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?
"The future is dark, which is on the whole, the best thing the future can be. I think"
Hit this note: Night before the dawn
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?
This is the name of Mrs. J's daughter
Daisy
This word is in a mural across from the UN plaza
What is truth?
Camp Jened primarily served young people with these kinds of conditions.
What are physical and developmental disabilities?
"...disasters are often moments of strange joy"
new opportunities, people come together
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
Wind and solar are considered this.
What is clean energy
This type of environment at Camp Jened allowed campers to experience freedom, respect, and equality.
What is inclusive or accepting?
"heroism is simply citizenship"
community
This federal agency was responsible for signing and enforcing Section 504 regulations.
What is the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW)?
Mrs. J has seen this music artist three times in concert.
Beyonce
These two disasters are discussed in the final chapters.
911 and Hurricane Katrina
This camper later became one of the most influential leaders in the disability rights movement.
Who is Judy Heumann?
"...despair isn't even an ideological position but a habit and a reflex"
negativity takes practice
This U.S. president signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990.
Who is President Bush?
Mrs. J attended this college for undergraduate and graduate school
SFSU
This pipeline was vetoed by Obama in 2015
What is the KXL pipeline?
The campers' discussions and experiences at Jened sparked this kind of lifelong commitment for many.
What is activism or disability rights advocacy?
"Our tendency to make enemies of each other is driven by a deep fear of the real enemy..."
we turn on each other out of fear
Activists in Crip Camp used this word to describe the kind of equality they were fighting for — not pity, but
What are rights?
The Change It Now program was started by Mrs. J and this faculty member
Pedro Reynoso