#12: "To be disabled is to be the most human"
How can Disability Justice show us liberatory ways of organising?
I’m Emily, she/her, chronically ill (primarily with ME/CFS), grief-tender, facilitator, coach and writer. Read about my journey in this interview, and about GriefSick in Edition #1.
Hello there,
I recently hosted an audio piece exploring what Disability Justice can show us about liberatory ways of working and organising. As one guest, Jumoke Abdullahi, said: “to be disabled is to be the most human”, words that have been echoing for me ever since our conversation.
Common GriefSick topics came up repeatedly: care, slowness, imagination and kinship. It was such a balm to have the opportunity to explore these in-depth with our amazing guests.
I hope you enjoy listening, let me know what you think! (You can also read the transcript)
This piece was commissioned by the Transformational Governance Collective, in conversation with four incredible guests:
Jumoke Abdullahi, a writer, speaker, expert, lecturer and consultant
Kym Oliver, a writer, speaker, lecturer, sex and dating aficionado, vegan food critic and creator of Our Living Archives, an organisation focused on inter-communal healing and building a multi-dimensional archive that centres the existence and experiences of disabled Black women and gender expansive people.
Together Jumoke and Kym are the Triple Cripples, a platform dedicated to highlighting the narratives and increasing the visibility of disabled Black women and gender expansive people.
Eman Bhatti, the impact lead at Spectra Art CIC, a creative collective that co-creates new spaces for neurodiverse and learning disabled people to make their voices heard through sharing their ideas, skills, talents and abilities
Anna Starkey, a multi-disciplinary creative practitioner, connecting ideas from art and science. Their work explores the potential energy of not knowing and shifting power through enabling collective curiosity and imagination. Also a member of the Transformational Governance Collective.
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