Today marks the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), landmark civil rights legislation that brought accessibility, inclusivity, & equality to millions of individuals with disabilities across the US.
With our partner @ArtByndSight we're excited to launch the Careers in the Arts Toolkit—an online resource promoting equity, access & inclusion for people w/ disabilities seeking careers in the arts.
Learn more: bit.ly/3OxZmtf#accessibility#DisabilityTwitter
ALT Clockwise, from top left: Dancer Sidiki Conde performing at the 2007 NEA National Heritage Fellowship concert, photo by Michael G. Stewart; Deaf West’s production of Oedipus, photo by Craig Schwartz; Mary Verdi-Fletcher works with students during Dancing Wheels’ 2019 Summer Dance Intensive, photo by Sara Lawrence-Sucato/The Dancing Wheels Company; Gospel music ensemble Blind Boys of Alabama, photo by Jim Herrington
🎉 Save the date! 🎉 Disability Unite Festival is back & better than ever!
Join us for a FREE celebration of community on July 16th! In-person festivities at Central Park Naumburg Bandshell in NYC and an exclusive online experience.
Register at DisabilityUnite.Org
ALT Text reads Disability Unite festival Sunday, July 16 @ 11 a m to 6 p m Music, Arts, Advocacy & More In-person at the Central Park Bandshell & Online at DisabilityUnite.org. Register at DisabilityUnite.org. The text is centered above a QR code on the bottom of the image, swirling multicolored lines are in the upper right and lower left corners, and the logos of Disability Unite and Project Access For All are in the lower right corner.
Live in NYC? Join us next Thursday (September 22, 5 PM) for Idea Generation Session on Zoom, and help decide how to spend $5 million dollars in mayoral expense funding!
All participants will be entered into a raffle for a $50 gift card!*
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
ALT On a green colored background reads the words Your Voice, Your Decision, Your Money! The People's Money Civic Engagement Commission. Submit your idea at participate.nyc.gov. The images in the top right and lower left corners show groups of diverse of young people standing together and smiling. Amidst the text in center of the image is a dollar sign symbol, which we see is made of many small people standing together to create the dollar sign's shape.
We're proud to partner with @NYCCEC launching NYC’s first-ever citywide #ParticipatoryBudgeting process, where YOU decide how funds are spent!
SUBMIT YOUR IDEA! Stay tuned for interactive community sessions and speak up by visiting participate.nyc.gov#ThePeoplesMoney
ALT On a green colored background reads the words Your Voice, Your Decision, Your Money! The People's Money Civic Engagement Commission. Submit your idea at participate.nyc.gov. The top right corner of the image shows a group of diverse children wearing red athletic t-shirts and shorts in the top right corner, and in the lower left corner a black woman in a wheelchair holding out a tablet computer to a light skinned woman standing next to her. Amidst the text in center of the image is a dollar sign symbol, which we see is made of many small people standing together to create the dollar sign's shape.
NYPD and MOPD in Partnership with District Leader Daisy Paez Invites you to:
Disability Outreach
Super Awesome Event
On August 28th from 5pm to 9pm
Join Us At: 4th Street between Avenues B and C
ALT N Y P D in Partnership with District Leader Daisy Paez Invites you to: Disability Outreach Super Awesome
Event on August 28th from 5pm to 9pm
Join Us At: 4th Street between Avenues B and C
Sponsored by: Vision Urbana, Why Not Care,
Council Members Carlina Rivera and Christopher Marte, Assembly Member Harvey Epstein, and District Leader Aura Olavarria
Thanks to the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities and the
N Y P D Community Affairs Unit
ICD was thrilled to be part of yesterday's 2022 #Disability Unite Festival hosted by #DisabilityUnite and @NYCDisabilities in Central Park! Our staff, Stephen, Daria, and Katya, enjoyed connecting with people through music, memories, and a common purpose. #NYC#DisabilityPride
ALT ICD's staff members, Stephen, Daria, and Katya smiling in front of a Disability Unite background.
ALT A group of people standing on a stage with a Disability Unite background and musical instruments, looking at a crowd.
ALT ICD staff members Daria and Katya standing behind an ICD table with a green table cloth and ICD logo with trees behind.
ALT ICD staff members Daria and Katya standing behind an ICD table talking with two individuals.
ALT Background: trees. Middle ground: 2 Puerto Rican activists sit on a bench, 1 woman with Diabetes and 1 Blind man. Front: 1 Dominican woman, 1 white woman and 1 African american woman are standing by a table that has informational flyers. The table is decorated with a blue tablecloth and signs with images of yellow school buses. Text of the nearest signs read "School Bus Problem? Tell PIST & give us your contact info. Se habla espanol"; "La Educacion es un Derecho"; "No Cuts! #WeArePIST Parents to Improve School Transportation, Educational Access for ALL is a Human Right and a Civil Right."
ALT Two PIST volunteers described earlier have come around to the front of their table to be in conversation with a Black woman in a wheelchair on the left and a standing gentleman of color on the right.
ALT Three white men are at a table to promote Disability Pride NYC parade for October 2, 2022. Man at far left is making a thumbs-up gesture. Man in middle wears a turquoise Disability Unite volunteer T shirt. Man on right is seated and smiling. In front of the table is a woman in a wheelchair seen from the back she has curly blond hair.
ALT Two of the amazing performers on the Disability Unite stage who made the day so enjoyable. Tall Black man in hat and colorful top is at the keyboards; small white woman in a wheelchair is at the microphone. Speakers, cords, and a laptop on a stand are nearby.
Thank you @voteshekar for celebrating with us, and demonstrating how allies and advocates join to make anything possible! We're excited to create lasting change together #AccessibleFuture
We had such a great time today at the Disability Unite Festival! Our city and all our government services must accessible for everyone. The fight for disability justice is fundamentally intersectional.
#DisabilityPrideMonth#ADA
Happy #DisabilityPride month from NYC! Thank you to the amazing organizations who put together this first Disability Unite Festival, and thank you for the work you do to make ours a more inclusive city for all 🧡
ALT Photo of Carlina Rivera with disability rights advocates in front of the disability unite backdrop for a photo.
ALT Carlina Rivera posing with disability rights advocates and 504 Dems President at the disability unite festival.
IAPSS is excited to be part of (@disabilityunite) Disability Unite community. The Disability Unite is dedicated to empowering and enriching people with all types of disabilities through the life-enriching benefits of art and culture. #disabilityunite
July is Disability Pride Month and the Disability Unite Festival at the Central Park Naumburg Bandshell makes its return this Sunday! Register, or view this fun-filled festival virtually using the link below! #DisabilityUnitedisabilityunite.org/bit.ly/RegisterDU22
Join us this weekend at the #DisabilityUnite Festival in Central Park!
When: Sunday, July 17, 2022, 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Where: Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park, West 72nd St. New York, NY 10019
Details and more info: eventbrite.com/e/2022-disabi…
ICD is excited to be part of Disability Unite's community. The Disability Unite is dedicated to empowering and enriching people with all types of disabilities through the life-enriching benefits of art and culture. #disabilityunitefestival2022#disabilitypridemonth
We're joining @Access4_All & @NYCDisabilities at the 2022 Disability Unite Festival this Sunday! The festival provides everyone the ability to attend w/ their needed access accommodations both in person & virtually. Visit disabilityunite.org for details. #DisabilityPrideMonth