247 events found.
Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC, ATR, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to […]
Cambiando Vidas
Online – ZoomCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
PA Training @Virtual
Online – Zoom
PA Training @Rogers Park Branch Library
Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC, ATR, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to […]
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]
PA Training @Virtual
PA Training @Near North Branch Library
Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC, ATR, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to […]
PA Training @Harold Washington Library
Harold Washington Library 400 S. State Street, Chicago, Illinois
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
PA Training @Lincoln Blemont Branch Library
PA Training @Coleman Library
PA Training @Virtual
Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC, ATR, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to […]
PA Training @Manning Branch Library
Cambiando Vidas
Online – ZoomCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 moreAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]
PA Training @Harold Washington Library
Harold Washington Library 400 S. State Street, Chicago, Illinois
Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 moreAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]
Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC, ATR, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to […]
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]
Rewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, ILRewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop is for participants who self-identify as disabled and/or chronically ill, whether the disability is apparent or non-apparent. This could mean anything from physical disabilities, learning disabilities, “invisible” disabilities, and disabilities caused by mental health concerns. Let’s reclaim and rewrite our stories as disabled people through writing and drawing together! Too […]
Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 moreAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]
PA Training @Virtual
PA Training @Wrightwood-Ashburn Library
Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 moreAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]
PA Training @Toman Branch Library
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
PA Training @Pullman Branch Library
Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC, ATR, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to […]
PA Training @Harold Washington Library
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 moreAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]
PA Training @WeWork
PA Training @Douglass Branch Library
Rewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, ILRewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop is for participants who self-identify as disabled and/or chronically ill, whether the disability is apparent or non-apparent. This could mean anything from physical disabilities, learning disabilities, “invisible” disabilities, and disabilities caused by mental health concerns. Let’s reclaim and rewrite our stories as disabled people through writing and drawing together! Too […]
Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 moreAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]
Art Therapy for Chronic Pain Workshop
Do you live with chronic pain and wish to learn creative strategies for managing your symptoms? This virtual two-hour Art Therapy for Chronic Pain Workshop will provide an introduction to coping with pain through art. Facilitators will hold both a therapeutic and educational space for participants to practice a series of structured art directives. No […]
PA Training @Harold Washington Library
Rewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, ILRewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop is for participants who self-identify as disabled and/or chronically ill, whether the disability is apparent or non-apparent. This could mean anything from physical disabilities, learning disabilities, “invisible” disabilities, and disabilities caused by mental health concerns. Let’s reclaim and rewrite our stories as disabled people through writing and drawing together! Too […]
Advance Your Leadership Power
Online – ZoomAdvance Your Leadership Power meets on the first, third, and fifth (when applicable) Tuesdays of every month. All are welcome to join; AYLP members are people with disabilities, social justice advocates, and allies. At present, AYLP meetings take place on Zoom. Please contact Candace Coleman to get the link to the meeting.
Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 moreAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]
Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 moreAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]
Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC, ATR, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to […]
Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 moreAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]
Rewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, ILRewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop is for participants who self-identify as disabled and/or chronically ill, whether the disability is apparent or non-apparent. This could mean anything from physical disabilities, learning disabilities, “invisible” disabilities, and disabilities caused by mental health concerns. Let’s reclaim and rewrite our stories as disabled people through writing and drawing together! Too […]
Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 moreAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]
Not Art Therapy: A Conversation with Sandie Yi and Katie O’Neill
Join artists Sandie Yi and Katie O'Neill as they discuss their work in the exhibition "Not Art Therapy" currently on display at Press Here Studio. Moderated by Matt Bodett, this conversation will address the ideas of therapy in relation to art making by disabled folx. It asks us to reconsider making and notions of collaboration. […]
Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC, ATR, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to […]
Rewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, ILRewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop is for participants who self-identify as disabled and/or chronically ill, whether the disability is apparent or non-apparent. This could mean anything from physical disabilities, learning disabilities, “invisible” disabilities, and disabilities caused by mental health concerns. Let’s reclaim and rewrite our stories as disabled people through writing and drawing together! Too […]
Cambiando Vidas
Online – ZoomCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 moreAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]
Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 moreAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC, ATR, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to […]
PA Training – King Branch Library
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]
PA Training @Douglass Branch Library
Rewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, ILRewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop is for participants who self-identify as disabled and/or chronically ill, whether the disability is apparent or non-apparent. This could mean anything from physical disabilities, learning disabilities, “invisible” disabilities, and disabilities caused by mental health concerns. Let’s reclaim and rewrite our stories as disabled people through writing and drawing together! Too […]
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 moreAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]
Rewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, ILRewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop is for participants who self-identify as disabled and/or chronically ill, whether the disability is apparent or non-apparent. This could mean anything from physical disabilities, learning disabilities, “invisible” disabilities, and disabilities caused by mental health concerns. Let’s reclaim and rewrite our stories as disabled people through writing and drawing together! Too […]
Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 moreAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]
Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC, ATR, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to […]
PA Training @Independence Branch Library
Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 moreAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]
PA Training @Harold Washington Library
Rewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, ILRewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop is for participants who self-identify as disabled and/or chronically ill, whether the disability is apparent or non-apparent. This could mean anything from physical disabilities, learning disabilities, “invisible” disabilities, and disabilities caused by mental health concerns. Let’s reclaim and rewrite our stories as disabled people through writing and drawing together! Too […]
Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 moreAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]
PA Training @Brainerd Branch Library
Fabric Dolls Workshop
To honor the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) on December 3rd, Art and Culture Project joins the Disability Culture Activism Lab (DCAL) and Art Therapy Collective in hosting four art workshops this December, including the in-person Fabric Dolls Workshop. As we enter the last month of 2023, let's take a moment to pause, […]
Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC, ATR, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to […]
Rewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, ILRewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop is for participants who self-identify as disabled and/or chronically ill, whether the disability is apparent or non-apparent. This could mean anything from physical disabilities, learning disabilities, “invisible” disabilities, and disabilities caused by mental health concerns. Let’s reclaim and rewrite our stories as disabled people through writing and drawing together! Too […]
Cambiando Vidas
Online – ZoomCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 moreAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]
PA Training @South Chicago Branch Library
Low Spoon Activism Gathering
Online – ZoomTo honor the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) on December 3rd, Art and Culture Project joins the Disability Culture Activism Lab (DCAL) and Art Therapy Collective in hosting four art workshops this December, including the virtual Low Spoon Activism Gathering. As we enter the last month of 2023, let's take a moment to […]
Low Spoon Activism Gathering
Online – ZoomTo honor the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) on December 3rd, Art and Culture Project joins the Disability Culture Activism Lab (DCAL) and Art Therapy Collective in hosting four art workshops this December, including the virtual Low Spoon Activism Gathering. As we enter the last month of 2023, let's take a moment to […]
PA Training @Lozano Branch Library
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
PA Training @Oriole Park Branch Library
Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC, ATR, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to […]
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]
PA Training @Virtual
PA Training @West Chicago Ave. Branch Library
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Cambiando Vidas
Online – ZoomCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
PA Training @Little Italy Branch Library
PA Training @Harold Washington Library
Advance Your Leadership Power
Online – ZoomAdvance Your Leadership Power meets on the first, third, and fifth (when applicable) Tuesdays of every month. All are welcome to join; AYLP members are people with disabilities, social justice advocates, and allies. At present, AYLP meetings take place on Zoom. Please contact Candace Coleman to get the link to the meeting.
