[Free Event with a meal, childcare, wheelchair access and tokens.]
Is disability biological, or is it created and reinforced by society? Why are some disabled people considered more deserving than others? Do non-disabled people have a role to play in disabled people's struggles?
Join us as we discuss these and other questions that look at the connections between disability and poverty in our society, and what that means for our struggles.
Speaker: A.J. Withers
A.J. Withers is a long time disability and anti-poverty organizer with OCAP. They are the author of Disability Politics and Theory, stillmyrevolution.org, and the forthcoming book A Violent History of Benevolence: Interlocking Oppression and the Moral Economies of Social Working (with Chris Chapman).
The monthly Speakers Series is where we discuss issues critical to the success of poor people's movements. It's where we build our capacity to fight to win.