June 7 - June 21 Event Links: Node & Working Group Meetups | Black Disability Virtual Conference | Healing Justice Workshops
Events Happening In Our Network
Check our Events page on the DJN website for updates between newsletters.
Friday, Jun 7 @ 10am EDT (UTC-4): Instructional Design Working Group Monthly Meeting (Free, Online, Open, Registration Required) ← Rescheduled, last meetup for this season!
Wednesday, Jun 19 @ 6pm EDT (UTC-4): DJN Toronto Monthly Node Meetup (Free, Online, Open)
Events Shared Through The Network
Relevant events are regularly shared with our team via email, on Slack and social media by members, signatories, other sponsored projects with AMP, and our subscribers.
Friday, June 7th @ 11:30am EDT (UTC-4): Ramp Your Voice Conference, Illuminating the Richness of Black Disabled People (Free, Online, Open, Registration Required)
Tuesday, Jun 11 @ 7pm EDT (UTC-4): What's a POD? General Session, facilitated by REP Studio (Free, Online, Open, Registration Required)
Wednesday, Jun 12 @ 7pm EDT (UTC-4): What's a POD? BIPOC Only Session, facilitated by REP Studio (Free, Online, Protected, Registration Required)
Thursday, Jun 13 @ 6:30pm EDT (UTC-4): BIPOC Grief and Activism, BIPOC DEATH AND GRIEF TALK (Free, Online, Protected, Registration Required)
For POC/BIPOC/racialized/global majority folks only
Saturday Jun 15 @ 6pm PDT (UTC-7):Identifying and Rejecting Ableism in Movement Work Workshop by ABOLISH TIME, hosted by Sic in Quarters (Free, Online, Open, Registration Required)
Event Pages Our Team Follows
Folks on our team recommend these curated event pages from community peers and partners.
June 13-14; the 3rd Annual Hackathon, presented virtually by The UCSF California Preterm Birth Initiative (PTBi) and Twilio, focuses on tech and birth equity to improve Black infant and maternal health outcomes.
30 min virtual space for space-holders, facilitators and practitioners to restore, reflect, and play; sessions scheduled on select Wednesdays through spring and summer. ← two more sessions left!
Community Care Clinics for Disabled & Chronically Ill Movement Folks, Peoples Hub
An ongoing community care peer support space aimed at expanding possibilities for living and working as disabled and chronically ill people; sessions scheduled through June. ← last one June 17!
Event times are given in the time zone the event is located, when known or applicable; you can use a time zone converter (like Every Time Zone or World Time Buddy) to compare the listed time with your local time.
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