We’re doing some happy dances and celebrating a social media milestone today!
In the past week, we have seen 10 new “likes” and 15 new followers on our Facebook page! We are so excited to welcome our new community members and hope that they enjoy everything we post!
Don’t forget to submit your “floats” for the Disability Pride Parade to virtual2020parade@disabilitypride.net by May 27th to be featured in the livestream and to be entered for prizes! Here is a sneak peek of what we’re working on!
Is it Really Time? By Gerianne Hull, Read by Chelsey Joudrie
A poem about unconventional friendship, technology and changes in relationships.
The second in our series of poems written by Gerianne Hull and read by fans and friends. To help us make more videos like this, please support us by becoming a patron. Visit the link to our Patreon page and pledge as little as $1 a month. You’ll be entered into prize draws and receive a personal thank you!
Disability Pride Parade!!!
(Virtual Edition)
When: June 1st to 6th, 2020
Where: DisabilityPride.net Facebook Page
Who: any group, organization, individual, entrepreneur, artist, or any other category of persons, who holds a positive attitude on disabilities, disability issues, and disability rights
What: WIN PRIZES!!!!!!!!!!
How: in lieu of a float, submit a representational image, or a 30-SECOND video to
virtual2020parade@disabilitypride.net
no later than Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at 11:59pm
The voice of disabled people is important and badly needed, especially when it comes to how coronavirus and COVID-19 have effected how an already marginalized group, with a wide variety of needs, access healthcare, basic necessities, and other supports during this unprecedented time. If you are disabled or work with an organization that serves people with disabilities, please share your voice and fill out this survey:
“Evidence is emerging that persons with disabilities are being disproportionately affected by the Coronavirus pandemic and emergency measures being taken by governments worldwide. As governments rush to respond to the virus, it is more critical than ever to guarantee that measures taken are fully inclusive of persons with disabilities and prevent human rights violations from taking place.
With the endorsements of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Mr Dainius Pūras, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Ms Catalina Devandas Aguilar, a coalition of six disability rights organisations is today launching a major international monitoring initiative entitled “COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor” to conduct rapid independent monitoring of state measures concerning persons with disabilities. The first element of this global initiative is the launch of two surveys requesting official information from governments and requesting the testimonies of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations. The surveys aim to collect information about what states are doing to protect core rights of persons with disabilities including the rights to life, access to health and essential services.”
We are inviting any group, organization, individual, entrepreneur, artist, or any other category of persons, who holds a positive attitude on disabilities, disability issues, and disability rights, to submit a representational image, or a 30-SECONND video, to: virtual2020parade@disabilitypride.net no later than Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at 11:59pm.
We will be hosting a livestream featuring these images and videos on our Facebook page
We encourage you to be creative, imaginative, and get inspired!
There WILL be prizes!!!!!!
