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Learn why funding the leadership of disabled Indigenous people is vital for advancing justice for Indigenous communities, people with disabilities, and everyone who exists at the intersection.
Learn how anti-Native racism and genocide disables Native communities.
Find out how non-Native philanthropy can learn from Indigenous models of giving.
Ryan Easterly shares how disability justice has influenced his journey as a Black disabled leader in philanthropy.
A Black disabled worker shares the devastating effect that labor discrimination has on Black disabled women.
Dive deeper into the intersectionality between race and disability.
A conversation between Olivia Williams and Dr. Sami Schalk on the connections between ableism and anti-Blackness, shines a spotlight on historical and contemporary Black disabled activism, and uplifts why it's essential to fund the groundbreaking work of Black disabled folks.
A deconstruction of the racist and ableist ideologies that criminalize Black and Brown disabled children.
Learn how over-policing can lead to violence against disabled communities - and what funders can do about it.
Three essential reminders for funding the work of disabled people of color.
An exploration of how systemic oppression and persistent anti-Asian violence marginalize disabled Asian Americans.
An example of how the “Strong Black Woman” stereotype particularly burdens disabled Black women.
A conversation on disability pride with Ryan Easterly, Executive Director of WITH Foundation, and Justice Shorter, a Disability Justice advocate and international advisor for disability inclusive humanitarian and disaster assistance.
Seed funding from Open Society Institute (OSI)-Baltimore supported policy change and organizing to address unjust arrests of unhoused people with disabilities.
We must dismantle the systemic racism and ableism that criminalizes disabled people.
Applying disability-explicit and race-explicit lenses to philanthropic work is critical to achieving equity and justice.
Insight on how and why website designers should recognize the connections between race and accessibility.
A reminder of why we must recognize how identities overlap when working on making technology truly accessible to all.
Learn more about Gail Fuller, the Forum's Program and Communications Director, in this blog post about her experiences as a Black woman with a non-apparent disability.
Emily Ladau and Sandy Ho share perspectives on disability rights and justice frameworks as ways for philanthropy to move equality and equity forward.
Valerie Novack highlights the cause and effect connections between environmental racism and disability.
Insights on incorporating a mental health focus within both internal operations and grantmaking practices.
Learn how to create a psychologically safe workplace for people both with and without disabilities.
Dr. Subini Annamma urges philanthropy to stop centering whiteness and shift toward centering BIPOC disabled people. Click here for a...
Dr. Subini Annamma shares the ways in which mass incarceration is connected to eugenics. She addresses both the disproportionate incarceration...
In this excerpt from the Disability & Philanthropy Forum's webinar on gender, sexuality, and disability, Robin Wilson-Beattie addresses how ableism...
Click here for a transcript of this webinar. Disability cuts across all identities, but the impacts of systemic disability discrimination...
Many of the earliest philanthropists in the U.S. were significant ideological and financial supporters of the eugenics movement. According to...
by D'Arcee NealApril 2021 When I went for a job interview in the summer of 2015 for a high-powered federal...
In this excerpt from the Disability & Philanthropy Forum's webinar on racial equity and disability, Taryn Williams discusses the critical...
In this excerpt from the Disability & Philanthropy Forum's webinar on racial equity and disability, Conchita Hernández Legorreta speaks to...
In this excerpt from the Disability & Philanthropy Forum's webinar on racial equity and disability, D’Arcee Neal speaks to the...
This interview is a Q&A with Nora Phillips, Legal Director, Al Otro Lado. As the alarming impact of COVID-19 on...
As part of their "Conversations With..." speaker series, which explores high-profile topics with some of today’s most strategic thinkers in...
by Nikki Brown-Booker, August 2020 I am a Filipino/Black woman with a disability who works in philanthropy. When I enter...
In this webinar, hosted on July 14, 2020 by the Presidents' Council on Disability Inclusion in Philanthropy, Adela Ruiz from...
Meet Alice Sheppard, a dancer and choreographer who uses a wheelchair. In this video, she encourages us to rethink our...
Meet Claudia Gordon, the first Black Deaf female lawyer in the United States. In this video, she encourages a perspective...
This resource offers insights and resources to better understand the strong connections between racism and ableism. For our work to...
In this resource, you'll learn about the origin and definition of disability justice as a movement and framework. Disability Justice...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, philanthropy must further the commitment to ensure the disability community is not left behind.
