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Devva Kasnitz
Mon, Jun 7, 2021 2:37 AM
Dear Community,
It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean. Well,
partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the Executive
Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a time of
crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in with the
same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me to join
the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime. As SDS
worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical disability
studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my seventh
decade.
SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever and
they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay
world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human
responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience.
I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices
based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the
base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
SDS's emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a gift of
opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience of
vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed that
notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to examine
our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural ignorance. This
dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and shortcomings and
of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to
implement a transition plan. I'm stepping away from the job but I'm not
going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I'm making
a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on speech
impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to reflect on
our history and to support new initiatives however I can best contribute.
You got this. Congratulations!
In Solidarity,
Devva
Devva Kasnitz, PhD
Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 -- devva@earthlink.net
Adj Professor, City University of New York-School of Professional
Studies-Disability Studies
Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka CA
95502 -- She/Her/Hers
Dear Community,
It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean. Well,
partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the Executive
Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a time of
crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in with the
same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me to join
the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime. As SDS
worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical disability
studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my seventh
decade.
SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever and
they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay
world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human
responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience.
I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices
based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the
base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
SDS's emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a gift of
opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience of
vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed that
notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to examine
our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural ignorance. This
dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and shortcomings and
of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to
implement a transition plan. I'm stepping away from the job but I'm not
going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I'm making
a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on speech
impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to reflect on
our history and to support new initiatives however I can best contribute.
You got this. Congratulations!
In Solidarity,
Devva
Devva Kasnitz, PhD
Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 -- devva@earthlink.net
Adj Professor, City University of New York-School of Professional
Studies-Disability Studies
Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka CA
95502 -- She/Her/Hers
EG
Elizabeth Gordon
Mon, Jun 7, 2021 3:09 AM
Thank you, Devva, for your leadership, your vision, and your dedication to
bringing into fruition the potential you saw. Sharing your wisdom,
humility, and broad embrace with us is a gift and a legacy. So glad you'll
continue to be involved. May your blanket of many colors bring you joy and
your re-orientation bring a sense of rejuvenation and adventure.
Much love and gratitude,
Elizabeth ❤️🙏
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 7:43 PM Devva Kasnitz via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Dear Community,
It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean. Well,
partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the Executive
Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a time of
crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in with the
same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me to join
the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime. As SDS
worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical disability
studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my seventh
decade.
SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever and
they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay
world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human
responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience.
I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices
based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the
base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
SDS’s emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a gift
of opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience of
vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed that
notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to
examine our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural
ignorance. This dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and
shortcomings and of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to
implement a transition plan. I’m stepping away from the job but I’m not
going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I’m
making a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on
speech impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to
reflect on our history and to support new initiatives however I can best
contribute.
You got this. Congratulations!
In Solidarity,
Devva
Devva Kasnitz, PhD
Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 -- devva@earthlink.net
Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional
Studies—Disability Studies
Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka CA
95502 -- She/Her/Hers
SDS-Discuss mailing list -- sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org
To unsubscribe send an email to sds-discuss-leave@lists.disstudies.org
Thank you, Devva, for your leadership, your vision, and your dedication to
bringing into fruition the potential you saw. Sharing your wisdom,
humility, and broad embrace with us is a gift and a legacy. So glad you'll
continue to be involved. May your blanket of many colors bring you joy and
your re-orientation bring a sense of rejuvenation and adventure.
Much love and gratitude,
Elizabeth ❤️🙏
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 7:43 PM Devva Kasnitz via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
> Dear Community,
>
> It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean. Well,
> partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the Executive
> Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a time of
> crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in with the
> same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me to join
> the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime. As SDS
> worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical disability
> studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my seventh
> decade.
>
> SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever and
> they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay
> world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human
> responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience.
> I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices
> based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the
> base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
>
> SDS’s emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a gift
> of opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience of
> vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed that
> notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to
> examine our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural
> ignorance. This dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and
> shortcomings and of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
>
> I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to
> implement a transition plan. I’m stepping away from the job but I’m not
> going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I’m
> making a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on
> speech impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to
> reflect on our history and to support new initiatives however I can best
> contribute.
>
> You got this. Congratulations!
>
> In Solidarity,
>
> Devva
>
>
>
> *Devva Kasnitz, PhD*
>
> Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 -- devva@earthlink.net
>
> Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional
> Studies—Disability Studies
>
> Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka CA
> 95502 -- She/Her/Hers
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> SDS-Discuss mailing list -- sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org
> To unsubscribe send an email to sds-discuss-leave@lists.disstudies.org
>
RR
Rayna Rapp
Mon, Jun 7, 2021 3:24 PM
Just echoing Elizabeth's appreciation, Dear Devva. You are a gem, and your
energy, creativity, wisdom nurtured this organization, this field, this
movement for justice. Sending gratitude and love, Rayna
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:11 AM Elizabeth Gordon via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Thank you, Devva, for your leadership, your vision, and your dedication to
bringing into fruition the potential you saw. Sharing your wisdom,
humility, and broad embrace with us is a gift and a legacy. So glad you'll
continue to be involved. May your blanket of many colors bring you joy and
your re-orientation bring a sense of rejuvenation and adventure.
Much love and gratitude,
Elizabeth ❤️🙏
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 7:43 PM Devva Kasnitz via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Dear Community,
It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean.
Well, partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the
Executive Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a
time of crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in
with the same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me
to join the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime.
As SDS worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical
disability studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my
seventh decade.
SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever and
they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay
world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human
responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience.
I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices
based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the
base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
SDS’s emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a gift
of opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience of
vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed that
notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to
examine our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural
ignorance. This dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and
shortcomings and of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to
implement a transition plan. I’m stepping away from the job but I’m not
going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I’m
making a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on
speech impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to
reflect on our history and to support new initiatives however I can best
contribute.
You got this. Congratulations!
