Juan Alvarez – Communities Actively Living Independent & Free https://calif-ilc.org Diverse Communities, Diverse Abilities, One Human Family Fri, 21 Nov 2025 23:09:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.7 The State of Critical Race Disability Studies A White Paper Report from the Disabled Scholars of Color Collective https://calif-ilc.org/the-state-of-critical-race-disability-studies-a-white-paper-report-from-the-disabled-scholars-of-color-collective/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-state-of-critical-race-disability-studies-a-white-paper-report-from-the-disabled-scholars-of-color-collective https://calif-ilc.org/the-state-of-critical-race-disability-studies-a-white-paper-report-from-the-disabled-scholars-of-color-collective/#respond Fri, 21 Nov 2025 23:09:55 +0000 https://calif-ilc.org/?p=9815 The Disabled Scholars of Color Collective (DSCC) is a group of disabled scholars of color working in the field of disability studies and beyond. The Collective was created in the context of a gathering of disabled scholars of color in San Francisco, California over Labor Day weekend 2025.

 

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]]> https://calif-ilc.org/the-state-of-critical-race-disability-studies-a-white-paper-report-from-the-disabled-scholars-of-color-collective/feed/ 0 Desperately Seeking Caregivers https://calif-ilc.org/desperately-seeking-caregivers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=desperately-seeking-caregivers https://calif-ilc.org/desperately-seeking-caregivers/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2025 23:42:53 +0000 https://calif-ilc.org/?p=9805 What do you call a sexually voracious middle-aged healer, a closeted anti-vaxxer who claims to work in COVID-19 vaccine development, and a self-described “modern Buddhist/artist/neuroscientist”?

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]]> https://calif-ilc.org/desperately-seeking-caregivers/feed/ 0 Storytelling strategies for policy change https://calif-ilc.org/storytelling-strategies-for-policy-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=storytelling-strategies-for-policy-change https://calif-ilc.org/storytelling-strategies-for-policy-change/#respond Fri, 10 Oct 2025 18:41:55 +0000 https://calif-ilc.org/?p=9799 Heart racing. Hands trembling. The room was cold and still. All I could see were tiny dust particles catching the light. In that moment, I found myself face-to-face with the elected leader I had voted for, supported, and believed in, now seated across from me in a quiet office on the sixth floor of California’s Capitol in Sacramento.

 

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]]> https://calif-ilc.org/storytelling-strategies-for-policy-change/feed/ 0 Truth About the R-Word https://calif-ilc.org/truth-about-the-r-word/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=truth-about-the-r-word https://calif-ilc.org/truth-about-the-r-word/#respond Wed, 25 Jun 2025 23:13:10 +0000 https://calif-ilc.org/?p=9746 The R-word is everywhere again. It’s showing up on social media, in schools, in entertainment, in the media, and in everyday conversations.

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]]> https://calif-ilc.org/truth-about-the-r-word/feed/ 0 Honoring the Contributions of Black Leaders with Disabilities https://calif-ilc.org/honoring-the-contributions-of-black-leaders-with-disabilities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=honoring-the-contributions-of-black-leaders-with-disabilities https://calif-ilc.org/honoring-the-contributions-of-black-leaders-with-disabilities/#respond Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:06:52 +0000 https://calif-ilc.org/?p=9598 Like many Black Americans, I feel pride each February when our nation’s schools and communities place a special emphasis on Black history and leaders. Of course, Black history is American history and thus should be honored every month, and while I believe progress has been made on that front in recent years, there is still a ways to go.
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]]> https://calif-ilc.org/honoring-the-contributions-of-black-leaders-with-disabilities/feed/ 0 LA Board of Supervisors Proclaims October as “Filipino American History Month” in LA County https://calif-ilc.org/la-board-of-supervisors-proclaims-october-as-filipino-american-history-month-in-la-county/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=la-board-of-supervisors-proclaims-october-as-filipino-american-history-month-in-la-county https://calif-ilc.org/la-board-of-supervisors-proclaims-october-as-filipino-american-history-month-in-la-county/#respond Fri, 27 Sep 2024 15:54:30 +0000 https://calif-ilc.org/?p=9530 Supervisors Hahn and Solis introduced a motion proclaiming October 2024 as “Filipino American History Month” in LA County, recognizing
the rich history of Filipino Americans and their many contributions that made our country and our county stronger

]]> https://calif-ilc.org/la-board-of-supervisors-proclaims-october-as-filipino-american-history-month-in-la-county/feed/ 0 Annual Appeals Giving https://calif-ilc.org/annual-appeals-giving/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=annual-appeals-giving https://calif-ilc.org/annual-appeals-giving/#respond Tue, 31 Oct 2023 22:12:15 +0000 https://calif-ilc.org/?p=8680 “Nothing about us without us!”
These words, the rallying cry of the incomparable Lillibeth Navarro, founder and
Executive Director of CALIF, lifted the hearts and spirits of all who gathered to
confront many incredible challenges facing the disability community across multiple
facets of our lives. 22 years after the CALIF Independent Living Center was founded,
our organization is facing the greatest challenge yet: the passing of our indomitable
leader.

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]]> https://calif-ilc.org/annual-appeals-giving/feed/ 0 Do you have difficulty accessing Los Angeles parks, recreation centers, or playgrounds because of a mobility disability? https://calif-ilc.org/do-you-have-difficulty-accessing-los-angeles-parks-recreation-centers-or-playgrounds-because-of-a-mobility-disability/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-you-have-difficulty-accessing-los-angeles-parks-recreation-centers-or-playgrounds-because-of-a-mobility-disability https://calif-ilc.org/do-you-have-difficulty-accessing-los-angeles-parks-recreation-centers-or-playgrounds-because-of-a-mobility-disability/#respond Thu, 15 Jul 2021 22:35:54 +0000 https://calif-ilc.org/?p=8634 Have you encountered inaccessible bathrooms, parking areas, pathways, athletic fields or other features at any facility within the City of Los Angeles’s park system? Have you decided not to visit certain parks, recreation centers, or playgrounds because you know they are not accessible to you?

If you’ve answered “yes,” to any of the above, we would like to talk to you. We represent individuals with mobility disabilities who live in or around the City of Los Angeles, and we are investigating the accessibility of Los Angeles’s park system.

To share your experience with mobility access barriers in the park system, please contact Legal Aid at Work at 213-878-1293 or toll-free at 888-820-1293, or email us at LAparks@legalaidatwork.org.

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