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People with Disabilities Gather in Ferndale for Resources, Ice Cream, and Visibility
ID: Photo of Kaci and NaJee, DDP staff members. “Kaci Pellar and Najaree Nixon staffed [DDP’s] booth, which offered resources on voting...


Disabled Voters Face Extra Obstacles to the Ballot Box
ID: Photo of an accessible voting booth. “‘That made me very uncomfortable, because it’s a vulnerable position to be in—there is no way...


DanceAbility at the Detroit Institute of Arts Museum Local 4
ID: Screenshot of Local 4 live interview Local 4 Interviews Detroit Disability Power’s DanceAbility facilitator Cara, and DDP Member...


Deputy Mayor Bettison and Detroit’s Office of Disability Affairs (ODA) host first Disability Pride celebration & flag raising
ID: Angelic Boyer, Council Member Fred Durhal, III, Deputy Mayor Todd Bettison, ODA Director Christopher Samp, CRIO Director Anthony...


Detroit police precincts using lasso-like restraints: What to know
ID: Photo of a Bola Wrap restraining device. Detroit is equipping more of its police precincts with lasso-like restraints to defuse...


How Disabled Voters Are Accessing Democracy
ID: While legal battles may offer longer-term solutions to the barriers facing disabled voters, other organizing efforts are focused on...


Churches Don’t Have to Be Accessible. That’s Bad News for Voters.
ID: An altered image of a church steeple in red and blue. An accessibility symbol to the right of the church. Mother Jones; Unsplash;...


Elections Have Gotten More Accessible for Disabled Voters, but Gaps Remain
ID: Signs directing voters at a Phoenix library serving as a polling location during the state’s presidential preference election in...


Nixon, Pellar: Detroit City Council must boost disability funding
ID: An accessibility sign on a glass wall. A woman pushing a small child in a stroller in the background. On April 1, the annual public...


What’s in Michigan’s push to expand voting rights
ID: A Detroit Disability Power canvasser registers an elderly resident to vote while knocking doors in Detroit’s Core City Neighborhood....


Disability justice groups demand more resources in Detroit’s budget
ID: An accessible parking symbol painted on the concrete. More than 128,000 Detroiters – or one out of five residents – have at least one...


Detroit Disability Power to Host Anti-ableism Workshop for Media Makers
ID: ID: A birds-eye view of the Michigan Science Center in Detroit. Detroit Disability Power is hosting the Anti-Ableism 101:...


Equitable Poll Access Workshops: March, April, May, and June
ID: Flier for Equitable Poll Access All About the Questionnaire Used to Conduct Accessibility Audits on Thursday March 14th at 4 to 5 pm....


Which cops should patrol Detroit's buses? Reports outline assaults, rage incidents
ID: Riders board a Detroit Department of Transportation bus at the Rosa Parks Transit Center The Detroit Police Department plans to take...


Visit Detroit: Disability Inclusive Activities In Metro Detroit
Minding Our Media was listed in this post by Visit Detroit! "Detroit Disability Power: Multimedia Club-Minding our Media Minding Our...


When good intentions aren’t enough: creating more equitable partnerships
ID: The Community Partnerships Playbook, How to Create Equitable Partnerships between Technical and Community Experts. DDP, Detroit...


What bothers Mona Ramouni is not being seen
ID: Mona Ramouni with her two mini guide horses, Cherry (left) and Cali, in her home in Okemos. Ramouni is an outgoing, friendly person...


Detroit Police Department to receive new tether restraints across precincts
ID: An 8-foot Kevlar rope/cable with two treble-type hooks at each end shown in someones hand, next to a quarter for scale. Image credit...


Open Call: Anti-Ableism 101
ID: Anti-Ableism 101. February 28th 6 to 8 pm on Zoom. Register at bit.ly/DDPOpenCall. ASL and auto-captioning provided. Contact:...


There Is No Climate Justice Without Disability Justice: Centering The Wisdom And Strength Of Surviving A World Not Built With You In Mind
ID: The cover of Riverwise magazine shows an illustration of a small black child in a space suit. From the article: "At first thought, it...
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