In Solidarity,
Devva
Devva Kasnitz, PhD
Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 --
devva@earthlink.net
Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional
Studies—Disability Studies
Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka
CA 95502 -- She/Her/Hers
SDS-Discuss mailing list -- sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org
To unsubscribe send an email to sds-discuss-leave@lists.disstudies.org
--
Rayna Rapp, Professor
Anthropology Dept.
New York University
25 Waverly Place
New York, NY 10003
tel: 212-998-8585
Just echoing Elizabeth's appreciation, Dear Devva. You are a gem, and your
energy, creativity, wisdom nurtured this organization, this field, this
movement for justice. Sending gratitude and love, Rayna
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:11 AM Elizabeth Gordon via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
> Thank you, Devva, for your leadership, your vision, and your dedication to
> bringing into fruition the potential you saw. Sharing your wisdom,
> humility, and broad embrace with us is a gift and a legacy. So glad you'll
> continue to be involved. May your blanket of many colors bring you joy and
> your re-orientation bring a sense of rejuvenation and adventure.
>
> Much love and gratitude,
> Elizabeth ❤️🙏
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 7:43 PM Devva Kasnitz via SDS-Discuss <
> sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear Community,
>>
>> It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean.
>> Well, partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the
>> Executive Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a
>> time of crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in
>> with the same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me
>> to join the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime.
>> As SDS worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical
>> disability studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my
>> seventh decade.
>>
>> SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever and
>> they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay
>> world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human
>> responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience.
>> I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices
>> based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the
>> base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
>>
>> SDS’s emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a gift
>> of opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience of
>> vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed that
>> notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to
>> examine our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural
>> ignorance. This dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and
>> shortcomings and of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
>>
>> I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to
>> implement a transition plan. I’m stepping away from the job but I’m not
>> going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I’m
>> making a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on
>> speech impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to
>> reflect on our history and to support new initiatives however I can best
>> contribute.
>>
>> You got this. Congratulations!
>>
>> In Solidarity,
>>
>> Devva
>>
>>
>>
>> *Devva Kasnitz, PhD*
>>
>> Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 --
>> devva@earthlink.net
>>
>> Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional
>> Studies—Disability Studies
>>
>> Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka
>> CA 95502 -- She/Her/Hers
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> SDS-Discuss mailing list -- sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org
>> To unsubscribe send an email to sds-discuss-leave@lists.disstudies.org
>>
> _______________________________________________
> SDS-Discuss mailing list -- sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org
> To unsubscribe send an email to sds-discuss-leave@lists.disstudies.org
>
--
Rayna Rapp, Professor
Anthropology Dept.
New York University
25 Waverly Place
New York, NY 10003
tel: 212-998-8585
FG
Faye Ginsburg
Mon, Jun 7, 2021 4:36 PM
Joining the chorus of Devva-appreciators! Your vision, dynamism,
determination along with humor and clear understanding of what needs to be
done --- and then doing it! -- serves as a model to all of us for how to
make disability justice
happen. Spinning words and yarn!!
My profound gratitude and lots of live,
Faye
Faye Ginsburg David B. Kriser Professor of Anthropology, New York
University
https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/faculty/faye-ginsburg.html
Director, Center for Media, Culture & History https://wp.nyu.edu/cmch/
Director, Graduate Certificate Program in Culture & Media
https://as.nyu.edu/anthropology/graduate/program-in-culture-and-media.html
Co-Director, Center for Disability Studies
https://disabilitystudies.nyu.edu/nyuresources/
President, Familial Dysautonomia Foundation
https://familialdysautonomia.org/
Keynote, Royal Anthropological Institute, March 2021 (vimeo.com)
https://vimeo.com/536832699/e7c08af336
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:31 PM Rayna Rapp via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Just echoing Elizabeth's appreciation, Dear Devva. You are a gem, and
your energy, creativity, wisdom nurtured this organization, this field,
this movement for justice. Sending gratitude and love, Rayna
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:11 AM Elizabeth Gordon via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Thank you, Devva, for your leadership, your vision, and your dedication
to bringing into fruition the potential you saw. Sharing your wisdom,
humility, and broad embrace with us is a gift and a legacy. So glad you'll
continue to be involved. May your blanket of many colors bring you joy and
your re-orientation bring a sense of rejuvenation and adventure.
Much love and gratitude,
Elizabeth ❤️🙏
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 7:43 PM Devva Kasnitz via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Dear Community,
It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean.
Well, partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the
Executive Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a
time of crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in
with the same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me
to join the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime.
As SDS worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical
disability studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my
seventh decade.
SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever
and they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay
world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human
responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience.
I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices
based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the
base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
SDS’s emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a gift
of opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience of
vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed that
notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to
examine our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural
ignorance. This dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and
shortcomings and of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to
implement a transition plan. I’m stepping away from the job but I’m not
going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I’m
making a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on
speech impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to
reflect on our history and to support new initiatives however I can best
contribute.
You got this. Congratulations!
In Solidarity,
Devva
Devva Kasnitz, PhD
Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 --
devva@earthlink.net
Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional
Studies—Disability Studies
Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka
CA 95502 -- She/Her/Hers
SDS-Discuss mailing list -- sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org
To unsubscribe send an email to sds-discuss-leave@lists.disstudies.org
Joining the chorus of Devva-appreciators! Your vision, dynamism,
determination along with humor and clear understanding of what needs to be
done --- and then doing it! -- serves as a model to all of us for how to
make disability justice
happen. Spinning words and yarn!!
