Call for Art, Films, & Writing for 2024 UnConference
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Are you a disabled artist, filmmaker, or writer or someone who makes work about disability? Are you interested in having your work shown? The Institute of Critical Disability Studies (ICDS) and the Disability Outreach Center (DOC) are looking for work to display as part of this year's Disability Studies and Action Collaborative UnConference programming. 2024 UnConference is October 19th and 20th, with programming running 9am-5pm both days. ICDS and the DOC are hoping to collaborate to have a small celebration and art showing Friday the 18th, before UnConference begins. This could include visual art such as paintings, drawings, or sculpture to be displayed on the walls. We are also welcoming short films in a small film festival showing or pieces of writing and poetry. We want to create a space to show and share disabled artists' work. Please reach out to either icds@wwu.edu or doc.education@wwu.edu if you are interested in being a part of this showing, and please feel free to share this with anyone else you think may be interested!
Disability Action Month
Disability Action Month is Western Washington University’s month-long celebration for our disabled community. Throughout October, the Disability Access Center and Disability Outreach Center, in collaboration with our partners such as the Institute for Critical Disability Studies and the Career Services Center, will have a variety of events and programs for students, faculty, and staff. We invite everyone to celebrate our disabled community and continue to learn about the issues we face and how we can make Western and the rest of the world a more accessible place. For its inaugural year, this year’s theme for Disability Action Month is ‘Disability Justice in Action.’ Events during Disability Action Month include the raising of the disability pride flag on the University flagpoles, an Accessibility 101 workshop, The Centers Lunch and Learn: Disability, the Job Search, Employment, and You!, Disability Studies and Action Collaborative (DSAC) UnConference including a keynote speech and disability pop-up mini-fest featuring a student film produced by the Disability Outreach Center, and more!
Other Disability Action Month events:
- Accessibility 101
- The Centers Community Lunches: Disability, the Job Search, Employment, and You!
- UnConference Keynote & Art Exhibit (more details coming soon)
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AA/EO. Accessibility Statement: This event is intended for all participants including those with apparent or non-apparent disabilities. For disability accommodation(s) (such as ASL interpretation or TypeWell transcription), please contact Axel.Cichocki@wwu.edu. Advanced notice is appreciated and sometimes necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. Masks are strongly encouraged and will be available at entrances and upon request. WWU Flag Plaza is on South Campus Drive located between Wade King Student Recreation Center and the Academic Institutional West building. Please refer to the Campus Map and select the ‘Accessibility’ filter for information about the nearest accessible doors, elevators, walkways, routes, and parking spots and refer to the reflection and meditation spaces page for low-sensory spaces on campus.