This resource, created by HEARD advocates, serves as a guide for community organizers/educators on how to build virtual learning communities that are grounded in the principles of disability justice and language justice because the revolution must be accessible!
For more than 10 years, HEARD and our communities have pushed for accessible telecom for incarcerated people and their loved ones through our #DeafPrisonPhoneJustice campaign. The FCC finally ordered that incarcerated people with communication disabilities must have access to ALL forms of telecommunications relay services.
On Sept 3rd, 2020, HEARD had an online teach-into share about how disabled people are wrongfully convicted by sharing specific information about John Wilson Jr’s wrongful conviction. In this teach-in HEARD advocates show documents from his communication with DC MPD where fingerspelling officers and writing back-and-forth was used.
The Atlanta Police Department wants to cut down 300 acres of forest to build a $90 million dollar police compound. Learn more about the movement to stop Cop City and defend the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta. Cop city will never be built! HEARD did not create the original resource, but translated it in ASL because … Continued
John Wilson, Jr., a Black DeafDisabled man who spent 25 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. We offer this video to help our communities learn more about some parts of John and his family’s journey. Sadly, he passed away just six months after returning home to DC last year.
A new rule from the Federal Communications Commission requiring full access for incarcerated people with communication disabilities will go into effect in January 2024. This rule is a product of 10+ years of advocacy from HEARD alongside deaf/disabled incarcerated people and community members.
Jeremy “Jay” Woody is a deafdisabled man who was formerly incarcerated in Georgia Department of Corrections. In this Marshall Project article, Jay shares his story about the isolation, discrimination, and deprivation he experienced while incarcerated.
A working definition of the term “Ableism” by HEARD’s founder, Talila Lewis in community with other disabled Black/negatively racialized folk. This version of the definition was last updated in January 2022.