My profound gratitude and lots of live,
Faye
*Faye Ginsburg David B. Kriser Professor of Anthropology, New York
University
<https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/faculty/faye-ginsburg.html>*
*Director, Center for Media, Culture & History <https://wp.nyu.edu/cmch/>*
*Director, Graduate Certificate Program in Culture & Media
<https://as.nyu.edu/anthropology/graduate/program-in-culture-and-media.html>*
*Co-Director, Center for Disability Studies
<https://disabilitystudies.nyu.edu/nyuresources/>*
*President, Familial Dysautonomia Foundation
<https://familialdysautonomia.org/>*
Keynote, Royal Anthropological Institute, March 2021 (vimeo.com)
<https://vimeo.com/536832699/e7c08af336>
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:31 PM Rayna Rapp via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
> Just echoing Elizabeth's appreciation, Dear Devva. You are a gem, and
> your energy, creativity, wisdom nurtured this organization, this field,
> this movement for justice. Sending gratitude and love, Rayna
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:11 AM Elizabeth Gordon via SDS-Discuss <
> sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Devva, for your leadership, your vision, and your dedication
>> to bringing into fruition the potential you saw. Sharing your wisdom,
>> humility, and broad embrace with us is a gift and a legacy. So glad you'll
>> continue to be involved. May your blanket of many colors bring you joy and
>> your re-orientation bring a sense of rejuvenation and adventure.
>>
>> Much love and gratitude,
>> Elizabeth ❤️🙏
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 7:43 PM Devva Kasnitz via SDS-Discuss <
>> sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Community,
>>>
>>> It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean.
>>> Well, partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the
>>> Executive Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a
>>> time of crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in
>>> with the same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me
>>> to join the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime.
>>> As SDS worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical
>>> disability studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my
>>> seventh decade.
>>>
>>> SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever
>>> and they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay
>>> world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human
>>> responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience.
>>> I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices
>>> based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the
>>> base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
>>>
>>> SDS’s emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a gift
>>> of opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience of
>>> vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed that
>>> notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to
>>> examine our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural
>>> ignorance. This dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and
>>> shortcomings and of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
>>>
>>> I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to
>>> implement a transition plan. I’m stepping away from the job but I’m not
>>> going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I’m
>>> making a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on
>>> speech impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to
>>> reflect on our history and to support new initiatives however I can best
>>> contribute.
>>>
>>> You got this. Congratulations!
>>>
>>> In Solidarity,
>>>
>>> Devva
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Devva Kasnitz, PhD*
>>>
>>> Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 --
>>> devva@earthlink.net
>>>
>>> Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional
>>> Studies—Disability Studies
>>>
>>> Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka
>>> CA 95502 -- She/Her/Hers
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> SDS-Discuss mailing list -- sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org
>>> To unsubscribe send an email to sds-discuss-leave@lists.disstudies.org
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> SDS-Discuss mailing list -- sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org
>> To unsubscribe send an email to sds-discuss-leave@lists.disstudies.org
>>
>
>
> --
> Rayna Rapp, Professor
> Anthropology Dept.
> New York University
> 25 Waverly Place
> New York, NY 10003
>
> tel: 212-998-8585
> _______________________________________________
> SDS-Discuss mailing list -- sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org
> To unsubscribe send an email to sds-discuss-leave@lists.disstudies.org
>
MQ
Marion Quirici
Mon, Jun 7, 2021 4:47 PM
Thank you, Devva, for being so warm and welcoming to new scholars of
disability studies for so many years! You have given so much to this
organization and to the field. I look forward to seeing you again at
conferences! Enjoy every minute of your weaving and writing.
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:32 PM Rayna Rapp via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Just echoing Elizabeth's appreciation, Dear Devva. You are a gem, and
your energy, creativity, wisdom nurtured this organization, this field,
this movement for justice. Sending gratitude and love, Rayna
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:11 AM Elizabeth Gordon via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Thank you, Devva, for your leadership, your vision, and your dedication
to bringing into fruition the potential you saw. Sharing your wisdom,
humility, and broad embrace with us is a gift and a legacy. So glad you'll
continue to be involved. May your blanket of many colors bring you joy and
your re-orientation bring a sense of rejuvenation and adventure.
Much love and gratitude,
Elizabeth ❤️🙏
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 7:43 PM Devva Kasnitz via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Dear Community,
It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean.
Well, partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the
Executive Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a
time of crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in
with the same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me
to join the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime.
As SDS worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical
disability studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my
seventh decade.
SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever
and they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay
world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human
responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience.
I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices
based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the
base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
SDS’s emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a gift
of opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience of
vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed that
notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to
examine our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural
ignorance. This dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and
shortcomings and of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to
implement a transition plan. I’m stepping away from the job but I’m not
going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I’m
making a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on
speech impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to
reflect on our history and to support new initiatives however I can best
contribute.
You got this. Congratulations!
In Solidarity,
Devva
Devva Kasnitz, PhD
Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 --
devva@earthlink.net
Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional
Studies—Disability Studies
Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka
CA 95502 -- She/Her/Hers
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Thank you, Devva, for being so warm and welcoming to new scholars of
disability studies for so many years! You have given so much to this
organization and to the field. I look forward to seeing you again at
conferences! Enjoy every minute of your weaving and writing.
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:32 PM Rayna Rapp via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
> Just echoing Elizabeth's appreciation, Dear Devva. You are a gem, and
> your energy, creativity, wisdom nurtured this organization, this field,
> this movement for justice. Sending gratitude and love, Rayna
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:11 AM Elizabeth Gordon via SDS-Discuss <
> sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Devva, for your leadership, your vision, and your dedication
>> to bringing into fruition the potential you saw. Sharing your wisdom,
>> humility, and broad embrace with us is a gift and a legacy. So glad you'll
>> continue to be involved. May your blanket of many colors bring you joy and
>> your re-orientation bring a sense of rejuvenation and adventure.
>>
>> Much love and gratitude,
>> Elizabeth ❤️🙏
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 7:43 PM Devva Kasnitz via SDS-Discuss <
>> sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Community,
>>>
>>> It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean.
>>> Well, partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the
>>> Executive Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a
>>> time of crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in
>>> with the same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me
>>> to join the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime.
>>> As SDS worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical
>>> disability studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my
>>> seventh decade.
>>>
>>> SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever
>>> and they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay
>>> world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human
>>> responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience.
