Storytelling with Disability Lead: July 2023

If society only knows one kind of story about disability, how does that create the misunderstandings, fears, and stereotypes that make our lives as disabled people difficult? How can we interrupt these myths through authentic storytelling and build more inclusive communities rooted in connections?
In this virtual event, we’ll hear stories of disabled leadership from some of our 2023 Fellows. We’ll listen as they open up about community, ableism, diagnosis, and how disabled people innovate solutions to problems society puts in front of us. Come support your friends and colleagues or meet some new leaders you should absolutely know: Kruti Shah, Amy Johnson, Gizelle Clemens, Brittney Hyde, and Disability Lead Executive Director Emily Blum.
This event is inspired by Civic Saturday gatherings, an intentional gathering to strengthen our social fabric, center challenges we are facing as a community and imagine new possibilities. Civic Saturdays are a program of Citizen University, an organization that is working to strengthen civic culture and democracy.

[ChristyBlanchard-fq]

Powerful, incisive, and empowering, Gizelle! You weave together the systems of oppression beautifully. Truly, a masterclass! Thank you ❤.