---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Cristina Gros <cgros@uchicago.edu> Date: Thu, May 4, 2023 at 2:01 PM Subject: Monday 5/8 @12:30 pm CST (Zoom option added) - The Power of Lived Experience: Participatory Action Research by Disabled People in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan To: Crown School Staff <staff@crownschool.uchicago.edu>, Crown School Students <students@crownschool.uchicago.edu>, Crown School Faculty, Senior Lecturers and Instructional Professors <faculty@crownschool.uchicago.edu> *The Power of Lived Experience: * *Participatory Action Research by Disabled People * *in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan* *Monday, May 8, 2023* Time: 12:30pm-1:30pm CST Location: Edith Abbott Hall – 969 E. 60 <https://www.google.com/maps/search/969+E.+60?entry=gmail&source=g>th Street, Chicago IL 60637 Room WIII Live Zoom option added HERE <https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/95672213365?pwd=SThDMktEL0t6Q0dVcWpKb1NIQWdHZz09&from=addon> *Lunch will be provided , but registration is required.* *Please register here <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/forms.gle/FdmwdnZynUC9uiVFA__;!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!5AyvxCsVcxjPUlYtupR8nzWKdljHEbhF8PwqqgXMuVKI0mmsroR-mEz8_mupzZv1d8NVzObbIrU7RzALs8Y$>.* Since 2018 the U-Lead East Asia Disability Rights Forum has run an experimental project that puts the lived experience of disabled people at the heart of the research process. The project challenges traditional paradigms, supporting disabled individuals to conduct research which can be meaningful and catalytic to them and their communities. This is a radical approach which critiques academic hierarchies and questions the power dynamics which often characterize disability research. *Presenter: Stephen Hallett* Stephen is Chair of the UK charities China Vision and Ability Beyond Borders, project manager of the U-Lead East Asia Disability Rights Forum and a Visiting Professor at the School of Law, University of Leeds. After graduating in Chinese Studies from the University of Leeds in 1983, he spent most of the next four decades living, working and studying in China. He produced TV and radio documentaries about life and culture in the PRC, before moving into the field of disability and human rights. Stephen’s own progressive sight loss gave him a strong affinity with visually impaired and other disabled people in China. In 1999 he jointly established China Vision, a UK-based charity committed to supporting the rights of disabled people in the PRC. Since then Stephen has developed and supported numerous grassroots disability rights projects, including radio production by blind journalists, preschool inclusion and monitoring of the UN CRPD by disability rights activists. Since 2018 he has been supporting participatory action research by disabled people in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, through the U-Lead East Asia Disability Rights Forum. Event organized in collaboration with Crown Family School Professor Zhiying Ma and Program Manager Zhen Ni, and generously sponsored by: *Cristina Gros* *Assistant Director for International Programs * *Crown Family School of* <https://www.google.com/maps/search/969+E.+60th+St.+Chicago,+IL+60637+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+United+States+of+America?entry=gmail&source=g> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/969+E.+60th+St.+Chicago,+IL+60637+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+United+States+of+America?entry=gmail&source=g> *Social Work, Policy, and Practice *The University of Chicago 969 E. 60th <https://www.google.com/maps/search/969+E.+60th+St.+Chicago,+IL+60637+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+United+States+of+America?entry=gmail&source=g> St. <https://www.google.com/maps/search/969+E.+60th+St.+Chicago,+IL+60637+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+United+States+of+America?entry=gmail&source=g> Chicago, IL 60637 <https://www.google.com/maps/search/969+E.+60th+St.+Chicago,+IL+60637+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+United+States+of+America?entry=gmail&source=g> United States of America <https://www.google.com/maps/search/969+E.+60th+St.+Chicago,+IL+60637+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+United+States+of+America?entry=gmail&source=g> T 773.702.7107 cgros@uchicago.edu https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/global-focus Pronouns: she/her/hers -- Zhiying Ma Assistant Professor Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice University of Chicago Pronouns: she, her, hers Office Hours: https://calendly.com/zhiyingma/zhiying-ma-office-hours https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/crownscholars/z-ma <https://www.ssa.uchicago.edu/ssascholars/z-ma>