• Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group
    Online – Zoom

    The 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

    Cambiando Vidas
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Cambiando 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group
    Online – Zoom

    The 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

    Cambiando Vidas
    Online – Zoom

    Cambiando 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    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

    Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group
    Online – Zoom

    The 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

    Cambiando Vidas
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Cambiando 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 OlavarrĂ­a Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]

    Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Sustainable Liberation Series
    UIC Disability Cultural Center 1007 W. Harrison Street, Room 231, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    The 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

    Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group
    Online – Zoom

    The 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

    Cambiando Vidas
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Cambiando 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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 States

    Does 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

    Midwest Inclusive Dance Festival
    Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities - Field Office 2102 W. Ogden Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Join 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

    Sustainable Liberation Series
    UIC Disability Cultural Center 1007 W. Harrison Street, Room 231, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    The 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

    Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group
    Online – Zoom

    The 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

    Cambiando Vidas
    Online – Zoom

    Cambiando 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Midwest Inclusive Dance Festival
    Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities - Field Office 2102 W. Ogden Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Join 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 States

    Does 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

    Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group
    Online – Zoom

    The 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

    Cambiando Vidas
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Cambiando 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 OlavarrĂ­a Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]

    Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    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 States

    Does 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

    Sustainable Liberation Series
    UIC Disability Cultural Center 1007 W. Harrison Street, Room 231, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    The 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

    Spring Peer Mental Health Support Group
    Online – Zoom

    The 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

    Cambiando Vidas
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Cambiando 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 IntersecciĂłn Entre InmigraciĂłn y Derechos de Los Discapacitados

    Online – Zoom

    Cambiando Vidas y Access Living te invita a un taller gratuito sobre: La IntersecciĂłn entre inmigraciĂłn y derechos de los discapacitados. El propĂłsito de la presentaciĂłn es informarle sobre los derechos legales y aprender sobre las necesidades legales que existen, para poder ofrecer en el futuro una clĂ­nica legal en la comunidad. El taller no […]

    Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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 States

    Does 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 […]

    Advance Your Leadership Power

    Advance Your Leadership Power
    Online – Zoom

    Advance 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Sustainable Liberation Series
    UIC Disability Cultural Center 1007 W. Harrison Street, Room 231, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    The 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL

    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

    Cambiando Vidas
    Online – Zoom

    Cambiando 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

    Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
    Online – Zoom

    Access 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

    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

    Cambiando Vidas
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Cambiando 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 OlavarrĂ­a Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]

    Cambiando Vidas

    Cambiando Vidas
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Cambiando 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

    Cambiando Vidas
    Online – Zoom

    Cambiando 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

    Cambiando Vidas
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Cambiando 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 OlavarrĂ­a Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]

    Power to the People

    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

    Cambiando Vidas
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Cambiando 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

    Cambiando Vidas
    Online – Zoom

    Cambiando 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

    Cambiando Vidas
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Cambiando 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 OlavarrĂ­a Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]

    Power to the People

    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

    Cambiando Vidas
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Cambiando 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

    Advance Your Leadership Power
    Online – Zoom

    Advance 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

    Cambiando Vidas
    Online – Zoom

    Cambiando 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

    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

    Cambiando Vidas
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Cambiando 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 OlavarrĂ­a Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]

    Cambiando Vidas

    Cambiando Vidas
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Cambiando 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

    Cambiando Vidas
    Online – Zoom

    Cambiando 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

    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

    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

    Advance Your Leadership Power
    Online – Zoom

    Advance 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

    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

    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

    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

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Advance Your Leadership Power
    Online – Zoom

    Advance 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

    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

    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

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    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

    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

    Online – Zoom

    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

    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 informaciĂłn está en inglĂ©s primero y en español a continuaciĂłn. 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

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    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

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    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 States

    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, […]

    Power to the People

    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

    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

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH 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 States

    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, […]

    Access Living Monthly Community Dinner | Cena Comunitaria Mensual

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    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

    Virtual Event

    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 States

    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, […]

    Taskforce for Attendant Services

    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 States

    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, […]

    Disability Fashionista: Wearable Art Group

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    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, […]

    Power to the People

    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

    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

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH 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 States

    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, […]

    [March Draft] Access Living Monthly Community Dinner | Cena Comunitaria Mensual

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    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 States

    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, […]

    Disability Fashionista: Wearable Art Group

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    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, […]

    Taskforce for Attendant Services

    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)

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    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, […]

    Power to the People

    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

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH 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 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    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

    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

    Advance Your Leadership Power
    Online – Zoom

    Advance 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

    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

    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

    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

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH 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) • […]

  • Taskforce for Attendant Services

    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

    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

    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

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH 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) • […]

  • Power to the People

    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.