>>> I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices
>>> based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the
>>> base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
>>>
>>> SDS’s emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a gift
>>> of opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience of
>>> vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed that
>>> notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to
>>> examine our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural
>>> ignorance. This dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and
>>> shortcomings and of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
>>>
>>> I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to
>>> implement a transition plan. I’m stepping away from the job but I’m not
>>> going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I’m
>>> making a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on
>>> speech impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to
>>> reflect on our history and to support new initiatives however I can best
>>> contribute.
>>>
>>> You got this. Congratulations!
>>>
>>> In Solidarity,
>>>
>>> Devva
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Devva Kasnitz, PhD*
>>>
>>> Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 --
>>> devva@earthlink.net
>>>
>>> Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional
>>> Studies—Disability Studies
>>>
>>> Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka
>>> CA 95502 -- She/Her/Hers
>>>
>>>
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Duke University
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Cassandra Evans
Mon, Jun 7, 2021 6:16 PM
Devva! Good for you.
We will miss you at SPS and hope some of your plans include a guest appearance here and there in our classes.
May happiness abound in your new journey.
Cassandra Evans, PhD
Assistant Professor of Disability Studies
CUNY School of Professional Studies
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Thank you, Devva, for being so warm and welcoming to new scholars of disability studies for so many years! You have given so much to this organization and to the field. I look forward to seeing you again at conferences! Enjoy every minute of your weaving and writing.
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:32 PM Rayna Rapp via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.orgmailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Just echoing Elizabeth's appreciation, Dear Devva. You are a gem, and your energy, creativity, wisdom nurtured this organization, this field, this movement for justice. Sending gratitude and love, Rayna
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:11 AM Elizabeth Gordon via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.orgmailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Thank you, Devva, for your leadership, your vision, and your dedication to bringing into fruition the potential you saw. Sharing your wisdom, humility, and broad embrace with us is a gift and a legacy. So glad you'll continue to be involved. May your blanket of many colors bring you joy and your re-orientation bring a sense of rejuvenation and adventure.
Much love and gratitude,
Elizabeth ❤️🙏
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 7:43 PM Devva Kasnitz via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.orgmailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Dear Community,
It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean. Well, partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the Executive Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a time of crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in with the same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me to join the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime. As SDS worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical disability studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my seventh decade.
SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever and they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience. I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
SDS’s emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a gift of opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience of vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed that notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to examine our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural ignorance. This dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and shortcomings and of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to implement a transition plan. I’m stepping away from the job but I’m not going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I’m making a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on speech impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to reflect on our history and to support new initiatives however I can best contribute.
You got this. Congratulations!
In Solidarity,
Devva
Devva Kasnitz, PhD
Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 -- devva@earthlink.netmailto:devva@earthlink.net
Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional Studies—Disability Studies
Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka CA 95502 -- She/Her/Hers
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Devva! Good for you.
We will miss you at SPS and hope some of your plans include a guest appearance here and there in our classes.
May happiness abound in your new journey.
Cassandra Evans, PhD
Assistant Professor of Disability Studies
CUNY School of Professional Studies
On Jun 7, 2021, at 2:00 PM, Marion Quirici via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
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Thank you, Devva, for being so warm and welcoming to new scholars of disability studies for so many years! You have given so much to this organization and to the field. I look forward to seeing you again at conferences! Enjoy every minute of your weaving and writing.
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:32 PM Rayna Rapp via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org<mailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org>> wrote:
Just echoing Elizabeth's appreciation, Dear Devva. You are a gem, and your energy, creativity, wisdom nurtured this organization, this field, this movement for justice. Sending gratitude and love, Rayna
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:11 AM Elizabeth Gordon via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org<mailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org>> wrote:
Thank you, Devva, for your leadership, your vision, and your dedication to bringing into fruition the potential you saw. Sharing your wisdom, humility, and broad embrace with us is a gift and a legacy. So glad you'll continue to be involved. May your blanket of many colors bring you joy and your re-orientation bring a sense of rejuvenation and adventure.
Much love and gratitude,
Elizabeth ❤️🙏
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 7:43 PM Devva Kasnitz via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org<mailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org>> wrote:
Dear Community,
It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean. Well, partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the Executive Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a time of crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in with the same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me to join the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime. As SDS worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical disability studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my seventh decade.
SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever and they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience. I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
SDS’s emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a gift of opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience of vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed that notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to examine our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural ignorance. This dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and shortcomings and of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to implement a transition plan. I’m stepping away from the job but I’m not going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I’m making a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on speech impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to reflect on our history and to support new initiatives however I can best contribute.
You got this. Congratulations!
In Solidarity,
Devva
Devva Kasnitz, PhD
Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 -- devva@earthlink.net<mailto:devva@earthlink.net>
Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional Studies—Disability Studies
Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka CA 95502 -- She/Her/Hers
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Danilyn Rutherford
Mon, Jun 7, 2021 7:18 PM
Agreed entirely. Thank you so much, Devva, for everything you've done!
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 10:57 AM Faye Ginsburg via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Joining the chorus of Devva-appreciators! Your vision, dynamism,
determination along with humor and clear understanding of what needs to be
done --- and then doing it! -- serves as a model to all of us for how to
make disability justice
happen. Spinning words and yarn!!
My profound gratitude and lots of live,
Faye
Faye Ginsburg David B. Kriser Professor of Anthropology, New York
University
https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/faculty/faye-ginsburg.html
Director, Center for Media, Culture & History https://wp.nyu.edu/cmch/
Director, Graduate Certificate Program in Culture & Media
https://as.nyu.edu/anthropology/graduate/program-in-culture-and-media.html
Co-Director, Center for Disability Studies
https://disabilitystudies.nyu.edu/nyuresources/
President, Familial Dysautonomia Foundation
https://familialdysautonomia.org/
Keynote, Royal Anthropological Institute, March 2021 (vimeo.com)
https://vimeo.com/536832699/e7c08af336
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:31 PM Rayna Rapp via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Just echoing Elizabeth's appreciation, Dear Devva. You are a gem, and
your energy, creativity, wisdom nurtured this organization, this field,
this movement for justice. Sending gratitude and love, Rayna
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:11 AM Elizabeth Gordon via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Thank you, Devva, for your leadership, your vision, and your dedication
to bringing into fruition the potential you saw. Sharing your wisdom,
humility, and broad embrace with us is a gift and a legacy. So glad you'll
continue to be involved. May your blanket of many colors bring you joy and
your re-orientation bring a sense of rejuvenation and adventure.
