Finding the Light
Rebecca Solnit is from this Californian city.
What is San Francisco?
This U.S. state was home to Camp Jened, the summer camp featured in Crip Camp.
What is New York?
"Think globally, act locally"
do what we can locally to impact the world
The law that Section 504 is a part of, banning discrimination against people with disabilities in federally funded programs.
What is the Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
Mrs. J's daughter is in what grade?
12th (Senior)
This group shut down over 20% of the world's uranium production.
What is the Cherokee Nation?
Camp Jened primarily served young people with these kinds of conditions.
What are physical and developmental disabilities?
"We need everybody and all that we are"
no one should be discarded
This radical group from Oakland supported the disabled activists occupying a federal building in San Francisco.
Who are the Black Panthers?
Mrs. J grew up in this Bay Area city.
San Jose, Sunnyvale or Santa Clara
In actuality, this institution invented the internet.
What is the military?
This type of environment at Camp Jened allowed campers to experience freedom, respect, and equality.
What is inclusive or accepting?
"Activism in this model, is not only a toolbox to change things but a home in which to take up residence..."
Hit this note: being an activist is a way of being, how we develop
This federal agency was responsible for signing and enforcing Section 504 regulations.
What is the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW)?
Mrs. J likes to refer to this music artist when demonstrating how to craft an argument.
Beyonce
Baldemar Velasquez motivated Christian school teens to support migrant families by doing this
fasting during lunchtime and donating their lunch money
This camper later became one of the most influential leaders in the disability rights movement.
Who is Judy Heumann?
"most victories will be temporary or incomplete or compromised in some way...we might as well celebrate them..."
celebrate all victories no matter how fraught they may be.
This U.S. president signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990.
Who is President Bush?
Mrs. J will kill herself if you don't do this.
READ!!!
This writer and activist said "We need everybody and all that we are."
Who is June Jordan?
The campers' discussions and experiences at Jened sparked this kind of lifelong commitment for many.
What is activism or disability rights advocacy?
Referring to Native Liberation: "The past became the grounds to make change in the present"
understanding history to fight for present needs
Activists in Crip Camp used this word to describe the kind of equality they were fighting for — not pity, but
What are rights?
Mrs. J attended this college for undergraduate and graduate school
SFSU