CONFERENCE PROGRAM


This program is where to find instructions for joining us on vConference, Vimeo, Zoom, and Twitter. We've also included links to presentation materials and added resources used in the breakout presentations, the mentored chats, and the DREAM General Meeting. Please bookmark this page and use it during the conference for the latest updates in the schedule!

Schedule at a Glance
​What To Expect
​​Disability Activists the Conference Rooms are Named After

Questions
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Evaluations
As a part of DREAM’s efforts to build networking, training, and mentoring opportunities for college students with disabilities, we would appreciate if you would take a few minutes to review the sessions you attend and the conference overall. Links to these evaluation forms are at https://www.disabledandproud.org/evaluation.html. Your review will help us plan for upcoming programs, events, and services. Thank you!

Thanks
Disabled & Proud: Leading Change is an online conference by and for students with disabilities. Many thanks to our sponsors who enable us to offer this conference with a low registration fee and provide registration waivers to students without other means to pay:

Thursday, October 11

3–3:50 p.m. EDT | vConference | Ed Roberts Room
  • Welcome, 7 Strategies for Community Change, and Conference Questions | Ed Roberts Room
    ​Wendy Harbour & Kim Elmore

    Let us welcome you to the conference and answer any questions you have as we get started!

    7 Strategies for Community Change poster by DREAM
    • in PDF
    • in Microsoft Publisher
4–4:45 p.m. EDT | Zoom
  • Mentored Chats: Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and eMployment 
    ​Stephanie Woodward, Director of Advocacy, Center for Disability Rights on Activism

    Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/9731823973
    and/or
    (669) 900-6833, Meeting ID 973 182 3973
    International numbers available:  https://zoom.us/u/dadnZfyvi

    ​If you've never used Zoom -- or if it's been a while -- Zoom is a video conferencing client that works a lot like Skype, but it's web-based so you don't need to download anything to use it. If you don’t have a Zoom account, you can sign up for free at https://zoom.us/signup. The Zoom Help Center has some short but clear tutorials on getting started and joining meetings at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us. You can find contact information for Zoom technical support at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362003.
5–5:50 p.m. EDT | vConference | Ed Roberts Room
  • Keynote Panel: Student Activists on Working for Campus Change
    ​Zina Jawadi, Jay Pande, & Megan Zahneis
6–6:50 p.m. EDT | vConference
​Breakout Sessions 1: Disability Rights
  • What Individuals and Organizations Can Do When Disability Problems Come Up on Campus | | Ed Roberts Room
    Richard Allegra & Maddie O'Meara
  • Disability Law 101: Know Your Rights to Be a Better Disability Rights Activist | Chris Bell Room
    Katherine Perez & Stephanie Woodward 
  • Disability History 101: Know Your History to Be a Better Disability Rights Activist | Leah Katz-Hernandez Room
    Catherine Kudlick
7-7:45 p.m. EDT | Zoom
  • Mentored Chats - Disability Rights, Education, Activism, & eMployment!
    Adie Baez, Program Analyst, Healthcare Ready, on Education

    Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/108359964
    and/or
    (669) 900-6833, Meeting ID 108 359 964
    International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/dadnZfyvi

    ​If you've never used Zoom -- or if it's been a while -- Zoom is a video conferencing client that works a lot like Skype, but it's web-based so you don't need to download anything to use it. If you don’t have a Zoom account, you can sign up for free at https://zoom.us/signup. The Zoom Help Center has some short but clear tutorials on getting started and joining meetings at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us. You can find contact information for Zoom technical support at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362003.
  • 8-10 p.m. EDT | Vimeo and Twitter
    Deej Screening Plus Live Tweet & Post-Movie Twitter Chat
    endever* corbin @endeverstar & Kim Elmore @DREAMdisability
    #DisabledandProud #DeejMovie

    To view Deej, follow the link to the version of the movie you prefer:
    Deej Plain: https://vimeo.com/214534109
    Deej with Captions: https://vimeo.com/236695400
    Deej with Captions and Audio Description: https://vimeo.com/245253866

    Get the password on vConference or in your reminder email from [email protected] on Wednesday. 