Much love and gratitude,
Elizabeth ❤️🙏
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 7:43 PM Devva Kasnitz via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Dear Community,
It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean.
Well, partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the
Executive Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a
time of crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in
with the same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me
to join the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime.
As SDS worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical
disability studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my
seventh decade.
SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever
and they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay
world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human
responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience.
I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices
based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the
base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
SDS’s emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a
gift of opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience
of vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed
that notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to
examine our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural
ignorance. This dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and
shortcomings and of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to
implement a transition plan. I’m stepping away from the job but I’m not
going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I’m
making a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on
speech impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to
reflect on our history and to support new initiatives however I can best
contribute.
You got this. Congratulations!
In Solidarity,
Devva
Devva Kasnitz, PhD
Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 --
devva@earthlink.net
Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional
Studies—Disability Studies
Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka
CA 95502 -- She/Her/Hers
SDS-Discuss mailing list -- sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org
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Agreed entirely. Thank you so much, Devva, for everything you've done!
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 10:57 AM Faye Ginsburg via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
> Joining the chorus of Devva-appreciators! Your vision, dynamism,
> determination along with humor and clear understanding of what needs to be
> done --- and then doing it! -- serves as a model to all of us for how to
> make disability justice
> happen. Spinning words and yarn!!
> My profound gratitude and lots of live,
> Faye
>
>
>
>
> *Faye Ginsburg David B. Kriser Professor of Anthropology, New York
> University
> <https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/faculty/faye-ginsburg.html>*
> *Director, Center for Media, Culture & History <https://wp.nyu.edu/cmch/>*
>
> *Director, Graduate Certificate Program in Culture & Media
> <https://as.nyu.edu/anthropology/graduate/program-in-culture-and-media.html>*
> *Co-Director, Center for Disability Studies
> <https://disabilitystudies.nyu.edu/nyuresources/>*
>
> *President, Familial Dysautonomia Foundation
> <https://familialdysautonomia.org/>*
> Keynote, Royal Anthropological Institute, March 2021 (vimeo.com)
> <https://vimeo.com/536832699/e7c08af336>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:31 PM Rayna Rapp via SDS-Discuss <
> sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
>
>> Just echoing Elizabeth's appreciation, Dear Devva. You are a gem, and
>> your energy, creativity, wisdom nurtured this organization, this field,
>> this movement for justice. Sending gratitude and love, Rayna
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:11 AM Elizabeth Gordon via SDS-Discuss <
>> sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you, Devva, for your leadership, your vision, and your dedication
>>> to bringing into fruition the potential you saw. Sharing your wisdom,
>>> humility, and broad embrace with us is a gift and a legacy. So glad you'll
>>> continue to be involved. May your blanket of many colors bring you joy and
>>> your re-orientation bring a sense of rejuvenation and adventure.
>>>
>>> Much love and gratitude,
>>> Elizabeth ❤️🙏
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 7:43 PM Devva Kasnitz via SDS-Discuss <
>>> sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Community,
>>>>
>>>> It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean.
>>>> Well, partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the
>>>> Executive Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a
>>>> time of crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in
>>>> with the same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me
>>>> to join the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime.
>>>> As SDS worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical
>>>> disability studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my
>>>> seventh decade.
>>>>
>>>> SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever
>>>> and they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay
>>>> world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human
>>>> responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience.
>>>> I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices
>>>> based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the
>>>> base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
>>>>
>>>> SDS’s emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a
>>>> gift of opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience
>>>> of vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed
>>>> that notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to
>>>> examine our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural
>>>> ignorance. This dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and
>>>> shortcomings and of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
>>>>
>>>> I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to
>>>> implement a transition plan. I’m stepping away from the job but I’m not
>>>> going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I’m
>>>> making a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on
>>>> speech impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to
>>>> reflect on our history and to support new initiatives however I can best
>>>> contribute.
>>>>
>>>> You got this. Congratulations!
>>>>
>>>> In Solidarity,
>>>>
>>>> Devva
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Devva Kasnitz, PhD*
>>>>
>>>> Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 --
>>>> devva@earthlink.net
>>>>
>>>> Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional
>>>> Studies—Disability Studies
>>>>
>>>> Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka
>>>> CA 95502 -- She/Her/Hers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
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>> Anthropology Dept.
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Mon, Jun 7, 2021 8:30 PM
I am joining in the thanks and appreciation of you, Devva. Every, every good wish for the new chapter,
Amrita
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Subject: [SDS Members]Re: Devva is Moving into a New Chapter
Agreed entirely. Thank you so much, Devva, for everything you've done!
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 10:57 AM Faye Ginsburg via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.orgmailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Joining the chorus of Devva-appreciators! Your vision, dynamism, determination along with humor and clear understanding of what needs to be done --- and then doing it! -- serves as a model to all of us for how to make disability justice
happen. Spinning words and yarn!!
My profound gratitude and lots of live,
Faye
Faye Ginsburg David B. Kriser Professor of Anthropology, New York University
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On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:31 PM Rayna Rapp via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.orgmailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Just echoing Elizabeth's appreciation, Dear Devva. You are a gem, and your energy, creativity, wisdom nurtured this organization, this field, this movement for justice. Sending gratitude and love, Rayna
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:11 AM Elizabeth Gordon via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.orgmailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Thank you, Devva, for your leadership, your vision, and your dedication to bringing into fruition the potential you saw. Sharing your wisdom, humility, and broad embrace with us is a gift and a legacy. So glad you'll continue to be involved. May your blanket of many colors bring you joy and your re-orientation bring a sense of rejuvenation and adventure.
