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    • A teal-and-cream flyer titled “Community Wellness Event” promotes an event at Access Living. Event details read: Thursday, May 28th, 9:30 AM–2:30 PM, at Access Living. A list invites community members and volunteers to a day of connection and wellness, including wellness kits, mobility device washing, a game room with bingo and yard games, lunch, and an arts and crafts room. A red note states that registration is required to attend. The design includes two circular photos: one shows the modern glass-front Access Living building, and the other shows Access Living staff wearing purple shirts. Logos for Access Living and Chicago Cares appear at the bottom.

    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

    • Utilizing brightly colored paper cut outs of the pink “red line drawing of a Chinese ancestral altar. There are peonies in a vase, a portrait of Alice Wong, incense, and a vase of poppies. Decadent tiers of food are in front of Alice’s portrait: peach slices, basket of fries, dumplings, champagne glasses,” alt text and imagery from the cover of the celebration of life zine artwork @byfelicialiang, cut out words in yellow paper of #DISABLED, RAGE, and CARE taken from the hashtag Disabled Rage artist project by @finneganshann0n and @disabilityvisibility (in reference to @chrisunkim’s Deaf Rage), and on the bottom right corner the tiger copyright exxorian/Getty Images from the cover design by @maddie.gif for Year of the Tiger, Alice Wong’s memoir. Flyer by @ameliamariewoo. There is a colorful logo from @rebirthgarments. There is another colorful logo in script from @queer.quilting.chi. There is a QR code with @accessliving’s logo in the center to sign up.

    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 […]

    Group of disability advocates gathered around table. White text reads, "Power to the People."

    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.

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

    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

    Save-the-date sign for Accessible Juneteenth. A vibrant collage on a red patterned background features Black disabled performers and activists, Chicago landmarks including the Sears Tower, Wrigley Building, and The Bean, leaves, violet flowers, and the blue, red, and white-starred Juneteenth flag. Large white text reads “Accessible Juneteenth.” Event details: June 16, 2026, from 4:00 to 7:30 PM at Access Living, 115 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60654. Logos for Access Living, the Chicagoland Disabled People of Color Coalition, the UIC Disability Cultural Center, and the Center for Racial and Disability Justice appear at the bottom.

    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 […]

    Group of disability advocates gathered around table. White text reads, "Power to the People."

    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 […]

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

    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

    • Group of disability advocates gathered around table. White text reads, "Power to the People."

    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.