    Your Story is More Than a Survival Guide Workshop Series

    Your Story is More Than a Survival Guide
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Summer Storytelling Workshop Series Before there was written language, there was story. There is something almost primal in our draw to it, in its capacity to hold us fixated and leave us transformed. From mainstream movies and TV shows, to podcasts and marketing campaigns, story, in its many iterations, is all around us in contemporary […]

    Your Story is More Than a Survival Guide Workshop Series

    Your Story is More Than a Survival Guide
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Summer Storytelling Workshop Series Before there was written language, there was story. There is something almost primal in our draw to it, in its capacity to hold us fixated and leave us transformed. From mainstream movies and TV shows, to podcasts and marketing campaigns, story, in its many iterations, is all around us in contemporary […]

    Taskforce for Attendant Services

    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 […]

    Your Story is More Than a Survival Guide Workshop Series

    Your Story is More Than a Survival Guide
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Summer Storytelling Workshop Series Before there was written language, there was story. There is something almost primal in our draw to it, in its capacity to hold us fixated and leave us transformed. From mainstream movies and TV shows, to podcasts and marketing campaigns, story, in its many iterations, is all around us in contemporary […]

    Power to the People

    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

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH 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) • […]

    Your Story is More Than a Survival Guide Workshop Series

    Your Story is More Than a Survival Guide
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Summer Storytelling Workshop Series Before there was written language, there was story. There is something almost primal in our draw to it, in its capacity to hold us fixated and leave us transformed. From mainstream movies and TV shows, to podcasts and marketing campaigns, story, in its many iterations, is all around us in contemporary […]

    Taskforce for Attendant Services

    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

    Advance Your Leadership Power
    Online – Zoom

    Advance 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.

    Your Story is More Than a Survival Guide Workshop Series

    Your Story is More Than a Survival Guide
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Summer Storytelling Workshop Series Before there was written language, there was story. There is something almost primal in our draw to it, in its capacity to hold us fixated and leave us transformed. From mainstream movies and TV shows, to podcasts and marketing campaigns, story, in its many iterations, is all around us in contemporary […]

  • Your Story is More Than a Survival Guide Workshop Series

    Your Story is More Than a Survival Guide
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Summer Storytelling Workshop Series Before there was written language, there was story. There is something almost primal in our draw to it, in its capacity to hold us fixated and leave us transformed. From mainstream movies and TV shows, to podcasts and marketing campaigns, story, in its many iterations, is all around us in contemporary […]

    Power to the People

    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

    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 […]

    Introduction to Access Living’s Survivors of Gun Violence Program

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    This event is for disabled survivors of gun violence (any age) who reside in the city of Chicago.  Please contact one of the program coordinators to RSVP if you would like to attend the event and/or to request accommodations or ASL/language interpreter services.  

    Power to the People

    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

    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

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH 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) • […]

  • Power to the People

    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

    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

    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

    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

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH 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) • […]

    Advance Your Leadership Power

    Advance Your Leadership Power
    Online – Zoom

    Advance 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.

  • Power to the People

    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

    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

    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.

    Topic of the Month: Survivors of Gun Violence

    Topic of the Month: Survivors of Gun Violence
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    This session is for people that acquired a disability due to gun violence, people who know survivors of gun violence who are looking for information and resources, and Chicago residents of any age. Please contact one of the program coordinators to RSVP if you would like to attend the event and/or to request accommodations or […]

    DRACH Meeting

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH 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) • […]

    Taskforce for Attendant Services

    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

    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

    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 […]

    Arts & Culture – The Risk Pictures: A conversation on Medical Care Relationships 

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    To commemorate Access Living’s latest art acquisition, The Risk Pictures: Dr. Stephanie Kielb, MD, we invite you to an evening conversation on the care relationships between medical providers and members of the disability community, featuring artist Riva Lehrer and Dr. Stephanie Kielb. Access info and speaker bios available at registration link.

    Arts and Culture – MadMade Print Fair

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    What is MadMade? A one-day, community-centered celebration of art, care, and collective empowerment. This is not your average craft fair. MadMade Print Fair is a mad-positive, disability-affirming space that celebrates the creative contributions of artists with lived experience of madness and mental health differences. We are building a space of connection and cultural power, one […]

    Arts and Culture – deCRIPtion workshop (in-person)

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    deCRIPtion:  storytelling and poetry workshops designed by and with disability community in mindThis month's in-person deCRIPtion takes place at Access Living during MadMade, a Mad Print Fair, where you can meet Mad artists creating all kinds of prints, find resources for mental health, catch an artist panel - all in addition to attending our workshop: the […]

    Power to the People

    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.

