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December Newsletter ❄️

Recognizing International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPD) December 3rd was International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPD)! We use…

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The Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network is thrilled to wish you a happy GivingTuesday! We remember the beginnings of AWN…

Meet AWN’s Digital Media Intern

Hello everyone! My name is Makayla Allen, and I’m a Digital Media Intern with the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network…

Broadband Internet: Civil Rights and Disability Justice

On June 22, 2023, AWN hosted a conversation with DeVan Hankerson Madrigal and Valerie Novack on the topic of broadband internet, civil rights, and disability justice. In today’s golden age of information, access to the worldwide web is more important than ever. As more of our devices need access to wireless networks, the use of…

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On Stage & On Page Disability Justice in Film, Theatre, and Cultural Work

On June 3, 2021, AWN hosted a discussion with Day Al-Mohamed and Deanna Parvin Yadollahi on the topic of disability justice in film, Theatre, and Cultural Work. Disabled people are creating art, fiction, film, and performance art – please join us for this exciting conversation about Disability Justice and Cultural Work! Moderator: Lydia X. Z.…

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Homelessness and Disability Justice

On December 16, 2021, AWN hosted a discussion with Finn Gardiner, Allilsa Fernandez, and Angela Lemus-Mogrovejo on the topic of homelessness and disability justice. Homelessness is an important issue that needs to be addressed. First and foremost it needs to end. But how do we begin to address homelessness when the systems that we live…

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Incorporating Disability Justice into Legal Advocacy/Practice

On December 9, 2021, AWN hosted a discussion with Jamelia Morgan, Britney Wilson, and Prianka Nair on the topic of incorporating disability justice into legal advocacy and practice. Part of disability justice is legal advocacy, and disabled people are out there doing the work. Join us in this fireside chat conversation between Jamelia, Prianka, and…

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Communications Access in a Digital World

On October 5, 2021, AWN hosted a discussion with Lateef H. McLeod and Cal Montgomery on the topic of communication access in a virtual world. Communication is a significant part of the human experience, and we all communicate in different ways. With the world relying more and more on virtual ways of being with one…

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Food Justice and Disability Justice

On January 31, 2022, AWN hosted a discussion with Allilsa Fernandez, Anthony (Tony) Alexander, and Lexie Holden (Moderator) on the topic of food justice and disability justice. Food is a human right, and food justice is a fight against systems that take that right away. As a community we must ask, how do we bring…

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Disability Justice, Decolonization, and Climate Justice

On January 10, 2022, AWN hosted a discussion with Sarmistha Talukdar, Khairani Baroka, and Jen Deerinwater on the topic of disability justice, decolonization, and climate justice with moderator Jennifer Natalya Fink. The work that is done to decolonize and bring climate justice and disability justice can also be done through expression and performance. Join us…

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Disabled BIPOC Interventions in Teaching

On January 20, 2022, AWN hosted a conversation with Dr. Paul/Leena/Paulina Abustan, Saili S. Kulkarni, Ph.D., and Subini Annamma on the topic of disabled BIPOC interventions in teaching. Academia has a foundation in ableist practices, and that is the reason why it’s so important that disabled BIPOC intervene in the academic world. While it is…

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From the Ground Up: Organizing Communities at the Margins

On February 23, 2022, AWN hosted a conversation with Ría Thompson-Washington, Noor Pervez, Mariam Banahi, and Priya Penner on the top of community organizing at the margins. The work of community organizers has long been instrumental in creating powerful and radical change. Community organizing in itself is a feat to be acknowledged, but when one…

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Revisioning Disability and Madness: Crip Poetics and Cultural Work

On February 27, 2022, AWN hosted a conversation with Travis Chi Wing Lau, Kelsey Smoot, and Lo Smith on the topic of madness, neurodivergence, and disability in poetry and art at the margins. Join Travis, Kelsey, and Lo in conversation with feminist disability studies scholar Jess L. Cowing to explore themes of madness, neurodivergence, and…

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