PA Training @WeWork
PA Training @Scottsdale Branch Library
PA Training @Harold Washington Library
PA Training @WeWork
PA Training @Northtown Branch Library
Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group provides an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. The group is held virtually via Zoom on Mondays from 5-6pm CT, with one Monday off each month. Facilitated by […]
Cambiando Vidas
Online – ZoomCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
PA Training @Virtual
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
PA Training @Kelly Branch Library
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
PA Training @Austin-Irving Branch Library
Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group provides an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. The group is held virtually via Zoom on Mondays from 5-6pm CT, with one Monday off each month. Facilitated by […]
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
PA Training @Harold Washington Library
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group provides an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. The group is held virtually via Zoom on Mondays from 5-6pm CT, with one Monday off each month. Facilitated by […]
PA Training @Harold Washington Library
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
PA Training @WeWork
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
PA Training @Harold Washington Library
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
PA Training @Chinatown Library
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group provides an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. The group is held virtually via Zoom on Mondays from 5-6pm CT, with one Monday off each month. Facilitated by […]
PA Training @Harold Washington Library
Cambiando Vidas
Online – ZoomCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group provides an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. The group is held virtually via Zoom on Mondays from 5-6pm CT, with one Monday off each month. Facilitated by […]
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
PA Training @Virtual
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
Sustainable Liberation Series
UIC Disability Cultural Center 1007 W. Harrison Street, Room 231, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesThe Sustainable Liberation Series is a biweekly group series facilitated by disabled art-therapists-in-training Miriam Austin-Wright (they/she). Each of the two sections will meet biweekly in-person for two hours at the UIC Disability Resource Center Quiet Lounge (Room 231). The afternoon section will meet 1-3 PM and the evening section will meet 4-6 PM. This group […]
Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group provides an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. The group is held virtually via Zoom on Mondays from 5-6pm CT, with one Monday off each month. Facilitated by […]
PA Training @Mayfair Branch Library
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
PA Training @Harold Washington Library
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
The Power of Art: Recycled Sculptures as Art Therapy and Eco-Resistance
Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange 2124 W. 82nd Place, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesDoes the climate crisis keep you up at night? Do you feel hopeless and depressed thinking about the government’s response to climate change? Are you interested in activism? A eco-art therapy study called The Power of Art: Recycled Sculptures as Art Therapy and Eco-Resistance is currently recruiting participants ages 18-26 to take part in an in-person […]
Midwest Inclusive Dance Festival
Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities - Field Office 2102 W. Ogden Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesJoin us for the 2024 Midwest Inclusive Dance Festival! All bodies, minds and experience levels welcome. This is the inaugural event of the Midwest Inclusive Dance Festival! (MWIDF) will be an annual event bringing together people with and without disabilities for movement exploration. This year's event will include the following: Participants can come and go […]
Sustainable Liberation Series
UIC Disability Cultural Center 1007 W. Harrison Street, Room 231, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesThe Sustainable Liberation Series is a biweekly group series facilitated by disabled art-therapists-in-training Miriam Austin-Wright (they/she). Each of the two sections will meet biweekly in-person for two hours at the UIC Disability Resource Center Quiet Lounge (Room 231). The afternoon section will meet 1-3 PM and the evening section will meet 4-6 PM. This group […]
Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group provides an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. The group is held virtually via Zoom on Mondays from 5-6pm CT, with one Monday off each month. Facilitated by […]
Cambiando Vidas
Online – ZoomCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
Midwest Inclusive Dance Festival
Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities - Field Office 2102 W. Ogden Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesJoin us for the 2024 Midwest Inclusive Dance Festival! All bodies, minds and experience levels welcome. This is the inaugural event of the Midwest Inclusive Dance Festival! (MWIDF) will be an annual event bringing together people with and without disabilities for movement exploration. This year's event will include the following: Participants can come and go […]
The Power of Art: Recycled Sculptures as Art Therapy and Eco-Resistance
Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange 2124 W. 82nd Place, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesDoes the climate crisis keep you up at night? Do you feel hopeless and depressed thinking about the government’s response to climate change? Are you interested in activism? A eco-art therapy study called The Power of Art: Recycled Sculptures as Art Therapy and Eco-Resistance is currently recruiting participants ages 18-26 to take part in an in-person […]
Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group provides an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. The group is held virtually via Zoom on Mondays from 5-6pm CT, with one Monday off each month. Facilitated by […]
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
The Power of Art: Recycled Sculptures as Art Therapy and Eco-Resistance
Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange 2124 W. 82nd Place, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesDoes the climate crisis keep you up at night? Do you feel hopeless and depressed thinking about the government’s response to climate change? Are you interested in activism? A eco-art therapy study called The Power of Art: Recycled Sculptures as Art Therapy and Eco-Resistance is currently recruiting participants ages 18-26 to take part in an in-person […]
Sustainable Liberation Series
UIC Disability Cultural Center 1007 W. Harrison Street, Room 231, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesThe Sustainable Liberation Series is a biweekly group series facilitated by disabled art-therapists-in-training Miriam Austin-Wright (they/she). Each of the two sections will meet biweekly in-person for two hours at the UIC Disability Resource Center Quiet Lounge (Room 231). The afternoon section will meet 1-3 PM and the evening section will meet 4-6 PM. This group […]
Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group provides an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. The group is held virtually via Zoom on Mondays from 5-6pm CT, with one Monday off each month. Facilitated by […]
PA Training @Access Living
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
La Intersección Entre Inmigración y Derechos de Los Discapacitados
Cambiando Vidas y Access Living te invita a un taller gratuito sobre: La Intersección entre inmigración y derechos de los discapacitados. El propósito de la presentación es informarle sobre los derechos legales y aprender sobre las necesidades legales que existen, para poder ofrecer en el futuro una clínica legal en la comunidad. El taller no […]
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
PA Training @Access Living
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
The Power of Art: Recycled Sculptures as Art Therapy and Eco-Resistance
Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange 2124 W. 82nd Place, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesDoes the climate crisis keep you up at night? Do you feel hopeless and depressed thinking about the government’s response to climate change? Are you interested in activism? A eco-art therapy study called The Power of Art: Recycled Sculptures as Art Therapy and Eco-Resistance is currently recruiting participants ages 18-26 to take part in an in-person […]
PA Training @Humboldt Park Library
PA Training @Access Living
Advance Your Leadership Power
Online – ZoomAdvance Your Leadership Power meets on the first, third, and fifth (when applicable) Tuesdays of every month. All are welcome to join; AYLP members are people with disabilities, social justice advocates, and allies. At present, AYLP meetings take place on Zoom. Please contact Candace Coleman to get the link to the meeting.
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
PA Training @Access Living
PA Training @Access Living
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
Sustainable Liberation Series
UIC Disability Cultural Center 1007 W. Harrison Street, Room 231, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesThe Sustainable Liberation Series is a biweekly group series facilitated by disabled art-therapists-in-training Miriam Austin-Wright (they/she). Each of the two sections will meet biweekly in-person for two hours at the UIC Disability Resource Center Quiet Lounge (Room 231). The afternoon section will meet 1-3 PM and the evening section will meet 4-6 PM. This group […]
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
Opening Reception of spoken//unheard: A Disability Culture Activism Lab (DCAL) Exhibition
The Arts & Culture Project is excited to announce the opening reception of spoken//unheard: A Disability Culture Activism Lab (DCAL) Exhibition taking place at the Center for Mad Culture. spoken//unheard is a collaboration between Access Living’s art-therapist-in-training interns and consumers. spoken//unheard features the stories of disabled persons and disabled identities that, though voiced, are often […]
Cambiando Vidas
Online – ZoomCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project
Online – ZoomAccess Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Cambiando Vidas
Online – ZoomCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Cambiando Vidas
Online – ZoomCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Advance Your Leadership Power
Online – ZoomAdvance Your Leadership Power meets on the first, third, and fifth (when applicable) Tuesdays of every month. All are welcome to join; AYLP members are people with disabilities, social justice advocates, and allies. At present, AYLP meetings take place on Zoom. Please contact Candace Coleman to get the link to the meeting.
Cambiando Vidas
Online – ZoomCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Cambiando Vidas
Online – ZoomCambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
Webinar: Mobile Crisis Teams + CESSA, with Preston Looper & Access Living
Come learn about mobile crisis teams (MCT) from Preston Looper, Director of the Mobile Crisis Team programs in Dallas for 13 years. As the founder of Full Tilt Strategies, Preston helps communities across the country develop mobile crisis programs that are both scalable and customizable. He co-authored a national survey of mobile crisis teams on […]
Advance Your Leadership Power
Online – ZoomAdvance Your Leadership Power meets on the first, third, and fifth (when applicable) Tuesdays of every month. All are welcome to join; AYLP members are people with disabilities, social justice advocates, and allies. At present, AYLP meetings take place on Zoom. Please contact Candace Coleman to get the link to the meeting.