    Note that Deej will only be available to view during the live conference. After the conference, you can use coupon code DREAM15 to order Deej at a discount from https://www.deejmovie.com/store (code expires 1/1/2019).

    ​​For those of you who’d like to watch Deej with endever* @endeverstar and Kim @DreamDisability starting at 5 p.m. PDT / 8 p.m. EDT, have your choice ready to play on Vimeo and join us on Twitter. We’ll tweet while we watch the movie and then follow up with a Twitter chat. Use hashtags #DisabledandProud and #DeejMovie to follow and add to the discussion.

    ​If you’ve never used Twitter before, you can sign up at https://twitter.com/signup. For those of us using assistive technologies, EasyChirp is one great alternative to the Twitter client. It’s optimized for use with assistive technologies and uses less bandwidth. If you want to sign up for EasyChirp, go to https://www.easychirp.com.

    If you’ve never participated in a Twitter chat, you can learn how from these fine resources
    •  a tweeted thread of instructions for Twitter chats by Ruti Regan @RutiRegan using the hashtag #ExampleChat. You can find an archived version of it at https://wakelet.com/wake/6280a2bb-8731-4970-8d6e-f044bc82a59d.
    •  a YouTube tutorial Sara Letterman @slooterman made based on #ExampleChat at https://youtu.be/3Uoqoc7hNIE
    •  a captioned ASL video by Helping Education to Advance the Rights of the Deaf (HEARD) at https://www.facebook.com/HEARDDC/videos/1181213075257528/

    For our discussion after the movie, we'll be tweeting out these questions:

    Q1: What parts of Deej’s story can you relate to? What parts are different than your own life? #DisabledAndProud #DeejMovie

    ​Q2: Deej says a lot about independence and getting help from others, and his priorities on this change over time. What does independence mean to you? Is it important? Are there other ways to preserve self-determination while still getting the support you need? #DisabledAndProud #DeejMovie

    ​Q3: In what ways do you think Deej’s privilege as a white man has affected his experience of going to college?Do you have any marginalized identities he doesn’t share which affect your own experience as a student? What about your areas of privilege? #DisabledAndProud #DeejMovie

    Q4: At this conference many of us are thinking and talking about ableism, and Deej makes some insightful comments about the impact of this stigma, like “hearing about norms and cures wears us down”. How does discrimination affect you? #DisabledAndProud #DeejMovie

    To learn more about DEEJ, please visit www.deejmovie.com. 
    To order a copy of DEEJ for your school, library, family or personal use, visit https://www.deejmovie.com/store. 
    Join us on Facebook and Twitter.  Visit DJ's personal website and literacy website.

Friday, October 12

3–3:50 p.m. EDT | vConference | Chris Bell Room
3–5 p.m. EDT | vConference | Exhibit Hall
  • Exhibit Hall Open House
    Exhibitors will be live in their exhibit booth chat areas to say hi and answer questions!
4–4:45 p.m. EDT | Zoom
  • Mentored Chats - Disability Rights, Education, Activism, & eMployment! 
    Carolyn Grawi, Executive Director, Center for Independent Living Disability Resources Center in Pensacola, on Disability Rights 

    Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/733766502
    and/or
    (669) 900-6833, Meeting ID 733-766-502
    International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/aeuuJDpKcl

    ​If you've never used Zoom -- or if it's been a while -- Zoom is a video conferencing client that works a lot like Skype, but it's web-based so you don't need to download anything to use it. If you don’t have a Zoom account, you can sign up for free at https://zoom.us/signup. The Zoom Help Center has some short but clear tutorials on getting started and joining meetings at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us. You can find contact information for Zoom technical support at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362003.
5-5:50 p.m. | vConference
Breakout Sessions 2: Education  
  • Deaf Studies: What Deaf Gain Can Teach All Students with Disabilities | Leah Katz-Hernandez Room
    ​Lauren Kinast & Rachel Kolb​

    Deaf Gain References
6–6:50 p.m. EDT | vConference
Breakout Sessions 3: Activism
  • Access 101: Planning Accessible Events with Universal Design | Ed Roberts Room
    Kate Corbett Pollack & Diane Weiner 