Much love and gratitude,
Elizabeth ❤️🙏
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 7:43 PM Devva Kasnitz via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.orgmailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Dear Community,
It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean. Well, partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the Executive Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a time of crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in with the same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me to join the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime. As SDS worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical disability studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my seventh decade.
SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever and they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience. I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
SDS’s emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a gift of opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience of vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed that notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to examine our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural ignorance. This dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and shortcomings and of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to implement a transition plan. I’m stepping away from the job but I’m not going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I’m making a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on speech impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to reflect on our history and to support new initiatives however I can best contribute.
You got this. Congratulations!
In Solidarity,
Devva
Devva Kasnitz, PhD
Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 -- devva@earthlink.netmailto:devva@earthlink.net
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Subject: [SDS Members]Re: Devva is Moving into a New Chapter
Agreed entirely. Thank you so much, Devva, for everything you've done!
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 10:57 AM Faye Ginsburg via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org<mailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org>> wrote:
Joining the chorus of Devva-appreciators! Your vision, dynamism, determination along with humor and clear understanding of what needs to be done --- and then doing it! -- serves as a model to all of us for how to make disability justice
happen. Spinning words and yarn!!
My profound gratitude and lots of live,
Faye
Faye Ginsburg David B. Kriser Professor of Anthropology, New York University
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/faculty/faye-ginsburg.html__;!!KGKeukY!kuelPO_WJvyNaGX2x7mlO81fGautUPHShdn39GNuf8oJb6viNhmuWwCs9Z9CvWi8$>
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On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:31 PM Rayna Rapp via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org<mailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org>> wrote:
Just echoing Elizabeth's appreciation, Dear Devva. You are a gem, and your energy, creativity, wisdom nurtured this organization, this field, this movement for justice. Sending gratitude and love, Rayna
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:11 AM Elizabeth Gordon via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org<mailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org>> wrote:
Thank you, Devva, for your leadership, your vision, and your dedication to bringing into fruition the potential you saw. Sharing your wisdom, humility, and broad embrace with us is a gift and a legacy. So glad you'll continue to be involved. May your blanket of many colors bring you joy and your re-orientation bring a sense of rejuvenation and adventure.
Much love and gratitude,
Elizabeth ❤️🙏
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 7:43 PM Devva Kasnitz via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org<mailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org>> wrote:
Dear Community,
It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean. Well, partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the Executive Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a time of crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in with the same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me to join the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime. As SDS worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical disability studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my seventh decade.
SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever and they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience. I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
SDS’s emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a gift of opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience of vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed that notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to examine our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural ignorance. This dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and shortcomings and of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to implement a transition plan. I’m stepping away from the job but I’m not going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I’m making a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on speech impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to reflect on our history and to support new initiatives however I can best contribute.
You got this. Congratulations!
In Solidarity,
Devva
Devva Kasnitz, PhD
Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 -- devva@earthlink.net<mailto:devva@earthlink.net>
Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional Studies—Disability Studies
Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka CA 95502 -- She/Her/Hers
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Peggy Perkinson
Mon, Jun 7, 2021 8:48 PM
Hola Devva!
Congratulations on your "retirement"! I echo the appreciation and good
wishes expressed by so many of your friends and colleagues. It is quite an
achievement to influence an entire field as you have. Thank you, I've
learned so much from you on so many levels. I hope we continue to cross
paths.
Con abrazos!
Peggy
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 2:57 PM Danilyn Rutherford via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Agreed entirely. Thank you so much, Devva, for everything you've done!
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 10:57 AM Faye Ginsburg via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Joining the chorus of Devva-appreciators! Your vision, dynamism,
determination along with humor and clear understanding of what needs to be
done --- and then doing it! -- serves as a model to all of us for how to
make disability justice
happen. Spinning words and yarn!!
My profound gratitude and lots of live,
Faye
Faye Ginsburg David B. Kriser Professor of Anthropology, New York
University
https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/faculty/faye-ginsburg.html
Director, Center for Media, Culture & History https://wp.nyu.edu/cmch/
Director, Graduate Certificate Program in Culture & Media
https://as.nyu.edu/anthropology/graduate/program-in-culture-and-media.html
Co-Director, Center for Disability Studies
https://disabilitystudies.nyu.edu/nyuresources/
President, Familial Dysautonomia Foundation
https://familialdysautonomia.org/
Keynote, Royal Anthropological Institute, March 2021 (vimeo.com)
https://vimeo.com/536832699/e7c08af336
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:31 PM Rayna Rapp via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Just echoing Elizabeth's appreciation, Dear Devva. You are a gem, and
your energy, creativity, wisdom nurtured this organization, this field,
this movement for justice. Sending gratitude and love, Rayna
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:11 AM Elizabeth Gordon via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Thank you, Devva, for your leadership, your vision, and your dedication
to bringing into fruition the potential you saw. Sharing your wisdom,
humility, and broad embrace with us is a gift and a legacy. So glad you'll
continue to be involved. May your blanket of many colors bring you joy and
your re-orientation bring a sense of rejuvenation and adventure.
Much love and gratitude,
Elizabeth ❤️🙏
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 7:43 PM Devva Kasnitz via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Dear Community,
It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean.
Well, partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the
Executive Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a
time of crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in
with the same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me
to join the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime.
As SDS worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical
disability studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my
seventh decade.
SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever
and they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay
world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human
responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience.
I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices
based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the
base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
SDS’s emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a
gift of opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience
of vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed
that notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to
examine our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural
ignorance. This dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and
shortcomings and of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to
implement a transition plan. I’m stepping away from the job but I’m not
going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I’m
making a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on
speech impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to
reflect on our history and to support new initiatives however I can best
contribute.
You got this. Congratulations!