Taskforce for Attendant Services
TFAS works to improve healthcare equity and home and community-based services (HCBS) for people with disabilities through its various campaigns. Meetings take place on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 1:30pm-3pm. Meetings are hybrid. You can attend in person at Access Living or via Zoom. Zoom InformationLink to Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 889 8874 2609Passcode: AL2024 Join the […]
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
Taskforce for Attendant Services
TFAS works to improve healthcare equity and home and community-based services (HCBS) for people with disabilities through its various campaigns. Meetings take place on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 1:30pm-3pm. Meetings are hybrid. You can attend in person at Access Living or via Zoom. Zoom InformationLink to Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 889 8874 2609Passcode: AL2024 Join the […]
The Zoo – Mud Theatre Project
The Zoo - Mud Theatre Project Join us on December 4th for a performance of The Zoo, a short play about the extreme lack of mental health services in the United States prison system. The play will take place in Access Living's event space at 1pm and will be followed by a Q and A […]
Taskforce for Attendant Services
TFAS works to improve healthcare equity and home and community-based services (HCBS) for people with disabilities through its various campaigns. Meetings take place on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 1:30pm-3pm. Meetings are hybrid. You can attend in person at Access Living or via Zoom. Zoom InformationLink to Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 889 8874 2609Passcode: AL2024 Join the […]
Webinar: Disabled People in Humanitarian Crises
In recognition of International Day of Human Rights, join us for an important webinar on disabled people in humanitarian crises. We will be joined by four panelists who have advocated for or experienced international humanitarian aid in conflict zones. The discussion will be central to ways in which disabled people are impacted during humanitarian crises. […]
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
Taskforce for Attendant Services
TFAS works to improve healthcare equity and home and community-based services (HCBS) for people with disabilities through its various campaigns. Meetings take place on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 1:30pm-3pm. Meetings are hybrid. You can attend in person at Access Living or via Zoom. Zoom InformationLink to Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 889 8874 2609Passcode: AL2024 Join the […]
Advance Your Leadership Power
Online – ZoomAdvance Your Leadership Power meets on the first, third, and fifth (when applicable) Tuesdays of every month. All are welcome to join; AYLP members are people with disabilities, social justice advocates, and allies. At present, AYLP meetings take place on Zoom. Please contact Candace Coleman to get the link to the meeting.
Taskforce for Attendant Services
TFAS works to improve healthcare equity and home and community-based services (HCBS) for people with disabilities through its various campaigns. Meetings take place on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 1:30pm-3pm. Meetings are hybrid. You can attend in person at Access Living or via Zoom. Zoom InformationLink to Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 889 8874 2609Passcode: AL2024 Join the […]
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
Community Dinner | Cena Comunitaria Mensual
Community Dinner | Cena Comunitaria Mensual Starting on January 21, Access Living will host monthly community dinners, open to staff, consumers, Board members, and community partners. Please join us! We're looking forward to connecting.Register online in advance at the link. Está invitado: a partir del 21 de enero, Access Living organizará cenas comunitarias mensuales, abiertas […]
Taskforce for Attendant Services
TFAS works to improve healthcare equity and home and community-based services (HCBS) for people with disabilities through its various campaigns. Meetings take place on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 1:30pm-3pm. Meetings are hybrid. You can attend in person at Access Living or via Zoom. Zoom InformationLink to Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 889 8874 2609Passcode: AL2024 Join the […]
Community Unity Webinar
Right now, people in disability communities across the nation are feeling very anxious about potential changes to federally funded programs and civil rights protection. In this moment, many of us need to hear healing words of wisdom from experienced advocates who are intimately familiar with what it is like to live with a disability. How […]
Taskforce for Attendant Services
TFAS works to improve healthcare equity and home and community-based services (HCBS) for people with disabilities through its various campaigns. Meetings take place on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 1:30pm-3pm. Meetings are hybrid. You can attend in person at Access Living or via Zoom. Zoom InformationLink to Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 889 8874 2609Passcode: AL2024 Join the […]
Knowledge is Power: A Community Education Series About Federal Advocacy for the Disability Community in Illinois
This information is in English first and in Spanish below. Este información está en inglés primero y en español a continuación. Presented by Access Living and the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities: Are you a disability advocate? Would you like to better understand how to make a difference at the federal level? How does Congress […]
Love Without Limits: A Valentine’s Day Celebration of Disabled Empowerment
This Valentine's Day, People Over Profit (POP) is hosting "Love Without Limits: A Valentine's Day Celebration of Disabled Empowerment". This event will be held at Access Living on February 13th and February 14th. On February 13th, join us from 1-2:30PM for a panel discussion with disability activists and organizers to discuss how marriage can impact SSI […]
Financial Literacy Alumni Day
A lunch and learn for consumers who previously completed financial literacy! Come to Access Living to enjoy some food and listen to a financial literacy presentation with new information as well as a refresher on past materials. We will be registering consumers for our personalized 1:1 coaching sessions. Gift card raffle for those who sign […]
Disability Fashionista: Wearable Art Group
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCalling your inner fashionista! Let’s embrace your bodies and minds with art and creativity! In this 8-week group, we will make wearable art about disability and/or illness. This program is brought to you by the Arts and Culture Project at Access Living and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. The location is at Access Living, 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654. WHEN? Wednesdays, […]
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
Taskforce for Attendant Services
TFAS works to improve healthcare equity and home and community-based services (HCBS) for people with disabilities through its various campaigns. Meetings take place on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 1:30pm-3pm. Meetings are hybrid. You can attend in person at Access Living or via Zoom. Zoom InformationLink to Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 889 8874 2609Passcode: AL2024 Join the […]
DRACH Meeting
Online – ZoomDRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Zoom information is the same for every meeting. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 835 9350 5009 Passcode: AL2025 One tap mobile +13126266799,,83593505009# US (Chicago) +13092053325,,83593505009# US Dial by your location • +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) • […]
Disability Fashionista: Wearable Art Group
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCalling your inner fashionista! Let’s embrace your bodies and minds with art and creativity! In this 8-week group, we will make wearable art about disability and/or illness. This program is brought to you by the Arts and Culture Project at Access Living and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. The location is at Access Living, 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654. WHEN? Wednesdays, […]
Access Living Monthly Community Dinner | Cena Comunitaria Mensual
Access Living Monthly Community Dinner | Cena Comunitaria Mensual Join us monthly for a community dinner with Access Living! Open to consumers, staff, board members, friends, loved ones, and community partners, these dinners are a chance for us all to connect in community and fellowship. Please join us! We're excited to connect. RSVP for the […]
Knowledge is Power: A Community Education Series About Federal Advocacy for the Disability Community in Illinois
If you’re looking to learn more about how possible Medicaid cuts, changes to our Department of Education and the impact of recent changes at the federal level on the lives of people with disabilities, come join us March 5! Access Living and the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities continues our series Knowledge is Power Series. We will be meeting […]
Disability Fashionista: Wearable Art Group
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCalling your inner fashionista! Let’s embrace your bodies and minds with art and creativity! In this 8-week group, we will make wearable art about disability and/or illness. This program is brought to you by the Arts and Culture Project at Access Living and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. The location is at Access Living, 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654. WHEN? Wednesdays, […]
Taskforce for Attendant Services
TFAS works to improve healthcare equity and home and community-based services (HCBS) for people with disabilities through its various campaigns. Meetings take place on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 1:30pm-3pm. Meetings are hybrid. You can attend in person at Access Living or via Zoom. Zoom InformationLink to Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 889 8874 2609Passcode: AL2024 Join the […]
Disability Fashionista: Wearable Art Group
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCalling your inner fashionista! Let’s embrace your bodies and minds with art and creativity! In this 8-week group, we will make wearable art about disability and/or illness. This program is brought to you by the Arts and Culture Project at Access Living and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. The location is at Access Living, 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654. WHEN? Wednesdays, […]
Disability Fashionista: Wearable Art Group
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCalling your inner fashionista! Let’s embrace your bodies and minds with art and creativity! In this 8-week group, we will make wearable art about disability and/or illness. This program is brought to you by the Arts and Culture Project at Access Living and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. The location is at Access Living, 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654. WHEN? Wednesdays, […]
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
Taskforce for Attendant Services
