.

Learn more about Jen at jdr-creative.com.

Text reads: Welcome, Gwendolyn Hill! Communications Associate for Disability Culture Lab. Image shows queer, multiply-disabled Chinese fem with dark straight hair, cool glasses, and a smile, sitting in front of green plants and a brick wall.

We’re excited to welcome Gwendolyn Hill to the Disability Culture Lab team. In her new role as Communications Associate, she will support our soon-to-launch Disability Rising fellowship and operations!

Learn more about Gwendolyn at www.disabilityculturelab.org/team/gwendol....

Donate — Disability Victory Donate now and help us create a new era of progress and possibility for disabled leaders.

#DisabilityPrideMonth My c4 is the only national org training disabled progressives to run for office. We're being targeted by the the Trump administration like many other progressive orgs are under daily threat. Your suppprt right now is vital to our survival, www.disabilityvictory.org/donate

"Disabled Joy Is Revolutionary" Unisex Tee Reads: "Disabled Joy Is Revolutionary."  Imprint on black, 100% cotton tee.  Designed by Jennifer White-Johnson. Purchase is a donation to Disability Culture Lab. Orders ship within 10 days. Union Pri...

@newdisabledsouth.org is working on a Disabled Joy series. And @disabilitylab.bsky.social has great merch.

Text reads: Disability Culture Lab presents: Disability Culture Cabaret: Pride Edition. July 30, 2025 at MetroBar. Are you a disabled and queer performance artist in the DMV? Apply by July 11 to help us celebrate disabled and queer joy and brilliance! Image description: Background is a gradient in the colors of the Disability Pride Flag (red, yellow, blue, green and gray). There are also three dancing figures in various combinations of brown, pink, orange, and black.

Are you a proud disabled and queer performance artist in the Washington, D.C. area? Apply by July 11 to help us celebrate disabled and queer
joy and brilliance!

When I met Ryan Coogler several years ago, we were standing in a group of people chatting, when a woman with visible hearing aids walked up, and he casually began to sign the whole conversation so she could participate. She mouthed “thank you”. He nodded and just kept doing his thing.

More than 30 arrested at Senate building while protesting Medicaid cuts U.S. Capitol Police officers arrested 34 people Wednesday who were demonstrating against Congress’ proposed cuts to Medicaid inside a Senate office building. Advocates and people who depend on Medicai...

34 disabled people got arrested in a Senate office building last week protesting Medicaid cuts. Just a reminder that there are people putting their bodies on the line to stop this murderous budget. They’re fighting for their lives and yours. Are you fighting for them?

I was lucky enough to see Patty Berne talk and perform, I owe so much to their work with Sins Invalid

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LHN...

From Sins Invalid statement: "Patty was skin, tooth, and bone. Now, she is starlight. May her brilliance continue to guide us."

drive.google.com/file/d/1y3LJ...

1 in 4 nursing homes say they will be forced to close if Republicans pass Trump’s Big Ugly Bill.

Call 202-224-3121 and urge your Congressman and Senator to "Vote NO"!

Seeing on IG that Patty Berne, co-founder & artistic director of the disability justice-based movement & performance project Sins Invalid, “joined the ancestors on May 29, 2025.” Berne was a brilliant practitioner of disability justice & their passing is a huge loss. RIP Patty Berne.
sinsinvalid.org

LGBTQI+ People Are Underinsured and Experience Health Insurance Discrimination in Key Areas New Center for American Progress survey findings demonstrate how LGBTQI+ people are at greater risk of losing access to health care under the proposed One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

New CAP research shows LGBTQI+ people face serious health insurance discrimination, including denial of coverage and refusal to pay for medically necessary care.

Read more from my brilliant friend @hvnorrisphd.bsky.social:

www.americanprogress.org/article/lgbt...

Good Trouble Lives On On July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities across the country will take to the streets, courthouses, and community spaces to carry forward his fight for justice, v...

When you see something that is not right, get into Good Trouble!

Join us on July 17 to stand against injustice, fight for our rights, and create a better future.

Together, we can make a difference.

#GoodTroubleLivesOn
goodtroubleliveson.org

Two photographs of a disabled man with Brown skin and short gray and brown hair on the floor out of his wheelchair. He is being arrested by three armed Capitol Police. In the second picture they have him turned over with cuffs behind his back. The man is wearing a yellow ADAPT t-shirt and khaki pants.

Two photographs of a disabled man with Brown skin and short gray and brown hair on the floor out of his wheelchair. He is being arrested by three armed Capitol Police. In the second picture they have him turned over with cuffs behind his back. The man is wearing a yellow ADAPT t-shirt and khaki pants.

Disabled people are being arrested in DC today as they're protesting Medicaid cuts.

Source of this photo, ADAPT www.facebook.com/theRealNatio...

People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid

Thanks so much for sharing, Mia. We love your style. #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityStyle