Arts Equity

05/27/2023

🎉Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day 🎊We’re proud to share how they have prioritized and promote inclusion & the activists, check out the details here: here:www.oaklandairport.com/
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This beautiful mural featuring Judy Heumann, Ed Roberts, and Brad Lomax has just been added to the Oakland International Airport! The Center for Independent Living is collaborating with the Port of Oakland on a series of paintings and exhibits about the disability rights movement.

Learn more about the project here: https://www.oaklandairport.com/mural-exhibit-featuring-disabled-artists-and-disability-rights-activists-hung-at-the-oakland-airport/
Image Description: A colorful mural with a large group of disabled protestors holding signs. Centered are paintings of Judy Heumann, Ed Roberts, and Brad Lomax. Below them is a pink ribbon with “Disability is Strength - Desabilidad es Fuera” written inside.

05/14/2023

Classical High School student wins 2023 Poetry Ourselves poem competition !!

Natasha B. Connolly, right, a junior at Classical High School, poses with National Endowment for the Arts Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, left, as she accepts the award for winning the 2023 Poetry Ourselves competition in the written category for her original poem, “Birdfolk at the End of the World”.

Link to poem & story in comments.

05/11/2023

Strange as angels Dancing in the deepest oceans Twisting in the water… https://rhythmandroots.com C U in September

We love a surprising cover: watch "Just like Heaven" Cure Cover by the The Infamous Stringdusters https://youtu.be/2W1mPRTjlq4
Nashville-based acoustic group the Infamous Stringdusters balance old-timey bluegrass and indie jamgrass sensibilities into a sound that's both organic and groove friendly. They'll be here on Sunday, September 5th. Get your tickets yesterday!

05/10/2023

How cool is this?!? 👋🏾♿️👣🦶🏾I’m in !!

All you need are tap gloves and a board for tapping to be part of the Tap Dancing Hands Down craze, created and launched by professional dancer Mary Six Rupert.

03/31/2023

📺♿️When watching television you may be pleasantly surprised when your community is represented. While there should be even more representation of disability in kids shows, here are some great options you and the kids in your life can watch.

Here is what the disability community recommends:

How many of these shows have you seen?

03/16/2023

♥️♠️Marlou Van Rhijn stands in her running blades on the cover of Harper's Bazaar. Woman of the Year.

03/11/2023

Meet the trailblazers helping to make the fashion industry more representative.
See & Read more: https://bit.ly/3L9I4RC

Meet the trailblazers helping to make the fashion industry more representative.

Para athletes are leading the revolution in the fashion industry.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3L9I4RC

Photo: Para athlete Robyn Lambird pictured.

03/10/2023

🎉25th Anniversary!! Come join us:
Announcing the 25th Anniversary of Rhythm & Roots, to take place Labor Day Weekend in Charlestown, RI! ☀️☀️

EARLY BIRD TICKETS ON SALE NOW
🎫: https://bit.ly/RREarlyBird23

Lineup announcement coming soon!

EARLY BIRD TICKETS ON SALE NOW ☀️☀️

🎫: https://bit.ly/RREarlyBird23

Announcing the 25th Anniversary of Rhythm & Roots, to take place Labor Day Weekend in Charlestown, RI! This is your chance to buy at 2022 Pricing!

Lineup announcement coming soon!

Presented by GoodWorks Entertainment

03/06/2023

This is the 28th Year the United States has recognized and celebrated March as National Disability Awareness Month!
🎥🎬🎞️Celebrate & watch a movie. Here are a few documentaries that are educational, entertaining and make for an informative and engaging team movie night. CripCamp is FABULOUS!!

Suggestions:

Crip Camp
Creating the Spectacle
Unrest
Right Footed
When I Walk
Born for Business

03/06/2023

Just a month away from the RISCA grant deadline… come join us Wednesday, create improved access to your programs & improve your funding prospects! It’s not only ‘the law’ it’s the best thing to do & we can help!

Learn what federal civil rights laws require of nonprofits, and how to get started making your organization more accessible.