TFAS works to improve healthcare equity and home and community-based services (HCBS) for people with disabilities through its various campaigns. Meetings take place on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 1:30pm-3pm. Meetings are hybrid. You can attend in person at Access Living or via Zoom. Zoom InformationLink to Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 889 8874 2609Passcode: AL2024 Join the […]
DRACH Meeting
Online – ZoomDRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Zoom information is the same for every meeting. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 835 9350 5009 Passcode: AL2025 One tap mobile +13126266799,,83593505009# US (Chicago) +13092053325,,83593505009# US Dial by your location • +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) • […]
Disability Fashionista: Wearable Art Group
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCalling your inner fashionista! Let’s embrace your bodies and minds with art and creativity! In this 8-week group, we will make wearable art about disability and/or illness. This program is brought to you by the Arts and Culture Project at Access Living and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. The location is at Access Living, 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654. WHEN? Wednesdays, […]
[March Draft] Access Living Monthly Community Dinner | Cena Comunitaria Mensual
Access Living Monthly Community Dinner | Cena Comunitaria Mensual Join us monthly for a community dinner with Access Living! Open to consumers, staff, board members, friends, loved ones, and community partners, these dinners are a chance for us all to connect in community and fellowship. Please join us! We're excited to connect. RSVP for the […]
Disability Fashionista: Wearable Art Group
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCalling your inner fashionista! Let’s embrace your bodies and minds with art and creativity! In this 8-week group, we will make wearable art about disability and/or illness. This program is brought to you by the Arts and Culture Project at Access Living and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. The location is at Access Living, 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654. WHEN? Wednesdays, […]
Disability Fashionista: Wearable Art Group
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCalling your inner fashionista! Let’s embrace your bodies and minds with art and creativity! In this 8-week group, we will make wearable art about disability and/or illness. This program is brought to you by the Arts and Culture Project at Access Living and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. The location is at Access Living, 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654. WHEN? Wednesdays, […]
Taskforce for Attendant Services
TFAS works to improve healthcare equity and home and community-based services (HCBS) for people with disabilities through its various campaigns. Meetings take place on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 1:30pm-3pm. Meetings are hybrid. You can attend in person at Access Living or via Zoom. Zoom InformationLink to Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 889 8874 2609Passcode: AL2024 Join the […]
Disability Fashionista: Wearable Art Group (Session Two)
Calling your inner fashionista! Let’s embrace your bodies and minds with art and creativity! In this 8-week group, we will make wearable art about disability and/or illness. This program is brought to you by the Arts and Culture Project at Access Living and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. The location is at Access Living, 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60654. WHEN? Wednesdays, […]
Survival of the Sickest: A Solo Exhibition by Lillian Heredia
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.
DRACH Meeting
Online – ZoomDRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Zoom information is the same for every meeting. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 835 9350 5009 Passcode: AL2025 One tap mobile +13126266799,,83593505009# US (Chicago) +13092053325,,83593505009# US Dial by your location • +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) • […]
Access Living Monthly Community Dinner | Cena Comunitaria Mensual
Access Living Monthly Community Dinner | Cena Comunitaria Mensual Join us monthly for a community dinner with Access Living! Open to consumers, staff, board members, friends, loved ones, and community partners, these dinners are a chance for us all to connect in community and fellowship. Please join us! We're excited to connect. RSVP for the […]
Taskforce for Attendant Services
TFAS works to improve healthcare equity and home and community-based services (HCBS) for people with disabilities through its various campaigns. Meetings take place on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 1:30pm-3pm. Meetings are hybrid. You can attend in person at Access Living or via Zoom. Zoom InformationLink to Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 889 8874 2609Passcode: AL2024 Join the […]
Advance Your Leadership Power
Online – ZoomAdvance Your Leadership Power meets on the first, third, and fifth (when applicable) Tuesdays of every month. All are welcome to join; AYLP members are people with disabilities, social justice advocates, and allies. At present, AYLP meetings take place on Zoom. Please contact Candace Coleman to get the link to the meeting.
Taskforce for Attendant Services
TFAS works to improve healthcare equity and home and community-based services (HCBS) for people with disabilities through its various campaigns. Meetings take place on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 1:30pm-3pm. Meetings are hybrid. You can attend in person at Access Living or via Zoom. Zoom InformationLink to Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 889 8874 2609Passcode: AL2024 Join the […]
Power to the People
The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.