In Solidarity,
Devva
Devva Kasnitz, PhD
Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 --
devva@earthlink.net
Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional
Studies—Disability Studies
Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570,
Eureka CA 95502 -- She/Her/Hers
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Hola Devva!
Congratulations on your "retirement"! I echo the appreciation and good
wishes expressed by so many of your friends and colleagues. It is quite an
achievement to influence an entire field as you have. Thank you, I've
learned so much from you on so many levels. I hope we continue to cross
paths.
Con abrazos!
Peggy
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 2:57 PM Danilyn Rutherford via SDS-Discuss <
sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
> Agreed entirely. Thank you so much, Devva, for everything you've done!
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 10:57 AM Faye Ginsburg via SDS-Discuss <
> sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
>
>> Joining the chorus of Devva-appreciators! Your vision, dynamism,
>> determination along with humor and clear understanding of what needs to be
>> done --- and then doing it! -- serves as a model to all of us for how to
>> make disability justice
>> happen. Spinning words and yarn!!
>> My profound gratitude and lots of live,
>> Faye
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Faye Ginsburg David B. Kriser Professor of Anthropology, New York
>> University
>> <https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/faculty/faye-ginsburg.html>*
>> *Director, Center for Media, Culture & History <https://wp.nyu.edu/cmch/>*
>>
>> *Director, Graduate Certificate Program in Culture & Media
>> <https://as.nyu.edu/anthropology/graduate/program-in-culture-and-media.html>*
>> *Co-Director, Center for Disability Studies
>> <https://disabilitystudies.nyu.edu/nyuresources/>*
>>
>> *President, Familial Dysautonomia Foundation
>> <https://familialdysautonomia.org/>*
>> Keynote, Royal Anthropological Institute, March 2021 (vimeo.com)
>> <https://vimeo.com/536832699/e7c08af336>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:31 PM Rayna Rapp via SDS-Discuss <
>> sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Just echoing Elizabeth's appreciation, Dear Devva. You are a gem, and
>>> your energy, creativity, wisdom nurtured this organization, this field,
>>> this movement for justice. Sending gratitude and love, Rayna
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:11 AM Elizabeth Gordon via SDS-Discuss <
>>> sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you, Devva, for your leadership, your vision, and your dedication
>>>> to bringing into fruition the potential you saw. Sharing your wisdom,
>>>> humility, and broad embrace with us is a gift and a legacy. So glad you'll
>>>> continue to be involved. May your blanket of many colors bring you joy and
>>>> your re-orientation bring a sense of rejuvenation and adventure.
>>>>
>>>> Much love and gratitude,
>>>> Elizabeth ❤️🙏
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 7:43 PM Devva Kasnitz via SDS-Discuss <
>>>> sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Community,
>>>>>
>>>>> It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean.
>>>>> Well, partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the
>>>>> Executive Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a
>>>>> time of crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in
>>>>> with the same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me
>>>>> to join the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime.
>>>>> As SDS worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical
>>>>> disability studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my
>>>>> seventh decade.
>>>>>
>>>>> SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever
>>>>> and they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay
>>>>> world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human
>>>>> responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience.
>>>>> I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices
>>>>> based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the
>>>>> base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
>>>>>
>>>>> SDS’s emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a
>>>>> gift of opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience
>>>>> of vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed
>>>>> that notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to
>>>>> examine our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural
>>>>> ignorance. This dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and
>>>>> shortcomings and of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
>>>>>
>>>>> I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to
>>>>> implement a transition plan. I’m stepping away from the job but I’m not
>>>>> going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I’m
>>>>> making a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on
>>>>> speech impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to
>>>>> reflect on our history and to support new initiatives however I can best
>>>>> contribute.
>>>>>
>>>>> You got this. Congratulations!
>>>>>
>>>>> In Solidarity,
>>>>>
>>>>> Devva
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Devva Kasnitz, PhD*
>>>>>
>>>>> Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 --
>>>>> devva@earthlink.net
>>>>>
>>>>> Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional
>>>>> Studies—Disability Studies
>>>>>
>>>>> Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570,
>>>>> Eureka CA 95502 -- She/Her/Hers
>>>>>
>>>>>
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Nirmala Erevelles
Mon, Jun 7, 2021 10:01 PM
Congratulations! and from the bottom of my heart thank you for all you have done for SDS! What a legacy you leave for the young ones. Warmest regards
Nirmala
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nobodies: the no ones, the nobodied, running like rabbits,
dying through life, screwed every which way....
The nobodies, who are not worth the bullet that kills them.
Eduardo Galleano
Disability and Difference in Global Context: Towards a Transformative Body Politic
https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9780230100183
From: Peggy Perkinson via SDS-Discuss sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org
Sent: Monday, June 7, 2021 3:48 PM
To: Danilyn Rutherford danilynrutherford@gmail.com
Cc: Faye Ginsburg faye.ginsburg@nyu.edu; Rayna Rapp rayna.rapp@nyu.edu; Elizabeth Gordon egordon@ses.gtu.edu; Devva Kasnitz devva@earthlink.net; sds-discuss sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [SDS Members]Re: Devva is Moving into a New Chapter
Hola Devva!
Congratulations on your "retirement"! I echo the appreciation and good wishes expressed by so many of your friends and colleagues. It is quite an achievement to influence an entire field as you have. Thank you, I've learned so much from you on so many levels. I hope we continue to cross paths.
Con abrazos!
Peggy
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 2:57 PM Danilyn Rutherford via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.orgmailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Agreed entirely. Thank you so much, Devva, for everything you've done!
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 10:57 AM Faye Ginsburg via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.orgmailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Joining the chorus of Devva-appreciators! Your vision, dynamism, determination along with humor and clear understanding of what needs to be done --- and then doing it! -- serves as a model to all of us for how to make disability justice
happen. Spinning words and yarn!!
