Black Disability Histories: Reflections, Narratives, Futures with the Youth Alliance for Intersectional Justice
Join us at The Hub for a conversation about neurodiversity, disability and racial justice with youth from the Youth Alliance for Intersectional Justice (YAIJ).
This event, hosted by the EDIO, is led by youth who are “intimately knowledgeable about life at the intersections” (YAIJ). You will hear and learn from youth with firsthand experiences of disability and racialization. Recognizing that neurodiversity can be understood through an assets-based perspective, this conversation will re-define and illuminate difference as strength. You will learn more about how to meaningfully cultivate spaces that welcome neurodiverse and racialized youth in a way that reaches beyond accommodation. At UTSC, prioritizing intentional inclusion means deepening our understanding of multiple perspectives and knowledge through experiential learning within and beyond the academy.
- Date: Thursday, March 16, 2023
- Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
- Location: The HUB, UTSC (located in Highland Hall, # floor)
- Open to the UTSC community!
- Light refreshments will be served.
If you are interested in learning more about Black Disability History, BIPOC Resistance, and intentional inclusion on campus, join us at this event!
Everyone is welcome to attend. Please register to attend: https://forms.office.com/r/Zabk3SYs0h
Registration link can also be accessed through the EDIO Linktree: linktr.ee/utsc_edio
About YAIJ
The Youth Alliance for Intersectional Justice (YAIJ) is a Black youth-led collective of racialized and neurovaried youth, adults, and allies. The YAIJ amplify the voices of youth who have a variety of labels related to race, dis/ability, sexuality, gender expression, economic status, and other social labels.
At the centre of the YAIJ are racialized youth with intellectual and/or developmental disability (I/DD) labels.
Youth challenge special needs labels by taking up space, teaching, and learning on their own terms, and directing their own life stories.
As a collective, the YAIJ develops youth-centred, community-based projects and research focused on education, technology, housing, employment, and entrepreneurship.
To learn more about the YAIJ, visit their website: yaij.org.
Accessibility Information
Accessibility information
The HUB can be accessed by stairs or elevator.
At UTSC there are several accessible parking spaces (the closest accessible parking lots are Pc and Pd; for more information please view this campus map. If you are taking public transit, it is the building directly north of the UTSC bus loop. https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/home/sites/utsc.utoronto.ca.home/files/UTSC_Campus_Map.pdf
It is our goal to make this event accessible to all interested in attending. If you have any questions or requests to best accommodate your participation, please contact the event co-ordinator (edio.utsc@utoronto.ca).
