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Inclusive Dance Workshop Series

Event Series Inclusive Dance Workshop Series
Online – Zoom

It's time for the Fall 2022 Inclusive Dance Workshop Series! The series is a weekly Wednesday gathering of movers of all bodies, minds and experience levels. Each session, different facilitators and guest artists lead the group through an exploration of dance-making tools, dance techniques, and improvisational exercises, from ballet to improvisation to voguing. The workshops […]

Graphic with Access Living and Women and Children First logos, pictures of Akemi Nishida and Ashley Volion, and the cover of the book Just Care. Text reads, "Access Living and Women and Children First present a virtual celebration of "Just Care: Messy Entanglements of Disability, Dependency, and Desire" Author Akemi Nishida in discussion with Ashley Volion. Wednesday, November 16, 7PM CT, ASL and CART provided."

Just Care by Akemi Nishida

Virtual Event

Join Access Living and Women & Children First for a virtual event celebrating Just Care: Messy Entanglements of Disability, Dependency, and Desire by Akemi Nishida. For this event, Akemi will be joined in conversation by Ashley Volion. This event will be held via Zoom Webinar by Access Living. ASL and live captioning will be provided. If you need additional […]

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Mental Health Support Group

Event Series Mental Health Support Group
Virtual Event

The Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting.Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC and SAIC art therapy graduate student, Amy Bernard, this group is meant to offer […]

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Cambiando Vidas

Event Series 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 Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]

A purple graphic that reads, "DRACH: Disability Rights Action Coalition for Housing"

DRACH Organizing Meeting

Event Series DRACH Organizing Meeting
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

The Disability Rights Action Coalition for Housing (DRACH) meets throughout the month. DRACH meetings are open to all; members are people with disabilities, people experiencing homelessness, and community allies. Attend via Zoom. **If you have technical difficulties with joining the Zoom meeting, please contact Cathleen O'Brien. Join Zoom Meeting Here Meeting ID: 824 9904 7906 […]

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Taskforce for Attendant Services

Event Series Taskforce for Attendant Services
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Taskforce for Attendant Services (TFAS) is made up of consumers with disabilities and personal assistants (PAs). Together, members organize and advocate for programs or campaigns that support personal care workers and independent living for people with disabilities. Contact Ryan McGraw with questions or to request an accommodation. How to attend: Join this TFAS meeting via […]