Calif Blog’s – Communities Actively Living Independent & Free https://calif-ilc.org Diverse Communities, Diverse Abilities, One Human Family Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:50:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.7 “Disrespectful” and “infuriating”: L.A.’s progress on making streets safe https://calif-ilc.org/disrespectful-and-infuriating-l-a-s-progress-on-making-streets-safe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=disrespectful-and-infuriating-l-a-s-progress-on-making-streets-safe https://calif-ilc.org/disrespectful-and-infuriating-l-a-s-progress-on-making-streets-safe/#respond Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:48:10 +0000 https://calif-ilc.org/?p=9849 Disabled Angelenos have been fighting for equal access to city streets for decades. But the city has often treated accessibility as a burden or merely as a matter of legal compliance. Even worse, now city officials are saying that a decades-old legal requirement — adding curb ramps for wheelchair access during repaving — prevents them from maintaining streets in a state of good repair, pitting disability rights against smooth and functioning streets.

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]]> https://calif-ilc.org/disrespectful-and-infuriating-l-a-s-progress-on-making-streets-safe/feed/ 0 Aging and Disability Advocates Help Push Back on HUD’s Efforts to Dismantle Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) https://calif-ilc.org/aging-and-disability-advocates-help-push-back-on-huds-efforts-to-dismantle-permanent-supportive-housing-psh/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aging-and-disability-advocates-help-push-back-on-huds-efforts-to-dismantle-permanent-supportive-housing-psh https://calif-ilc.org/aging-and-disability-advocates-help-push-back-on-huds-efforts-to-dismantle-permanent-supportive-housing-psh/#respond Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:51:59 +0000 https://calif-ilc.org/?p=9836 The recent Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 includes a Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 spending bill for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with measures protecting permanent supportive housing (PSH) and other housing and homelessness funding.

 

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]]> https://calif-ilc.org/aging-and-disability-advocates-help-push-back-on-huds-efforts-to-dismantle-permanent-supportive-housing-psh/feed/ 0 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/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 Four Areas Where Older Adults Need our Advocacy in 2025-Justice in Aging https://calif-ilc.org/four-areas-where-older-adults-need-our-advocacy-in-2025-justice-in-aging/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=four-areas-where-older-adults-need-our-advocacy-in-2025-justice-in-aging https://calif-ilc.org/four-areas-where-older-adults-need-our-advocacy-in-2025-justice-in-aging/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2024 23:06:27 +0000 https://calif-ilc.org/?p=9547 Looking ahead to the next Administration and Congress, the programs older adults rely on will be at the crux of policy debates and discussions. Older adults and their advocates must be ready to engage so that any decisions that are made are helping us to build the future for aging that we envision.

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]]> https://calif-ilc.org/four-areas-where-older-adults-need-our-advocacy-in-2025-justice-in-aging/feed/ 0 Wake Up America https://calif-ilc.org/wake-up-america/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wake-up-america https://calif-ilc.org/wake-up-america/#respond Thu, 20 Jun 2024 17:31:07 +0000 https://calif-ilc.org/?p=9392 Black Disabled Women On the Future of Democracy….

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]]> https://calif-ilc.org/wake-up-america/feed/ 0 Why Black Disabled History Matters https://calif-ilc.org/why-black-disabled-history-matters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-black-disabled-history-matters https://calif-ilc.org/why-black-disabled-history-matters/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2024 21:26:57 +0000 https://calif-ilc.org/?p=9254 Black disabled history is an aspect of Black history, which informs world history. Black History Month is officially celebrated every year in the U.S., Canada, Ireland, and the UK. During this month, we celebrate the achievements of Black leaders throughout history and while many of these leaders also had a disability, that aspect is often minimized or overlooked.

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