    Topic of the Month: Survivors of Gun Violence

    Topic of the Month: Survivors of Gun Violence
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    This session is for people that acquired a disability due to gun violence, people who know survivors of gun violence who are looking for information and resources, and Chicago residents of any age. Please contact one of the program coordinators to RSVP if you would like to attend the event and/or to request accommodations or […]

    Arts and Culture – deCRIPtion workshop (virtual)

    deCRIPtion:  storytelling and poetry workshops designed by and with disability community in mindThis month’s in-person deCRIPtion takes place at Access Living during MadMade, a Mad Print Fair, where you can meet Mad artists creating all kinds of prints, find resources for mental health, catch an artist panel – all in addition to attending our workshop: the […]

    Taskforce for Attendant Services

    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

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH 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) • […]

  • Power to the People

    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

    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

    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.

    Topic of the Month: Survivors of Gun Violence

    Topic of the Month: Survivors of Gun Violence
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    This session is for people that acquired a disability due to gun violence, people who know survivors of gun violence who are looking for information and resources, and Chicago residents of any age. Please contact one of the program coordinators to RSVP if you would like to attend the event and/or to request accommodations or […]

    deCRIPtion Workshop (in person)

    deCRIPtion Workshop (in person)
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    In-person workshop infoOur in-person workshop runs from 1-3pm with doors opening at 12:30pm. In-person workshop location: Access Living: 115 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60654Information on getting to Access Living, including parking and transit info can be found here. Register for the December workshop here

    Taskforce for Attendant Services

    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

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH 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) • […]

    deCRIPtion Workshop (virtual)

    deCRIPtion Workshop (virtual)

    Virtual WorkshopsOur virtual workshops typically run from 6PM - 8PM (CST). Register for the December workshop hereLinks will be send ahead of each workshop to those who registered via email -- please double check that your email address is accurate when you register. 

    Advance Your Leadership Power

    Advance Your Leadership Power
    Online – Zoom

    Advance 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.

  • Power to the People

    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

    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.

    Topic of the Month: Survivors of Gun Violence

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    This session is for people that acquired a disability due to gun violence, people who know survivors of gun violence who are looking for information and resources, and Chicago residents of any age. Please contact one of the program coordinators to RSVP if you would like to attend the event and/or to request accommodations or […]

    deCRIPtion Workshop (in person)

    deCRIPtion Workshop (in person)
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    In-person workshop infoOur in-person workshop runs from 1-3pm with doors opening at 12:30pm. In-person workshop location: Access Living: 115 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60654Information on getting to Access Living, including parking and transit info can be found here. 

    DRACH Meeting

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 879 5555 0715Passcode: AL2026$ --- One tap mobile +13126266799,,87955550715# US (Chicago)+13092053325,,87955550715# US Join instructions

    deCRIPtion Workshop (virtual)

    deCRIPtion Workshop (virtual)

    Virtual WorkshopsOur virtual workshops typically run from 6PM - 8PM (CST). Register for the January workshop hereLinks will be send ahead of each workshop to those who registered via email -- please double check that your email address is accurate when you register. 

  • Power to the People

    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.

    I IDENTIFY AS BLIND: Lachi in conversation with Karen Tamley

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Join us for an evening celebrating Lachi's new book, "I IDENTIFY AS BLIND: A Brazen Celebration of Disability Culture, Identity, and Power". Lachi will be in conversation with Access Living's President and CEO Karen Tamley who will moderate a conversation about the book (word is Lachi will likely sing to open up the event). Women […]

    DRACH Meeting

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 879 5555 0715Passcode: AL2026$ --- One tap mobile +13126266799,,87955550715# US (Chicago)+13092053325,,87955550715# US Join instructions

    Power to the People

    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.

