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SUMMARY:Disability Justice Grounded Birthwork: Virtual Series
DESCRIPTION:Disability Justice Grounded Birthwork – Starting Friday March 20th\, 2026\, 12 – 2:30pm CST via Zoom \nis a:\n12 week series (10 weeks of content; 2 weeks of community building) on the intersections of Disability Justice and Reproductive Justice. We will immerse ourselves in the origins of eugenics and how it has shaped the medical industrial complex and policing we see today. Then we will ground in how the MIC and policing have shaped and sustain the current ableist and hostile state of reproductive care and anti-bodily autonomy. We will take considerable time centering the most and multi marginalized folks navigating these systems and communities. We will round this experience out with how to do this work mindfully\, equitably and sustainably\, while centering care. \nThis is for: All birthworkers\, doulas\, birthkeepers and folks who do reproductive care and support. Abortion\, Birth\, Fertility\, Grief & Loss\, Postpartum and more. While this series is centered on the full spectrum of birth and reproductive care workers\, it is also open to parents and caregivers and I encourage you to sign up! \nWe have 4 AMAZING queer and trans Black covid cautious Birth and Reproductive care workers as community facilitators \nWe got ASL\, CART (live transcription) and Captions \nWe have 30\, Thirty!?\, yes THIRTY full scholarships for:\n– Black and Indigenous Disabled Birthworkers and/or Parents\n– Disabled\, DEAF/Hard of Hearing\, and/or Blind/Low Vision folks/careworkers\n– Just email me: rise@riotousroots.com \nWhat’s the line up you ask? \nWeek 1: Grounding: Disability Justice\, Reproductive Justice\, Disability\, Ableism and Access!\nWeek 2: Interrupting Ableism and AntiBlackness: Internally and Intuitionally\nWeek 3: Impacts of Environmental and Global Injustice on Reproductive Health\nWeek 4: Protecting Disabled\, Chronically Ill and Neurodivergent Pregnant People: Lateral Advocacy\, Harm Reduction and Carceral Systems\nWeek 5: Centering Survivorhood\nWeek 6: Break/Integration Week\nWeek 7: Reclaiming Grief\nWeek 8: Respecting Black\, Indigenous and Ancestral Cultural Practices\nWeek 9: Postpartum is Forever and PMADS Suck!\nWeek 10 : Centering Parents and Caregivers A-Z: Community is Liberation\nWeek 11: Sustaining in Community: Self Solidarity\, Accountability\, Humility and Interpersonal Connection\nWeek 12: Closing/Community \nI’m so excited to be in this 3rd year! This is still the only Birthwork course that is completely centered in Disability Justice. Not a module or brief mention. I truly believe Disability Justice is the grounded for all other justice movements! \nWill you consider joining? Sharing especially with those you think would be interested? Hyping me up? \nAgain\, the link is here below: \nhttps://riotous-roots-site-e183.thinkific.com/courses/copy-of-disability-justice-grounded-birthwork-spring-2026 \nHope to hear from you <3\n~ Rise \n  \nAccessibility: ASL Interpretation\, CART (live transcription)\, and Captioning \nWebsite: https://riotous-roots-site-e183.thinkific.com/courses/copy-of-disability-justice-grounded-birthwork-spring-2026
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ORGANIZER;CN="Riotous Roots":MAILTO:rise@riotousroots.com
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SUMMARY:The Bi Wives Club: A Comedy Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate spring with the Bi Wives Club on April 5th! The show features a stacked lineup of Chicago’s funniest comics! Not bi? No problem. Nobody’s wife? Even better. \nThe Bi Wives Club is a comedy showcase for all outsiders who hide in plain sight. Playful\, intimate\, and hilarious—audiences praise the show’s atmosphere\, community\, and humor. It’s both one of the funniest and most energizing shows in town. \nACCESSIBILITY NOTE: this show will include ASL interpretation! Use Promo Code: ASLCLUB \n  \nJoin us on April 5th as we welcome comics Brigid Broderick\, Jess Martinez\, Queeny\, Georgia Moore and the Bi Wives themselves: Kris Lantzy\, Kayla McCaffery & Christen Manville.\nTickets are $12 in advance and $17 at the door. \nDoors open at 6pm with a one-hour happy hour before the show at 7pm. Dorothy remains open after the event until 11pm. \nDorothy is 21+ and requires physical or mobile ID for entry. Dorothy is ADA accessible with elevator access on Campbell Ave. If you are a guest who requires elevator access\, please wait by the black door on Campbell Ave with the Dorothy logo in the window and call staff to assist at 773-770-3799. \nPlease note: refund requests are only available until 24h before the event (4/4\, 7pm). No other refund requests will be honored. \nFollow the Bi Wives Club on Instagram at @theBiWivesClub to see full performer bios and future show announcements. \nABOUT THE COMEDIANS \nBRIGID BRODERICK is a very young gay comedian from Chicago. Her absurd stream of consciousness musical comedy and characters explore the inner lives of tiny animals\, southern cheerleaders\, and also gay guys. It’s kind of likeeeee what if a girl was actually a clownish mouse? What then? Ya know? A pillar of the community\, you can catch her performing at Color Club\, Cafe Mustache\, Dorothy\, Empty Bottle\, Sleeping Village\, and mostly anyplace that has a light up old style sign outside. She hopes to one day become a contestant on Traitors or a wife. \nJESS MARTINEZ (she/they) is a Chicago-based writer\, comedian\, and actor who enjoys making audiences laugh as she genuinely tries to make sense of the world around her. She fell in love with comedy when she discovered Comedy Central specials in the early 2000s. Comedians like Mitch Hedberg\, Mike Birbiglia\, and Maria Bamford made such a lasting impression that she eventually found herself on stage in 2017. Her meticulous approach to projects on and off the stage led her to shape prominent productions like The Moth StorySLAM Chicago\, Las Locas Comedy\, and the Latina Comedy Festival. Jess is now a Tía at Tus Tías Productions\, a cast member of the Ratas de dos Patas comedy collective\, and owner of Bright Noodle Studios. \nQUEENY is a Chicago based comedian and producer. He/she/they/it can best be described as an irreverent observer and is also the producer of the Windy City Comedy Fest. \nGEORGIA MOORE is a young up and coming Chicago comedian!! You can catch her on Prime Time every Saturday at the Lincoln Lodge!! \nThe comedian producers of the Bi Wives Club are three bi wives (not to each other) who perform\, celebrate\, and promote joke-dense\, authentic comedy. KRIS LANTZY is a queer comic and hot mom tackling alllll ‘the issues’ through her playful comedic lens\, like what to do when everyone thinks your wife is your sister? CHRISTEN MANVILLE has an unmatched ability to inhabit discordant perspectives with ease. She is the ideal date for an X-rated experimental puppet show and your grandmother’s 80th birthday party. KAYLA MCCAFFREY is an actor\, comedian\, and improvisor as well as a newlywed wife\, inner child nurturer\, and vegan dog mom. Kayla jumps between her too-many roles with ease and throws her whole heart into everything she does.
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/the-bi-wives-club-a-comedy-showcase/
LOCATION:Dorothy\, 2500 W Chicago Ave\, Chicago\, 60622\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dorothy":MAILTO:hello@dorothydownstairs.com
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