Webinar 1: Historical & Cultural Context for Disability Justice & Primary Prevention

Description

What do the earliest land laws in the country have to do with guardianship of people with disabilities? What is the connection between colonization of indigenous people and experimentation on disabled and black bodies? This webinar will introduce attendees to disability frameworks, intersectionality, institutionalization, and the Indiana Disability History Project. Speakers will offer a Q&A portion for participants to hear from people with disabilities regarding their experiences with institutionalization in Indiana.

Presenters

• Skylar Ashton Kantola (she and they), MESA Program Coordinator, Multicultural Efforts to End Sexual Assault, kantola@purdue.edu
• Cierra Olivia Thomas-Williams (she/her), Prevention Specialist, Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV), cwilliams@icadvinc.org.
• Jane Harlan-Simmons (she/her), Research Associate, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Indiana University, jeharlan@indiana.edu
• Kirat Sandhu (she/her, Tech Moderator), Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking

Closed Captions & Transcript created by Skye Ashton Kantola, MESA Program Coordinator

Co-Sponsors

• Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence: https://icadvinc.org/
• Multicultural Efforts to End Sexual Assault: www.facebook.com/PurdueMESA
• Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault & Human Trafficking: https://icesaht.org/
• Indiana Minority Health Coalition: https://www.facebook.com/IndianaMinorityHealth/

Resources

Cierra’s annotated PPT Slides

Find more information on the Webinar Page.