FOR CHANGEMAKERS
Power Building Tools and Resources
The tools, articles, and resources on this page represent the wisdom of the movement for Black Disabled liberation, from our grantee partners and beyond. The list below includes learnings and insights that we believe will be relevant for donor organizers and changemakers alike.
If you are an organizer, you’ll also find relevant resources on our page, Organizing at the Intersections. If you are a donor, you’ll also find relevant resources on our page, Funder Tools and Resources. And if you have any items to add to this list—or wonderings to share—please visit our Contribute page.
Disability Justice 101
- Working Definition of Ableism (Talila Lewis)
- 10 Principles of Disability Justice (Sins Invalid)
- Skin, Tooth, and Bone: A Disability Justice Primer (Sins Invalid)
Understanding the Intersection of Ableism and Anti-Blackness
- Policing Is Killing Black Disabled People. Centering Intersectionality Is Critical to Reducing Harm. (Urban Institute)
- Understanding the Policing of Black, Disabled Bodies (Center for American Progress)
- Young people with disabilities more likely to be arrested (Reuters)
- The Criminal Legal System Fails to Address Black Disabled People’s Intersectional Identities (Urban Institute)
- Black Girls With Disabilities Are Disproportionately Criminalized (Teen Vogue)
- Disabled people of color continue to fight for accessible housing (PRISM)
- Activists say police killing of Ryan Gainer emphasizes need for community safety programs (PRISM)
- Black disabled mothers deserve to be seen, especially on Mother’s Day (PRISM)
- Intersectionality Between Racism & Ableism (World Institute on Disability)
- Healing Justice Lineages: Disrupting the Medical-Industrial Complex (Nonprofit Quarterly)
- ‘YOU HAVE TO SCREAM OUT’ (The Atlantic)
- Race, Ethnicity and Disability: The Financial Impact of Systemic Inequality and Intersectionality (National Disability Institute)
- In Conversation: Black Disability Politics (Ford Foundation)
Book Recommendations
- Black Disability Politics, Sami Schalk
- Blackness and Disability: Critical Examinations and Cultural Interventions, Edited by Sami Schalk
- Black Disabled Ancestors, Leroy F. Moore Jr.
- Disability Visibility, Edited by Alice Wong
Resource Lists
- Access is Love, Compiled by Sandy Ho, Mia Mingus, and Alice Wong
- Black Deaf Resources, Compiled by The Black Deaf Project
- Black Disability Justice Syllabus, Compiled by Sins Invalid
- Black Disabled Woman Syllabus, Compiled by Ramp Your Voice
- Disability and Labor Justice: Toward Solidarity Resource Hub, Compiled by Azza Altiraifi and Deborah Rosenstein
- Disability Visibility Resource List, Compiled by Alice Wong
- Disability 101: Learn about Your Communities, Compiled by The HBCU Disability Consortium
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