Past Events

 
  • 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. 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) • […]

    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 […]