All faculty and staff are welcome to attend this BUILD workshop taking place on May 20, 2021, from 12:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m.                                                                                  
The book From the Periphery consists of around 40 first-person narratives of everyday people and activists in the United States who describe what it’s like to be treated differently by society because of visible and invisible disabilities. Race, class, and intersectionality are recurring motifs. The oral histories describe universal topics like anger, independence, bigotry, solidarity and love—in the family, at school and at the workplace. From the Periphery is a classic oral history collection that will interest people with disabilities and their relatives, researchers, and policy-makers etc.

This workshop aims to increase the understanding of the lived experiences of people with disabilities, their coping strategies and responses to oppression, and what they do to empower themselves and others.

This workshop is offered in partnership with DePaul's new ERG: Ability Alliance with Allies and Advocates at DePaul.