    Topic of the Month: Survivors of Gun Violence

    Topic of the Month: Survivors of Gun Violence
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    This session is for people that acquired a disability due to gun violence, people who know survivors of gun violence who are looking for information and resources, and Chicago residents of any age. Please contact one of the program coordinators to RSVP if you would like to attend the event and/or to request accommodations or […]

    deCRIPtion Workshop (in person)

    deCRIPtion Workshop (in person)
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    In-person workshop infoOur in-person workshop runs from 1-3pm with doors opening at 12:30pm. In-person workshop location: Access Living: 115 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60654Information on getting to Access Living, including parking and transit info can be found here.  February 2026 deCRIPtion Registration

    Equipment Loan Social

    Grab a snack, meet the Cultural Access Collab team, and learn all about their equipment loan program! Join us on February 21st from 3:30 - 5:00pm at Access Living for a hands on tour of everything in the Cultural Access Collab's Equipment Loan Program! Their Equipment Loan offers captioning equipment, assistive listening devices, and audio description […]

    DRACH Meeting

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 879 5555 0715Passcode: AL2026$ --- One tap mobile +13126266799,,87955550715# US (Chicago)+13092053325,,87955550715# US Join instructions

    deCRIPtion Workshop (virtual)

    deCRIPtion Workshop (virtual)

    Virtual WorkshopsOur virtual workshops typically run from 6PM - 8PM (CST). Register for the February workshop hereLinks will be send ahead of each workshop to those who registered via email -- please double check that your email address is accurate when you register. 

  • Power to the People

    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.

    Being an Immigrant and Disabled in the U.S.: Defending Civil Rights Under Escalating Federal Enforcement 

    Online – Zoom

    Over the past year we have witnessed federal enforcement harms impact our disability community in deeply detrimental ways. During heightened enforcement, harms are not evenly experienced. People with disabilities may face increased risk when access needs, medications, assistive devices, communication accommodations, housing, and continuity of care are disrupted.We have seen reports of civil rights violations, […]

    DRACH Meeting

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 879 5555 0715Passcode: AL2026$ --- One tap mobile +13126266799,,87955550715# US (Chicago)+13092053325,,87955550715# US Join instructions

    Power to the People

    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.

    Topic of the Month: Survivors of Gun Violence

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    This session is for people that acquired a disability due to gun violence, people who know survivors of gun violence who are looking for information and resources, and Chicago residents of any age. Please contact one of the program coordinators to RSVP if you would like to attend the event and/or to request accommodations or […]

    deCRIPtion Workshop (in person)

    deCRIPtion Workshop (in person)
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    In-person workshop infoOur in-person workshop runs from 1-3pm with doors opening at 12:30pm. In-person workshop location: Access Living: 115 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60654Information on getting to Access Living, including parking and transit info can be found here.  February 2026 deCRIPtion Registration

    DRACH Meeting

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 879 5555 0715Passcode: AL2026$ --- One tap mobile +13126266799,,87955550715# US (Chicago)+13092053325,,87955550715# US Join instructions

    deCRIPtion Workshop (virtual)

    deCRIPtion Workshop (virtual)

    Virtual WorkshopsOur virtual workshops typically run from 6PM - 8PM (CST). Register for the February workshop hereLinks will be send ahead of each workshop to those who registered via email -- please double check that your email address is accurate when you register. 

    Unfurl: Survivals, Sorrows, and Dreaming Workshop

    Dream Liberation A Workshop with Eli Clare (hybrid: in-person and on Zoom)RSVP and get more details at https://go.uic.edu/clareworkshopUIC WLRC1200 W. Harrison Street, Suite 1700Chicago, Illinois 60607 Hosted by UIC Disability Cultural Center, Access Living, and Women & Children First Bookstore Workshop co-sponsored by UIC Women's Leadership and Resource Center

    Advance Your Leadership Power

    Advance Your Leadership Power
    Online – Zoom

    Advance 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.

    Unfurl: Survivals, Sorrows, and Dreaming Reading and Book Event

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Reading and Book Event (in-person) with Eli Clare RSVP and get more details at https://forms.gle/mWJXzo7fCFQszcYV8 Hosted by UIC Disability Cultural Center, Access Living, and Women & Children First Bookstore

  • Power to the People

    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

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 879 5555 0715Passcode: AL2026$ --- One tap mobile +13126266799,,87955550715# US (Chicago)+13092053325,,87955550715# US Join instructions

    Power to the People

    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.

    Topic of the Month: Survivors of Gun Violence

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    This session is for people that acquired a disability due to gun violence, people who know survivors of gun violence who are looking for information and resources, and Chicago residents of any age. Please contact one of the program coordinators to RSVP if you would like to attend the event and/or to request accommodations or […]

    deCRIPtion Workshop (in person)

    deCRIPtion Workshop (in person)
    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    In-person workshop infoOur in-person workshop runs from 1-3pm with doors opening at 12:30pm. In-person workshop location: Access Living: 115 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60654Information on getting to Access Living, including parking and transit info can be found here.  February 2026 deCRIPtion Registration

    DRACH Meeting

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 879 5555 0715Passcode: AL2026$ --- One tap mobile +13126266799,,87955550715# US (Chicago)+13092053325,,87955550715# US Join instructions

  • Power to the People

    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

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 879 5555 0715Passcode: AL2026$ --- One tap mobile +13126266799,,87955550715# US (Chicago)+13092053325,,87955550715# US Join instructions

    Power to the People

    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.

