2004– 2005 Past Events:

CCSPD Co-sponsors a Lecture on Disability Policy, Programs and Activism

The UIC Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities Co-sponsors a lecture with The Disability Studies Lecture Series .

Date: November 15, 2005 / Time: 12.00 pm to 1.30 pm

Andy Imperato (President of the American Association of People with Disabilities), Bob Kafka and Stephanie Thomas (both organizers for national and Texas ADAPT) are three of our nation’s most experienced, knowledgeable, and dynamic leaders of the disability rights movement. Sharing their vantage points--from street actions to the halls of Congress--they will present a national update on crucial issues in disability policy.

Disability Pride Parade!

The UIC Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities Co-sponsors
The 2005 Disability Pride Parade.

Date: July 23, 2005

11 a.m.: Line-up at Randolph and Halsted streets in Chicago's West Loop.

Noon: Parade Step-Off. Proceed west on Randolph Street to Union Park.

1-3 p.m.: Post-Parade Celebration in Union Park.

Crossing Borders: Disability Culture and Arts!

The UIC Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities Presents a celebration of disability and arts.

• Opening Session: 10:00-11:15 am: Picturing Embodiment
  Welcome by CCSPD Co-chair Larry Voss
  Chair: David Mitchell, Disability & Human Development, UIC
  Tim Lowly, Visual Artist, Chicago, Illinois
  Shelley Barry, “From Parliament to Production: Why Film as a Route of Activism?” Film & Media Arts, Temple University
  Screening:
  Whole – A Trinity of Being (USA 2004/Dir Shelly Barry. 15 mins): ‘Pin Pricks’ revisits the moments when the fabric of a woman’s life is torn and revelations take her beyond loss; ‘Voice/Over’ explores silence/spoken word/speech/the ability to speak and the importance of speaking out about violence, trauma, love and survival; ‘Entry’ explores the re-insertion of images into a media that does not reflect people with disabilities as passionate and sexual beings.



• Panel #1: 11:45-1:15 am: Staging Disability*
  Chair: Kelly Munger, Ph.D. in Disability Studies Program, UIC
  Riva Lehrer, “Surgery – In Slices: A Pictorial Guide.” School of the Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois
  Susan Nussbaum, Playwright, Chicago, Illinois
  Sharon Lamp, Ph.D. in Disability Studies Program, UIC

• Panel #2: 1:30 – 3:00 pm: Accessing Disability
  Chair: Eunjung Kim, Ph.D. in Disability Studies Program, UIC
  Sharon Snyder, “Geographies of Uneven Development: How Does One Make Disability Integral to Our Classrooms, Studies, and Scholarship?”, Disability and Human Development, UIC
  Mike Ervin, “Accessing the Arts,” Victory Gardens, Chicago
  Robin Jones, Great Lakes ADA Center, UIC
  
  
Panel #3: 3:30 – 5:30 pm: Globalizing Disability
Chair: Terri Thrower, Ph.D. in Disability Studies Program, UIC
David Mitchell, “’How Do We Get All These Disabilities in Here?’: Disability Film Festivals as New Collective Spaces,” Disability & Human Development, UIC
Jim Charlton, “Peripheral Everywhere,” Access Living/UIC
Bruce Curtis, World Institute on Disability, Oakland, California
Screenings:
Excerpts from the 2nd Annual Moscow International Disability Film Festival: A Letter to My Mother (Dir. by Algis Arlauskas); Harvey Krumpet (Dir Adam Eliot); Frida Kahlo's Corset (Dir Liz Crow); Gregor's Best Invention (Dir Johannes Kiefer); Silent Wedding (Dir. by Pavel Medvedev); I Will Not Leave You (Dir. by Maicej Adamek); About Love (Dir by Tofik Shakhverdiev).

UIC's Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities invites you to view and discuss short films/videos about disability.

We will show 6 short films;they will be followed by an informal open discussion.

The movies are Sand Froid, Goodnight Liberation, Handicap, La Joie, The Playmate and Berocca.

• PAST DATE: February 23, 2004
• PAST TIME: 4-6pm
• PAST PLACE: Auditorium, IIDD (1640 W. Roosevelt)
• No reservation is required. We will have hot and cold snacks, and beverages. Sign language interpreters, real-time captioning, personal asistance and audio description will be provided. Parking is available at the Paulina Street Parking Structure (PSP) at 915 South Paulina Street. For parking accessibility information, visit http://www.uic.edu/depts/oae/bldgs_pl/926.html.