Ramp Your Voice! is the brainchild movement of Vilissa Thompson, LMSW, a
macro-minded social worker and prominent leader and expert in addressing and
educating the public and political figures about the plight of disabled
people, especially disabled women of color. Vilissa...
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First we talk to independent media makers and educators Devin Febbroriello of
XRAY TV and Film Collective and Serpent Power Productions and Kat Meow
Garcia of Open Signal: Portland Community Media Center. You'll find out about
XRAY's Reel Voices summer filmmaking camp fo...
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As healthcare benefits get closer and closer to being taken away, let's
always remember that pre-existing conditions happen, life happens, and
disability happens. We at Bread and Roses believe that healthcare access is a
basic right that everyone should have. In addition to...
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You know that creaky kind of voice that gets cis women lots of criticism,
even fired from jobs? Linguist and Speech-language pathologist Jeff Conn
brings us a pro-feminist argument about vocal fry (aka creaky voice). Is it a
voice disorder? Is it part of a dialect or accent...
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Sara M. Acevedo is an Autistic mestiza from Colombia who
studies anthropology and social change with a focus on disability justice at
the California Institute of Integral Studies. Today, she talks about
disability studies, disability justice, language and identity, ableism,...
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Portland non-profit Age & Gender Equity in the Arts is hosting Unconscious
Bias: Achieving Gender Equity symposium March 3rd and 4th at Portland State
University. The symposium features over 40 presenters and performers
including Dael Orlandersmith, Michaela Watkins, An...
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This week we're talking to social justice engineer, activist-attorney, and
founder of HEARD (Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities),
Talila "TL" Lewis.
We talk about deafness and disability in relation to the school-to-prison
pipeline, disability solida...
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From Jingle Barack to the "Fresh Off the Boat" and Chinese Santa, we take
our feminist look at some holiday classics and newer media about Christmas,
Hannukah, and holiday themes in general. Wrapping up with the new song
actively modeling an anti-violence stance, "Baby It'...
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Join us for a conversation with Leslie Gregory, founder of Right To Health,
a non-profit focusing on preventative health management. They
provide health outreach, education, and empowerment to people concerned
and/or affected by stress-related risks associated with raci...
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