{"id":187330,"date":"2016-07-04T20:18:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T03:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=187330"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:22:11","slug":"getwokeada26-call-for-stories-by-disabled-people-of-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2016\/07\/04\/getwokeada26-call-for-stories-by-disabled-people-of-color\/","title":{"rendered":"#GetWokeADA26: Call for Stories by Disabled People of Color"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Last year was a milestone anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">when it turned 25. Just like that, another year has passed and it\u2019s time for re-examination of disability rights in America from the perspective of disabled people of color (POC). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rampyourvoice.com\/welcome-to-ramp-your-voice\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Vilissa Thompson, LMSW<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/rampyourvoice.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Ramp Your Voice!<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> and Alice Wong of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Disability Visibility Project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u2122<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> are looking to survey disabled people of color for an upcoming article to be published on July 26, 2016, the 26th anniversary of the ADA. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">The survey will ask disabled POC: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">their reflections on disability rights and the ADA, <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">the unfinished work of the ADA (specifically for disabled people w\/ multiple intersectional identities),<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">why talking about racism and ableism matters in the disability community,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight:400;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">and how disability organizations and leaders can respectfully and meaningfully collaborate with disabled POC.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Participate<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">People can respond to interview questions here in this Google form: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1EsNWEhJ-A7kBigytRerYL9_ZoH9lctjVurZlV3lcVYs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1EsNWEhJ-A7kBigytRerYL9_ZoH9lctjVurZlV3lcVYs\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #GetWokeADA26 and follow Vilissa <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VilissaThompson\">@VilissaThompson<\/a> and Alice <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFdirewolf\">@SFdirewolf<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Deadline to participate: Tuesday, July 19, 2016<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re curious about the hashtag and what \u2018Get Woke\u2019 means, here\u2019s an article that explains the concept:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bustle.com\/articles\/134893-what-does-woke-mean-theres-more-to-the-slang-term-than-you-think\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">http:\/\/www.bustle.com\/articles\/134893-what-does-woke-mean-theres-more-to-the-slang-term-than-you-think<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Contact<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Vilissa: \u00a0Vilissa@rampyourvoice.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Alice: DisabilityVisibilityProject@gmail.com \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>About<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"187335\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2016\/07\/04\/getwokeada26-call-for-stories-by-disabled-people-of-color\/dd1b4f0ca1df4937f1ff5b5ba1cda812_400x400\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/dd1b4f0ca1df4937f1ff5b5ba1cda812_400x400.jpeg?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dd1b4f0ca1df4937f1ff5b5ba1cda812_400x400\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/dd1b4f0ca1df4937f1ff5b5ba1cda812_400x400.jpeg?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-187335\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/dd1b4f0ca1df4937f1ff5b5ba1cda812_400x400.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A young African American woman in a wheelchair. She's sitting outside with trees in the background. She's wearing glasses, a white sleeveless shirt and a black skirt.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Ramp Your Voice! is the brainchild movement of\u00a0<\/span><b>Vilissa Thompson, LMSW,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u00a0a macro-minded social worker who is on a mission to educate and inform the public &amp; political figures about the plight of people with disabilities, especially women of color with disabilities, in America.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"187331\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2016\/07\/04\/getwokeada26-call-for-stories-by-disabled-people-of-color\/1549561_1436568423244082_1584109410_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1549561_1436568423244082_1584109410_n.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1549561_1436568423244082_1584109410_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1549561_1436568423244082_1584109410_n.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-187331\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1549561_1436568423244082_1584109410_n.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Purple image with large letters: RYV! \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">From <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/rampyourvoice.com\/welcome-to-ramp-your-voice\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">her website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">: \u201cI will use Ramp Your Voice! (RYV for short) as a way to spotlight the issues and barriers of people with disabilities, as well as create effective social and political changes to ensure that all people have the ability to succeed and prosper, regardless of their ability, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, educational level, or place of origin.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"187332\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2016\/07\/04\/getwokeada26-call-for-stories-by-disabled-people-of-color\/unapologetically-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/unapologetically.jpg?fit=1216%2C912&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1216,912\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"unapologetically\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/unapologetically.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-187332\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/unapologetically.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Yellow image with black text that says: Unapologetically disabled Disability Visibility Project\u2122, http:\/\/DisabilityVisibilityProject.com Twitter icon in the form of a little blue bird, @DisVisibility\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Alice Wong<\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> is a San Francisco-based disability advocate and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Staff Research Associate at the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Currently, s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">he is the Founder and Project Coordinator for the<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\"> <span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Disability Visibility Project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u2122<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> (DVP), a community partnership with<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/storycorps.org\"> <span style=\"font-weight:400;\">StoryCorps<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> and an online community dedicated to recording, amplifying, and sharing disability stories and culture. She is a co-partner with Andrew Pulrang and Gregg Beratan for #CripTheVote, a non-partisan online campaign encouraging the political participation of people with disabilities. You can find her on Twitter: @SFdirewolf and online:<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight:400;\">DisabilityVisibilityProject.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year was a milestone anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act\u00a0when it turned 25. Just like that, another year has passed and it\u2019s time for re-examination of disability rights &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2016\/07\/04\/getwokeada26-call-for-stories-by-disabled-people-of-color\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#GetWokeADA26: Call for Stories by Disabled People of Color<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":187336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6701202],"tags":[159346,6722,66130,5967,529343,40576,10372239,2005041,2185238,55897910,168607,943085,264974,11798,13443],"class_list":["post-187330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guest-blog-posts","tag-ableism","tag-activism","tag-ada","tag-advocacy","tag-americans-with-disabilities-act","tag-disability","tag-disability-community","tag-disability-culture","tag-disability-history","tag-disability-identity","tag-disability-rights","tag-intersectionality","tag-people-of-color","tag-race","tag-racism","post-has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/export-3.jpg?fit=840%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4H7t1-MJs","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}