Today's Tasks - Jun 09, 2025
LGBTQ+ & Disabilty Pride Months!
June is LGBTQ+ Pride month, and July is Disability Pride month, so we have a lot of exciting events planned or that we've found to celebrate two traditionally disenfranchised communities! Check out what we're doing & make sure to sign up for our events list here. 10 Minutes A Day & DIYabled are disability led & focused nonprofits that agree that love is love, so we've compiled lots of events for June & July. Our organizations will be attending a virtual, accessible Pride celebration, which is listed below, hosting a disability pride art festival, screening an awesome documentary about martial equality for the disability community, & more! Many people don't realize that disabled folks don't have marriage equality--because of SSI (& in some states, Medicaid or other social service rules), our community is limited to having a total of only $2000 in assists, which has been the case for decades. Check out the exciting events & ways you can be in the disability community with us on this page!
Above the text is an image of the Disability Pride flag, which has a black background & the following colors, diagonally across it from top to bottom: green, blue, white, yellow, red. Green is for sensory disabilities, including our low-vision, blind, deaf, hard of hearing, & crossover folks; blue is for mental health conditions; white is for invisible disabilities, yellow is for neurodiverent people, & red is for physical disabilities. Together, we are fierce!
Actions Needed
1) Attend a virtual, accessible pride festival!
Calling Up Justice and One Free Community are co-producing a vibrant, inclusive Virtual Pride Event — and you’re invited! Sign up here to be part of it!
Attend Virtual Pride2) Attend a June Hangout & Build Community!
On June 28, our partner organization, DIYabled, will host a virtual event for the disability, LGBTQ+, and any other friends or allies who want to attend! We get so much out of these hangouts & will host an interactive event to talk about both June & July being Pride months & how the disability community can build coalitions to be able to obtain the same marriage equality that our LGBTQ+ friends achieved & that some our able counterparts take for granted. Be a part of our hangout--meet people of all kinds, make friends, & share what's on your mind! If you sign up for our event list, you will be emailed the hangout link.
Sign Up for Events3) Promote Accessibility & Pride for the Members of the Disability, LGBTQ+ Communities, & Members of Both
As disability led & focused nonprofits, 10 Minutes A Day & DIYabled are only able to manage because of your contributions & generosity. For example, we make sure we have ASL at events; live captions; live-streaming on our YouTube channel; so people can watch our events on their timeframe & at their pace; make sure that we don't have limitations on how many people can attend our events, and make sure that we're as inclusive as possible. Please consider donating to our accessibility fund, which is used solely to make our events as inclusive as possible. Even $1 helps--any amount supports the goal of disability inclusion.
Promote Accessibility4) Submit Your Art for Our Disability Pride Festival!
If you are a member of the disability community & are creative, whether you paint, make digital graphics, write poetry, or do anything else that is creative, we'd love to include you in our upcoming Disability Pride Art Festival. Our co-director's library generously offered space to showcase disability art for next month, & we'll also have virtual events that you can submit art for. We'd love to show people how talented our community is!
Submit Art for Gallery5) Catch our #HandsOff Advocacy Workshop & Disability Art Event!
We were so thrilled with how our second virtual, disability led & focused #HandsOff event went! We had the privilege of Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, who is on the House Energy & Commerce Committee, generously giving her time to answer questions from our attendees. We also had an interactive art piece about self-care, a dance, & more! If you missed our event &/or attended & would like to see any of it again, click the button, & you can enjoy the event at your pace & how you prefer.
Catch Up on Virtual #HandsOff Event!6) Protect Our Care
The House GOP Budget bill is perilous for the disability community & included drastic cuts to Medicaid, SNAP (food stamps/EBT), & even Medicare. Contact your senators to tell them it's NOT okay to pass that budget. If you click the button, it will take you to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation's page about the budget, where they have a pre-written script, which you can personalize if you like. Elected officials are more likely to react supportively if there's something personal--maybe about how Medicaid has saved your life, or how Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act enabled you or someone you care about to get accommodations at school to make education accessible. Your senators are paying attention, no matter what party they represent, so please take the few minutes it takes to submit this contact form to your elected officials, so they keep their #HandsOff the services & programs that help us survive & thrive.
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