My profound gratitude and lots of live,
Faye
Faye Ginsburg David B. Kriser Professor of Anthropology, New York University
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On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:31 PM Rayna Rapp via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.orgmailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Just echoing Elizabeth's appreciation, Dear Devva. You are a gem, and your energy, creativity, wisdom nurtured this organization, this field, this movement for justice. Sending gratitude and love, Rayna
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:11 AM Elizabeth Gordon via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.orgmailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Thank you, Devva, for your leadership, your vision, and your dedication to bringing into fruition the potential you saw. Sharing your wisdom, humility, and broad embrace with us is a gift and a legacy. So glad you'll continue to be involved. May your blanket of many colors bring you joy and your re-orientation bring a sense of rejuvenation and adventure.
Much love and gratitude,
Elizabeth ❤️🙏
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 7:43 PM Devva Kasnitz via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.orgmailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org> wrote:
Dear Community,
It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean. Well, partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the Executive Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a time of crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in with the same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me to join the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime. As SDS worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical disability studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my seventh decade.
SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever and they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience. I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
SDS’s emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a gift of opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience of vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed that notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to examine our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural ignorance. This dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and shortcomings and of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to implement a transition plan. I’m stepping away from the job but I’m not going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I’m making a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on speech impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to reflect on our history and to support new initiatives however I can best contribute.
You got this. Congratulations!
In Solidarity,
Devva
Devva Kasnitz, PhD
Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 -- devva@earthlink.netmailto:devva@earthlink.net
Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional Studies—Disability Studies
Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka CA 95502 -- She/Her/Hers
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Congratulations! and from the bottom of my heart thank you for all you have done for SDS! What a legacy you leave for the young ones. Warmest regards
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Fleas dream of buying themselves a dog, and nobodies dream
of escaping poverty....
The nobodies: nobody's children, owners of nothing. The
nobodies: the no ones, the nobodied, running like rabbits,
dying through life, screwed every which way....
The nobodies, who are not worth the bullet that kills them.
Eduardo Galleano
Disability and Difference in Global Context: Towards a Transformative Body Politic
https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9780230100183
________________________________
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Sent: Monday, June 7, 2021 3:48 PM
To: Danilyn Rutherford <danilynrutherford@gmail.com>
Cc: Faye Ginsburg <faye.ginsburg@nyu.edu>; Rayna Rapp <rayna.rapp@nyu.edu>; Elizabeth Gordon <egordon@ses.gtu.edu>; Devva Kasnitz <devva@earthlink.net>; sds-discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [SDS Members]Re: Devva is Moving into a New Chapter
Hola Devva!
Congratulations on your "retirement"! I echo the appreciation and good wishes expressed by so many of your friends and colleagues. It is quite an achievement to influence an entire field as you have. Thank you, I've learned so much from you on so many levels. I hope we continue to cross paths.
Con abrazos!
Peggy
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 2:57 PM Danilyn Rutherford via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org<mailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org>> wrote:
Agreed entirely. Thank you so much, Devva, for everything you've done!
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 10:57 AM Faye Ginsburg via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org<mailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org>> wrote:
Joining the chorus of Devva-appreciators! Your vision, dynamism, determination along with humor and clear understanding of what needs to be done --- and then doing it! -- serves as a model to all of us for how to make disability justice
happen. Spinning words and yarn!!
My profound gratitude and lots of live,
Faye
Faye Ginsburg David B. Kriser Professor of Anthropology, New York University
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On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 12:31 PM Rayna Rapp via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org<mailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org>> wrote:
Just echoing Elizabeth's appreciation, Dear Devva. You are a gem, and your energy, creativity, wisdom nurtured this organization, this field, this movement for justice. Sending gratitude and love, Rayna
On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:11 AM Elizabeth Gordon via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org<mailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org>> wrote:
Thank you, Devva, for your leadership, your vision, and your dedication to bringing into fruition the potential you saw. Sharing your wisdom, humility, and broad embrace with us is a gift and a legacy. So glad you'll continue to be involved. May your blanket of many colors bring you joy and your re-orientation bring a sense of rejuvenation and adventure.
Much love and gratitude,
Elizabeth ❤️🙏
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 7:43 PM Devva Kasnitz via SDS-Discuss <sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org<mailto:sds-discuss@lists.disstudies.org>> wrote:
Dear Community,
It is with mixed emotions that I embrace what retirement might mean. Well, partially. Over five years ago I was drafted into the job of the Executive Director of my beloved Society for Disability Studies. This was a time of crisis for SDS. We faced legal and financial cleavages. I dove in with the same lack of hesitation as I did in 1984 when Irv Zola invited me to join the Board of what became SDS. It has been the ride of a lifetime. As SDS worked to create disability studies, and then to defend critical disability studies, I had a treasured experience of personal growth into my seventh decade.
SDS is strong now. SDS is solvent now. SDS has more members than ever and they are young and eager. As you ponder all the decisions that underlay world discussions of a new and more democratized social structure and human responsibilities to the natural world, I will lend my voice and experience. I also look forward to cheering on SDS to make increasingly better choices based on the fullest possible engagement of our members and to extend the base of that membership in needed and perhaps some unexpected ways.
SDS’s emergence from this pandemic stronger than we entered it is a gift of opportunity. While many people assumed that a pandemic experience of vulnerability trumps exercising creative disability power, we eschewed that notion. At the same time SDS also took a deep and unfinished dive to examine our complicity in structural racism and some true cultural ignorance. This dynamic push-pull of our recognition of our successes and shortcomings and of our speaking and listening can be a source of strength.
I look forward to working with the leadership over the next months to implement a transition plan. I’m stepping away from the job but I’m not going anywhere except between my spinning wheels and my computer. I’m making a huge blanket of many colors of natural wool and writing a book on speech impairment. I will be an active volunteer member of SDS ready to reflect on our history and to support new initiatives however I can best contribute.
You got this. Congratulations!
In Solidarity,
Devva
Devva Kasnitz, PhD
Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 -- devva@earthlink.net<mailto:devva@earthlink.net>
Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional Studies—Disability Studies
Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka CA 95502 -- She/Her/Hers
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