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Disability Justice Grounded Birthwork: Virtual Series

Zoom

Disability Justice Grounded Birthwork - Starting Friday March 20th, 2026, 12 - 2:30pm CST via Zoom is a: 12 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 […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • English Captioning
  • Live captioned by CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) services
  • Virtual
  • Virtual Event

A Seat at the Table: Accessibility at Film Festivals Webinar Series

Zoom

Film Festival Alliance invites you to join a new webinar series exploring the experience of disabled patrons at film festivals, and the real impact that good (and bad) accessibility can have on that experience. This series is free and open to all, though registration is required. Structured around the theme of a dinner party, each […]

  • Captioning
  • English Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Open Captions
  • Virtual
  • Virtual Event

Archiving Disability: Preserving, Recovering, and Centering Disability Art & Culture – Hybrid Event

Experimental Station 6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago

Join us for an artist-led conversation around disability, art, and the archive with Bri Noonan, Reveca Torres, and Tempestt Hazel. Working in different ways to engage with, investigate, and create […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program
  • Low Lighting
  • Masks Highly Recommended
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Blue Hour at Haymarket House ft. Hussain Ahmed + Ali Black

Haymarket House 800 W. Buena, Chicago

The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop. Our September featured readers are Hussain Ahmed and Ali Black. Each event takes […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program
  • In Person
  • Masks Highly Recommended
  • Pay What You Can
  • Wheelchair Accessible