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!
We teamed up with five other amazing community organizations to create the first #ASL vlog about #MassIncarceration in the United States! Take a few minutes to learn why people are calling to #DefundPolice.
Webinar in ASL about the prison system and imprisoned deaf community during the time of COVID-19.
ASL Translation of “Police Reforms You Should Always Oppose” written by Miriame Kaba.
Maybe you saw #8toAbolition in response to the recent “ 8 can’t wait” reform campaign? This vlog expands on why that was needed. The information in this vlog is translated from 8toabolition.com.
Please think twice before you celebrate deaf driver cards, deaf police registries and other easy “solutions” proposed by police to end police violence. A lot more will have to be done to change the culture of policing than a simple card. Also, these cards have led to police violence in the past when DDBDDHH people have reached for the card.
Formerly incarcerated Black deaf man, Otis Hill, describes his experience in prison.
Videos from an 8-part interview with Felix, a wrongfully convicted (innocent) deafdisabled Latino man who has been incarcerated for more than 40 years. Learn more through the hashtag #FreeFelixGarcia
To end mass incarceration, we must first begin to be honest about the real and deadly consequences of racism, classism and ableism. Closing Rikers is a step in the right direction, but in addition, the stories of deaf and disabled people must be amplified, and New York must take steps now to save them.
Calling home from prison is cumbersome and expensive. For deaf people behind bars, it’s even tougher, sometimes impossible.
