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Justice Shorter and Sarah Blahovec dive into the landscape of disability-led political advocacy and solidarity through local, national, and global lenses.
Learn how philanthropy can aid in preventing the overrepresentation of people with mental health conditions in the criminal legal system.
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.
Democracy is not just about having the ability to vote and make an informed choice, but it’s also knowing that everyone…deserves that opportunity and that right. Therefore it’s up to [all of us] to ensure that we bring everyone to the table and that everyone has a voice.
Learn how anti-Native racism and genocide disables Native communities.
Justice Shorter and Aurora Levins Morales discuss how philanthropy can cherish, uplift, and fund the wisdom of disabled elders.
Learn about the wide-reaching definition and vast impact of the care movement and care economy.
Learn one way that philanthropy can get involved in the care movement.
Nikki Brown-Booker, Yolanda Vargas, and host Justice Shorter explore what it means to work while disabled and cultivate inclusive and equitable workplaces.
Ryan Easterly shares how disability justice has influenced his journey as a Black disabled leader in philanthropy.
Rebecca Williford, Esq., President & CEO of Disability Rights Advocates, shines a spotlight on the work of her organization, a national nonprofit disability rights legal center that fights systemic discrimination against people with disabilities through impact litigation.
Learn why disability community, culture, and pride are crucial for creating systemic change.
Learn how philanthropy can engage with and fund disabled storytelling.
Learn about the key issues facing disabled LGBTQIA+ communities, and how philanthropic funding can support solutions.
Learn why the HIV/AIDS movement requires both LGBTQIA+ rights and disability justice lenses.
Learn about the essential qualities that disabled activists bring to climate advocacy - and why funders should be prioritizing them.
Mental health activist Dior Vargas discusses the role philanthropy can play in supporting mental health, wellness, and self-care.
Emily Harris reflects on philanthropy's ableist past and urges the sector to move forward in a way that truly embraces disability inclusion.
Inevitable Foundation co-founders Richie Siegel and Marisa Torelli-Pedevska discuss the importance of supporting authentic disability representation in the media.
Author Sarah Katz addresses concrete steps that philanthropy can take to improve access to reproductive healthcare for women and birthing people.
Learn about the systemic barriers facing disabled workers and why disabled leadership is necessary for labor movements.
A Black disabled worker shares the devastating effect that labor discrimination has on Black disabled women.
An urgent call for funders, healthcare providers, and organizers to follow the leadership of those living with Long COVID.
A conversation with Dr. Bonnie Swenor, Endowed Professor of Disability Health and Justice at The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and Director of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center, about the many healthcare inequities that the disability community experiences due to ableism and inaccessibility
Learn why it’s important to shift away from viewing accessibility through the lens of compliance.
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.
Learn more about proposed changes to Census Bureau disability data collection.
A look into how disability rights activism shapes public policy.
Celebrate disability pride and learn about the impact of funding disabled joy.
Learn how philanthropy can center disability justice while funding organizing around care policies and programs.
Learn why the leadership of disabled workers is crucial for labor rights organizing.
A fun, insightful conversation with the team members of the Disability & Philanthropy Forum.
Learn about the implications of Long COVID — both for those newly disabled by COVID-19, and those who already live with other disabilities.
Dessa Cosma, the Executive Director of Detroit Disability Power, reflects on her experiences with housing inaccessibility and urges policymakers and funders to take action toward a more equitable housing sector.
A conversation with Dom Kelly, Co-Founder, President & CEO of New Disabled South, and Jalyn Radziminski, Founder of Count US IN; Commissioner and Vice Chair for Indiana Disability Rights’ Protection and Advocacy Services, and Director of Engagement at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, on why it's essential to incorporate disability into all civic and political engagement work.
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.
A conversation with Taryn Mackenzie Williams, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy, on accessibility--what it means, how to implement it, and why it makes the world a just, equitable place.
A conversation with Maria Town, President and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities, that shines a light on disability and offers insights for wherever you may be on your learning journey.
An explanation of how disability representation in media shapes public perceptions.
Learn how amplifying disabled voices in literature can lead to dismantling internalized ableism.
A personal look at ableist stigma in education and how disabled joy can dismantle it.
We must dismantle the systemic racism and ableism that criminalizes disabled people.
Learn more about Sarah Napoli, the Forum's Learning Services Director, in this blog post about her experiences coming into her disability identity.
A dialogue about the economic disparities that disabled people encounter when trying to find a place to call home.
Applying disability-explicit and race-explicit lenses to philanthropic work is critical to achieving equity and justice.
Learn what is possible when philanthropic leadership centers disability and disabled people.
A reflection on how we talk about disability and encourages us to reconsider the language we use.
A spotlight on what actions can mitigate the poverty that disabled people experience.
Learn more about Emily Harris, the Forum's Executive Director, in this blog post about her journey to identifying as disabled and working to dismantle ableism.
Learn more about key statistics that highlight some of the many economic inequities disabled people experience.
