This was the inaugural event in the National Health Equity Grand Rounds series, History of Racism in U.S. Healthcare: Root Causes of Today’s Hierarchy and Systems of Power. This event highlighted the root causes of present-day health inequities by tracing the social, economic, political, geographic, and environmental forces that shape opportunity for health in the [click to continue...]
Attendees of this event hosted by The Branch heard from webinar speaker Asha Chai-Chang who talked about the growing community of Jews who identify as Jews of Color. Born in Long Island as the Jamaican/Cuban/Chinese/Jewish daughter to immigrant parents, Asha is an Actuary by Trade turned Award-Winning Director/Writer with invisible disabilities. Asha created an open [click to continue...]
Read transcript Watch Trailer for Crip Camp Buy Judy Heumann’s book In celebration of JDAIM’s 14th anniversary we were excited to have Judy Heumann speak to our community about her lived experiences with disability and faith. We explored this intersection by discussing her memoir, Being Heumann – An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Advocate. Judy [click to continue...]
by Matan Koch and Lauren Appelbaum RespectAbility honors the life of former Board of Advisors member Steven James Tingus, who passed last week at age 59, shortly after the premiere of his new film “Triggered” at the acclaimed Indie Night Film Festival at the TCL Chinese Theatre. Tingus was hailed for his role and as [click to continue...]
Here at RespectAbility, we hope to destigmatize disability in all realms of life. In the Faith Inclusion and Belonging department particularly, our work is in making all houses of worship across all faiths places where disabled people belong and thrive. RespectAbility, in partnership with St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Long Beach, California, hosted a 5-session, [click to continue...]
On August 11 and 12, we attended Let’s End Ableism at Church, an interactive webinar hosted by the Disability Concerns ministry of The Christian Reformed Church of North America and The Reformed Church in America. The first day largely focused on defining ableism in its many forms. The second day laid out practical solutions to [click to continue...]
With Pittsburgh increasingly known as the Hollywood of Appalachia, what does an entertainment industry boom mean for disability inclusion? At the JRS Annual meeting, both local and national advocates provided perspectives on this topic. Keynote speaker Lauren Appelbaum, Senior Vice President, Communications and Entertainment & News Media, RespectAbility, looked at the topic from a national [click to continue...]
Moderator: Gina Rodriguez, DOL – Women’s Bureau Speakers: Anupa Geevarghese Chief of Staff, Office of Disability Employment Program (ODEP) Jason Palmer Regional Commissioner Bureau of Labor Statistics Bridget Hayman, Director of Communications Access Living Christine Park-Gonzalez, Acting District Director, EEEOC Ariel Simms, President & CEO, RespectAbility
At the Life Center for Independent Living (Life CIL) Annual Meeting, RespectAbility speaker Millie Gonzalez, M.A. discussed allyship at the intersection of disabled LGBTQ+ identities. Attendees learned how to become a better ally by centering the experiences and amplifying the voices of the world’s largest minority group—people with disabilities—while honoring their intersectional identities as members [click to continue...]
