Crip Camp Film Discussion

Join us for Part Three of the Blazing Trails to Inclusion series.

After viewing Crip Camp film, this virtual discussion will be facilitated by Ashley Andree (DSC) and Ashley Perrone (Nexus Center).  Discussion will emphasize reactions to film and explore themes including:

The role of disability as diversity
Systemic barriers in the disability experience
Disability rights as civil rights and the role of activism
Finding community to amplify voices of marginalized groups, etc.
A call to action: service opportunities as a way to make meaningful change.
One hour of applied learning credit

 

From Netflix:

“In the early 1970s, teenagers with disabilities faced a future shaped by isolation, discrimination and institutionalization. Camp Jened, a ramshackle camp "for the handicapped" in the Catskills, exploded those confines. Jened was their freewheeling Utopia, a place with summertime sports, smoking and makeout sessions awaiting everyone, and campers who felt fulfilled as human beings. Their bonds endured as they migrated West to Berkeley, California - a promised land for a growing and diverse disability community - where friends from Camp Jened realized that disruption and unity might secure life-changing accessibility for millions. Co-directed by Emmy®-winning filmmaker Nicole Newnham and film mixer and former camper Jim LeBrecht, this joyous and exuberant documentary arrives the same year as the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, at a time when the country's largest minority group still battles daily for the freedom to exist. CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION is executive produced by President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama; Tonia Davis and Priya Swaminathan; Oscar® nominee Howard Gertler and Ray Lifchez, Jonathan Logan and Patty Quillin; LeBrecht, Newnham and Sara Bolder produce.”