    Topic of the Month: Survivors of Gun Violence

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    This session is for people that acquired a disability due to gun violence, people who know survivors of gun violence who are looking for information and resources, and Chicago residents of any age. Please contact one of the program coordinators to RSVP if you would like to attend the event and/or to request accommodations or […]

    DRACH Meeting

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 879 5555 0715Passcode: AL2026$ --- One tap mobile +13126266799,,87955550715# US (Chicago)+13092053325,,87955550715# US Join instructions

    Community Wellness Event

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Join community members and volunteers for a day of connection and wellness: Registration is required to attend

  • Gather: a community quilting event honoring our disabled ancestor Alice Wong

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Come help us create Chicago community created quilt squares to send to San Francisco's Disability Cultural Center for Alice Wong's Disability Creativity Quilt. This is a drop-in event (come for as much of it as you'd like). Hybrid: Wednesday, June 3rd from 12-1pmIn-person: Wednesday, June 3rd from 12-5pm Location: Access Living in the 2nd floor conference room […]

    Power to the People

    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

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 879 5555 0715Passcode: AL2026$ --- One tap mobile +13126266799,,87955550715# US (Chicago)+13092053325,,87955550715# US Join instructions

    Accessible Juneteenth

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Join the UIC Disability Cultural Center, the Chicagoland Disabled People of Color Coalition (supported by UIC’s Institute on Disability and Human Development),Access Living and the Center for Racial and Disability Justice for the sixth annual Accessible Juneteenth, where we celebrate the Black disability community! We want to make Juneteenth a fun and accessible experience for […]

    Power to the People

    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.

    Topic of the Month: Survivors of Gun Violence

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    This session is for people that acquired a disability due to gun violence, people who know survivors of gun violence who are looking for information and resources, and Chicago residents of any age. Please contact one of the program coordinators to RSVP if you would like to attend the event and/or to request accommodations or […]

    DRACH Meeting

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 879 5555 0715Passcode: AL2026$ --- One tap mobile +13126266799,,87955550715# US (Chicago)+13092053325,,87955550715# US Join instructions

  • Power to the People

    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

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 879 5555 0715Passcode: AL2026$ --- One tap mobile +13126266799,,87955550715# US (Chicago)+13092053325,,87955550715# US Join instructions

    Power to the People

    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

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 879 5555 0715Passcode: AL2026$ --- One tap mobile +13126266799,,87955550715# US (Chicago)+13092053325,,87955550715# US Join instructions

  • Power to the People

    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

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 879 5555 0715Passcode: AL2026$ --- One tap mobile +13126266799,,87955550715# US (Chicago)+13092053325,,87955550715# US Join instructions

    Power to the People

    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.

    Topic of the Month: Emergency Supplemental Victims Fund

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    We will discuss and learn about the Emergency Supplemental Victims Fund which provides financial assistance in set amounts to survivors and their families — easing the immediate financial impact of fatal and non-fatal shooting incidents.Who is this session for? Survivors of gun violence living with a disability or anyone who knows a survivor of gun […]

    DRACH Meeting

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 879 5555 0715Passcode: AL2026$ --- One tap mobile +13126266799,,87955550715# US (Chicago)+13092053325,,87955550715# US Join instructions

  • Power to the People

    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

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 879 5555 0715Passcode: AL2026$ --- One tap mobile +13126266799,,87955550715# US (Chicago)+13092053325,,87955550715# US Join instructions

    Power to the People

    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.

    Topic of the Month: New Eclipse Community Alliance

    Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    We will discuss and learn about the programs and services provided by New Eclipse Community Alliance (NECA).Who is this session for? Survivors of gun violence living with a disability or anyone who knows a survivor of gun violence living with a disability.

    DRACH Meeting

    DRACH Meeting
    Online – Zoom

    DRACH meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month. Questions? Please contact Iliana Rivera Haven. Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 879 5555 0715Passcode: AL2026$ --- One tap mobile +13126266799,,87955550715# US (Chicago)+13092053325,,87955550715# US Join instructions