Bring your friends and meet us outside TechTown to share our stories of accessibility and justice work, whether that be access to healthcare, education, clean water, housing, spiritual practices, nature, nutrition, or community. To tell stories builds community and community builds political power. Our work compels us to form relationships rooted in collective liberation across communities - join DJJ and our partner organizations as we hold one another's pains and triumphs in the fight for justice. 

Singing, noshing, and shmoozing included. The event - per weather permitting - will be outside with masks optional. If the weather pushes us indoors, masks are strongly recommended.

If interested in telling a story, reach out to Stevie! We will have a storytelling coaching session prior to the event, but all are welcome to share on the fly, whether that be your own story or a piece of art or writing you'd like to bring to the group. 

Gentle and Flexible Storytelling Guidelines for this event:

• Ideal length: 5 minutes

• Stories, poems, essays, performance, visual art all welcome

• Bring your own work or highlight someone else’s work that speaks to you about this theme!

• finished/perfected work not required!!

• A very non-exhaustive list of prompts:

  • What does access mean to you?

  • What have you had access to? 

  • What haven't you had access to? 

  • Exploring shifting access needs & access needs that are in conflict or opposition

  • Universal vs Flexible access

  • Access to ____________ (healthcare, wealth,  child care, education, clean water, private indoor and outdoor space, natural/wild areas, recreational water, sports, extracurricular activities, adequate nutrition, more than adequate nutrition, travel, public outdoor and indoor space, ancestral wisdom, spiritual practice, community... this list can go on and on)

Hey y’all! I’ve been working here as a Community Organizer for a few months now and I’ve met quite a few DJJ-niks, but is it even really real if I don’t put up a perfectly detailed and awesome introductory blog post about my whole life story??

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