    Event Planning ​Guide by Syracuse University Disability Cultural Center

  • Policy Activism: How Can We Affect Policy at Campus, State, and Federal levels | Chris Bell Room
    Elijah Armstrong & Patrick Cokley
  • What is a Disability Cultural Center? | Leah Katz-Hernandez Room
    Cole Eskridge, liz thomson, & Megan Zahneis​
7-7:45 p.m. EDT | Zoom
  • Mentored Chats - Disability Rights, Education, Activism, & eMployment!
    Megan Zahneis, Co-founder and President, Students with Disabilities Advisory Council at Miami University in Ohio and DREAM Board member, on Campus Activism

    Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/315526920​
    and/or
    (669) 900-6833, Meeting ID 315-526-920
    International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/aQAXreDzr

    ​If you've never used Zoom -- or if it's been a while -- Zoom is a video conferencing client that works a lot like Skype, but it's web-based so you don't need to download anything to use it. If you don’t have a Zoom account, you can sign up for free at https://zoom.us/signup. The Zoom Help Center has some short but clear tutorials on getting started and joining meetings at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us. You can find contact information for Zoom technical support at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362003.
8-9:30 p.m. EDT | Zoom

Saturday, October 13

3–4 p.m. EDT | vConference | Leah Katz-Hernandez Room
4–4:45 p.m. EDT | Zoom
  • Mentored Chats - Disability Rights, Education, Activism, & eMployment! 
    ​    Alec Frazier, Director, Autistic Reality on eMployment

    Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/602992860
    and/or
    (669) 900-6833, Meeting ID 602-992-860
    International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/abeNpDbIL

    ​If you've never used Zoom -- or if it's been a while -- Zoom is a video conferencing client that works a lot like Skype, but it's web-based so you don't need to download anything to use it. If you don’t have a Zoom account, you can sign up for free at https://zoom.us/signup. The Zoom Help Center has some short but clear tutorials on getting started and joining meetings at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us. You can find contact information for Zoom technical support at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362003.
 5–5:50 p.m. EDT | vConference
Breakout Sessions 4: Activism
  • Inclusion 101: Understanding Intersectionality to Improve Inclusion in Campus Organizing | Ed Roberts Room
    Keri Gray
  • Fundraising and Collaborating to Pay for Inclusive Events and Campus Activism | Chris Bell Room
    Megan Larson & Scott Lissner
  • Saving Your ‘Spoons:’ Taking Care of Yourself While Dealing with Ableism”) |  Leah Katz-Hernandez Room
    Cara Leibowitz & Toni Saia
6–6:50 p.m. EDT | vConference
​Breakout Sessions 5: Mentoring
7-7:45 p.m. EDT | Zoom
  • Mentored Chats - Disability Rights, Education, Activism, & eMployment!
    Jessica Queener, Senior Program Associate, Center for Workforce Development, Institute for Educational Leadership, on eMployment
    ​
    Meeting Link:  https://zoom.us/j/734542579
    and/or
    (669) 900-6833, Meeting ID 734-542-579
    International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/ad36WEr5sH

    ​If you've never used Zoom -- or if it's been a while -- Zoom is a video conferencing client that works a lot like Skype, but it's web-based so you don't need to download anything to use it. If you don’t have a Zoom account, you can sign up for free at https://zoom.us/signup. The Zoom Help Center has some short but clear tutorials on getting started and joining meetings at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us. You can find contact information for Zoom technical support at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362003.
8-9 p.m. EDT | vConference | Ed Roberts Room
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A big Thank You to Melanie Thornton of Partners for Inclusive Communities at the University of Arkansas for making the Video Advocacy session possible through Sponsorship!
Disabled & Proud is sponsored by DREAM at the National Center for College Students with Disabilities (NCCSD).  The NCCSD is funded through a four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education (P116D150005) to the Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD).  The NCCSD, AHEAD, and the US Dept. of Education may not agree with all content on linked pages and conference materials, and we can't guarantee the accessibility of external sites.

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