Sep 17 2018

In Our Own Words: Conversations Matter

September 17, 2018

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location

Richard Daley Library, Room 1-461

Address

801 S. Morgan Street Room 1-470, Chicago, IL 60607

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Join the DCC for a series of informal conversations on a range of topics related to disability, culture, and identity. Through these conversations, we aim to foster spaces for intentional, open, and respectful dialogue while continuing to further critical understandings of disability.

DATES:

September 17, 2018: Got my Syllabus: Now What?

September 24: What’s the Word? Ableism in everyday Language

October 1: Expected or Unexpected: A conversation around expectations and aspirations

October 8: Deaf and Disability Culture in Popular Media

October 15: Food talk: When food and accessibility come together

October 22: Made You Look: The Realities of Staring

October 29: RelationShapes: Exploring Forced Intimacy and Access Intimacy

November 5: Where Do We Go From Here: Advocacy, independence, and Interdependence

TIME: 12:00pm – 1:00pm

LOCATION: Richard Daley Library, Room 1-461

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE SEND US AN EMAIL TO dcc@uic.edu