This week, we’re imagining our disability justice future, and asking you to do the same. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW

• Thank you to Nader Bahu, Taylor Cook, BRIC Radio Junior Correspondent Griff City, Lauren Germain, and Laura Mauldin.

• LINKS:

Brooklyn, USA - bricartsmedia.org/Brooklyn-USA

“What Are We Building Towards”

Nader Bahu is a Palestinian-American Disabled Filmmaker, who makes films mostly focus on disabled characters and his films touch upon disability issues. Nader started out making autobiography films about himself and his hardships, but now is focused on making fictional films. Nader’s films are doing well in film festivals around the world and have been well received by many. You can here his full comments https://drive.google.com/file/d/12VtlyKUCCUr0rzrkL5CdF3Vg7qzJdxT6/view?usp=sharing

Follow Nader on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/BahuNader
Instagram: https://instagram.com/naderbahu/

Nicole Schroeder is a PhD Candidate at the University of Virginia. She studies the intersection of disability, welfare, and medicine in early America from the founding of the nation to the Civil War. As a historian of disability, Nicole reclaims the unheard voices of disabled individuals who are absent from our collective narratives in her written work and teaching. You can learn more about her work https://www.nicoleleeschroeder.com

Follow Nicole on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nicole_lee_sch?s=21

Michele Kaplan couldn’t make it to the episode, but you can learn about her covid experience here 

https://rebelwheelssoapbox.tumblr.com/post/646739383843782656/did-new-york-state-give-disabled-people-covid

“There Is No Scarcity Of Care”
Una Aya Osato is a Brooklyn based burlesque performer, sex educator, and activist. To stay up to date with Una and support her work, you can subscribe to her patreon (https://www.patreon.com/ThisIsUna), follow her on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/thisisuna), and visit BrASS Burlesque’s website (http://www.brassburlesque.com/).

Parts of my conversation with Una were inspired by the books Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure by Eli Clare and Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi- Piepzna Samarasinha. You can find Leah Lakshmi- Piepzna Samarasinha at https://brownstargirl.org/ and Eli Clare on his website (http://eliclare.com/) and Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/eliclare).

This piece was produced by Taylor Cook. Taylor is a graduate student of disability studies at CUNY and a freelance audio producer. You can follow her on Twitter @taylormcook7.

“District 75”

Forget Me Not - http://www.forgetmenotdocumentary.com/index.php/about-film/

“Voice Memos”

Brian McCarthy - https://twitter.com/brianpmccarthy?lang=en

Sick in Quarters (SIQ) - https://www.sickinquarters.com/pages/about

• MUSIC:

“Pulsers” by Podington Bear

• TRANSCRIPT: https://bit.ly/3dIMNYj

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