Learn more about the disability community, frameworks to understand disability, and key disability terminology.
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.
Sandy Ho reflects on the ADA as a first step for disability rights and looks ahead to the future.
A call to use the mechanisms of philanthropy to address inequities, first by acknowledging its roots in ableism.
Emily Ladau and Sandy Ho share perspectives on disability rights and justice frameworks as ways for philanthropy to move equality and equity forward.
Daphne Frias shares her perspective on why the resilience and knowledge of the disability community are vital assets to the work to fight climate change.
Valerie Novack highlights the cause and effect connections between environmental racism and disability.
This resource offer suggested starting points for forging meaningful connections and partnerships with the disability community.
Insights on incorporating a mental health focus within both internal operations and grantmaking practices.
Click here for a transcript of this webinar. In the United States, full and equal participation in society is a...
The process of introductions during group gatherings are an important way to ensure a welcoming, inclusive, and accessible experience for...
Dr. Joseph Stramondo urges a reconsideration of how technology is used in relation to disability, focusing on technology as a...
Dr. Subini Annamma shares the ways in which mass incarceration is connected to eugenics. She addresses both the disproportionate incarceration...
Lydia X. Z. Brown addresses the ableism of algorithmic systems and the impact this has on the disability community--especially multi-marginalized...
In this excerpt from the Disability & Philanthropy Forum's webinar on gender, sexuality, and disability, Victoria Rodriguez-Roldán calls upon the...
In this excerpt from the Disability & Philanthropy Forum's webinar on gender, sexuality, and disability, Leslie Templeton addresses the connections...
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. Words matter. Wherever foundations may be on their journeys to inclusion, questions...
Click here for a transcript of this webinar. “Nothing about us without us,” is a guiding principle of the disability...
Click here for a transcript of this webinar. Adverse effects of climate change disproportionately impact the global population of people...
Click here for a transcript of this webinar. Successfully advocating for the rights of women, girls, and LGBTQIA+ people requires...
Click here for a transcript of this webinar. According to The Missing Billion, disabled people are three times as likely...
Click here for a transcript of this webinar. Disability cuts across all identities, but the impacts of systemic disability discrimination...
by Robin Wilson-Beattie Having spent almost 17 years as a parent who has chronic, physical, and mental health disabilities, I’ve...
by Dr. Joseph Stramondo Sir Francis Galton coined the term “eugenics” in 1883 to refer to the belief that the...
Many of the earliest philanthropists in the U.S. were significant ideological and financial supporters of the eugenics movement. According to...
One in five women ages 18 and older are disabled. The United Nations, through their work toward full gender equality,...
In this excerpt from the Disability & Philanthropy Forum’s webinar on health equity and disability, Andrés Gallegos speaks to the...
Emily Ladau, Digital Content & Community Manager for the Disability & Philanthropy Forum, interviews Julie Petty, Project Trainer, Initiatives on...
by D'Arcee NealApril 2021 When I went for a job interview in the summer of 2015 for a high-powered federal...
When it comes to health care, significant disparities abound between people with disabilities and non-disabled people. From physical barriers and...
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 blog post was written collectively by the Ford Foundation's Disability Employee Resource Group. While few Ford staff members have...
As part of their "Conversations With..." speaker series, which explores high-profile topics with some of today’s most strategic thinkers in...
People with disabilities are both the most vulnerable and the most overlooked population when it comes to addressing the effects...
By Sarah Napoli, Project Officer, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Open Society Foundations, July 2020 When the pandemic hit the globe...
In this webinar, hosted on July 14, 2020 by the Presidents' Council on Disability Inclusion in Philanthropy, Adela Ruiz from...
Go on a journey with disability rights activist Lawrence Carter-Long as your guide in this video overview of the rich history...
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 extended video combines our Introduction and Message to Funders videos for streamlined viewing purposes. It features the perspectives of...
Throughout your disability inclusion learning journey, it's vital to listen to the wisdom and insights of the disability community. This...
Disability rights are universal civil rights and human rights, but these rights are not yet fully realized by society. Though...
This introductory resource explains how disability is defined and the "models of disability," or frameworks, that are used to understand...
This resource offers several starting points for connecting with the disability community on social media. Please note: This list is...
This resource addresses the gaps in disability representation in mainstream media and addresses ways to fill these gaps. Road Map...
This resource seeks to provide tips on rights-affirming language and narratives preferred by people with disabilities. It is a starting...
In this resource, you'll learn about key disability rights laws. While meaningful disability inclusion is about more than just complying...
This resource offers insights and resources to better understand the strong connections between racism and ableism. For our work to...
Learn about the history and intent of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), its impact on the disability community, and...
In this resource, you'll learn about the origin and definition of disability justice as a movement and framework. Disability Justice...
This introductory resource provides a working definition of ableism along with information to help reflect on ableist practices. Ableism is...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, philanthropy must further the commitment to ensure the disability community is not left behind.
Written works on disability have shaped the Disability Rights Movement. These selections are helpful and insightful starting points.
