Dear All, The marvelous Patricia AKA Radiowalker, has blessed us with the first issue of a new newsletter. Since Judy Heumann’s death, we have rallied to the cause of a national disability movement museum and allied projects important to her. People are volunteering to help with the puzzle pieces. May this newsletter flourish. Send your positive criticism and content contributions to radiowalker@gmail.com <mailto:radiowalker@gmail.com> . Stay tuned for the launch of a disability movement calendar of activities! <https://us21.campaign-archive.com/?e=__test_email__&u=d774ea88ff10ca6c3ee216f74&id=f0e3a82adf> View this email in your browser <https://mcusercontent.com/d774ea88ff10ca6c3ee216f74/images/5b6a3a3d-1a5b-3600-60d8-6ddb8c946ad4.jpg> This Week in Disability History & Culture From the National Disability History and Culture Project Historical Marker How the Black Panthers Supported the 1977 504 Sit-in in San Francisco <https://mcusercontent.com/d774ea88ff10ca6c3ee216f74/images/78a13329-c595-a247-dc98-ea1ab0fd5237.jpg> (Image courtesy of Billy X Jennings: <https://us21.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itsabouttimebpp.com%2Findex_2.html&xid=61a1f7a38a&uid=190933502&iid=f0e3a82adf&pool=cts&v=2&c=1683511734&h=607a37e70d8697b583e62fa3ca1bf024eab03c775f3846c90d6a27da792e008a> Black Panther Party Archives) In April 1977, disability activists around the country held protests to fight for the passage of Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. The largest and longest protest was held in San Francisco at the federal building, which disability activists occupied for 26 days. Security tried to block anyone else from coming in the building after the protesters had occupied it, but the Black Panther party was able to get in and deliver food. <https://us21.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdisabilityhistory.org%2F2021%2F12%2F19%2Fthe-504-protests-and-the-black-panther-party%2F&xid=61a1f7a38a&uid=190933502&iid=f0e3a82adf&pool=cts&v=2&c=1683511734&h=1221c2660838c30f089caa64fb2ca4fa3f789a7adc67f21da91a7805c6f345f1> Read more. “Black Panthers saved the 504 sit-in.” - <https://us21.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcorbettotoole.com%2F&xid=61a1f7a38a&uid=190933502&iid=f0e3a82adf&pool=cts&v=2&c=1683511734&h=17a632ea74607f6ee664d35cf208fbd29814c6fbf7387cbbe85bfe2cf8f85a42> Corbett O’Toole, participant in the 1977 504 protest in San Francisco More Information about the Black Panthers and 504: * <https://us21.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2020%2F07%2F08%2Fobituaries%2Fbrad-lomax-overlooked.html&xid=61a1f7a38a&uid=190933502&iid=f0e3a82adf&pool=cts&v=2&c=1683511734&h=8e90249a6c06c9ebbb715f67271ed935fcdc5c9829dc8f89347906e36949c4b5> Overlooked No More: Brad Lomax, a Bridge Between Civil Rights Movements, New York Times, July 8, 2020 * <https://us21.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dukeupress.edu%2Fblack-disability-politics&xid=61a1f7a38a&uid=190933502&iid=f0e3a82adf&pool=cts&v=2&c=1683511734&h=0c2143e30d60ce40599c5374998470d447eef3b4147e594e057128a1733de91b> Black Disability Politics, a book by Sami Schalk Disability Culture Corner Christine Sun Kim is an American sound artist working predominantly in drawing, performance, and video. Kim considers how sound operates in society. Musical notation, written language, American Sign Language, and the use of the body are all recurring elements in her work. <https://us21.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQ7vtvDbd2mw&xid=61a1f7a38a&uid=190933502&iid=f0e3a82adf&pool=cts&v=2&c=1683511734&h=f4ad9d89eb2affb1ecfe2ae5c418be85a544b6ff05dd150114c1539e6f3de66e> Deaf artist Christine Sun Kim explores the social rules of sound What we’re Reading, Watching, Listening to... To Hold the Grief & the Growth1: On Crip Ecologies, by Kay Ulanday Barrett Poet, performer, and educator Kay Ulanday Barrett is the author of the poetry collections When The Chant Comes (Topside Press, 2016) and More Than Organs (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2020), which is a Lambda Literary Award Finalist and Stonewall Honor Award Book. Their poems also appear in the anthologies Subject To Change (2017), Outside the XY: Queer Black & Brown Masculinity (2016), and Writing the Walls Down: A Convergence of LGBTQ Voices (2015), and in magazines such as The Margins and EOAGH. <https://us21.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.poetryfoundation.org%2Fpoetrymagazine%2Farticles%2F156938%2Fto-hold-the-grief-the-growth1-on-crip-ecologies&xid=61a1f7a38a&uid=190933502&iid=f0e3a82adf&pool=cts&v=2&c=1683511734&h=ad179ebe1a9d2cd0f354368ceb4fb86e9de8d025945420e1e73526a440e4b6dc> Read the article in the <https://us21.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.poetryfoundation.org%2Fpoetrymagazine%2Farticles%2F156938%2Fto-hold-the-grief-the-growth1-on-crip-ecologies&xid=61a1f7a38a&uid=190933502&iid=f0e3a82adf&pool=cts&v=2&c=1683511734&h=ad179ebe1a9d2cd0f354368ceb4fb86e9de8d025945420e1e73526a440e4b6dc> Poetry Magazine The Power and Art of AAC: Disrupting Racism, Ableism, and Oppression On June 20, 2022, CommunicationFIRST Policy Director Bob Williams, and CommunicationFIRST Advisory Council member Devva Kasnitz moderated this 90-minute online event with CommunicationFIRST Board member Lateef McLeod and Advisory Council member DJ Savarese. The event generated a lot of interest, with over 250 people registered from at least 29 different US states and 15 different countries, including Tanzania, Chile, Singapore, and Croatia. <https://us21.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunicationfirst.org%2Fthe-power-and-art-of-aac%2F&xid=61a1f7a38a&uid=190933502&iid=f0e3a82adf&pool=cts&v=2&c=1683511734&h=3baefef771c3e0543bfcf72228872031d27502b4169820556e07778011389dbc> Watch the video, listen to audio, or read the text transcript. Update on the project The National Disability History and Culture Project formed in March 2023 after the death of disability rights activist Judy Heumann. Our goal is to compile an online database of disability archives and resources; preserve physical collections; continue disability history research and oral histories; and disseminate disability history both online and in a physical space. We have met as a large group two times and are in the process of reaching out to a wider more diverse group of disability rights and justice historians and activists and define what activities need to take place to move our vision forward. One of the activities is to establish a National Museum of Disability History & Culture at the Smithsonian in DC. The planning committee has been meeting for over three years. Their activities include drafting a bill that will be introduced in Congress, establishing a steering committee, and research and outreach regarding funding. How to get involved or support * Join our <https://us21.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fg%2Fdisability-rights-museum%2F&xid=61a1f7a38a&uid=190933502&iid=f0e3a82adf&pool=cts&v=2&c=1683511734&h=10be9b6f729f81e839cb939c9e66c4b997ac5b698f7bd3c755c955c63926c6f5> Google groups list. * The project is seeking funds to conduct online listening groups and to develop a website to share our resources. 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