Join the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center as we unpack care work in academic institutions. Academia continues to be a place where ableism thrives. Inside these larger institutional structures of power, disabled faculty, staff, and students have been creating our own care networks for survival and resilience. This program will learn from panelists fighting to create space for disabled belonging inside the walls of our academic institutions. Panelists: Capria Berry, Sara M. Acevedo, and Travis Chi Wing Lau Moderator: Emily Beitiks (DCC co-director) Details: Care Work and Academia Panel | September 19 | 4:00-5:00 PT |
https://dcc.page/care-work-academia | Link in bio Access: ASL | CART | virtual | recording
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Slide 1: Beige background with white bar and DCC snail, leaf, and mobility aide motifs on top in pink, orange, purple and green. Details same as above. At the bottom is an arrow prompting users to scroll with text saying "scroll for panelist bios!"
Slide 2: Yellow background with the DCC logo in a beige circle and event title at the top. An image of speaker Capria Berry (they/them) is in a box to the left of their bio. They are a light skinned Black person with curly hair laid to one side and glasses, wearing a purple shirt and smiling outside. Capria is a Black, disabled queer, student affairs educator and doctoral student. They've co created spaces for disabled students and staff to find community, learn and advocate for change within their institutions.
Slide 3: Yellow background with the DCC logo in a beige circle and event title at the top. An image of speaker Sara M Acevedo (she/her) is in a box to the left of her bio. Dr. Sara M. Acevedo is a Mestiza woman of pale skin, big brown eyes, and chin-length light brown hair smiles at the camera looking upward. She is wearing thick framed blue glasses, a copper-colored top and a printed scarf decorated with red beads. Her work centers neurodivergent cultural practices and creative forms of resistance.
Slide 4: Yellow background with the DCC logo in a beish background and event title at the top. An image of speaker Travis Chi Wing Lau (he/him) is in a box to the left of his bio. He is a Chinese American man wearing a dark brown blazer and white shirt. He is resting his face on his right hand and holding a cane in his left. He is an Assistant Professor of
English at Kenyon College and frequently writes for venues of public scholarship.
Slide 5: On beige background, text and logos read: "San Francisco Culture Center is a proud project of the L.C. Lillie Cox Heaven of Hope in partnership with the San Francisco Human Services Agency: Department of Disability and Aging Services and the Paul K Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State University.