Reel Change: Video, Social Media & the Disability Rights Movement.
Join us for the first Winter quarter Disability Studies brown bag talk:
January 8, 2016, 12-1pm
MGH 024 (D Center)
Reel Change: Video, Social Media & the Disability Rights Movement
Presented by: Tina Pinedo, Video Production Manager at Disability Rights Washington
Accessibility information:
CART captioning and ASL interpretation have been requested.
The D Center is located in the basement of Mary Gates Hall, room 024. It’s wheelchair accessible.
We ask that you please be fragrance free, for the health and well being of community members with chemical sensitivity. For more info: http://eastbaymeditation.org/…/How-to-Be-Fragrance-Free-.pdf
To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at: 206.543.6450 (voice), 206.543.6452 (TTY), 206.685.7264 (fax), or email dso@uw.edu.
Abstract:
This Brown Bag presentation will demonstrate how crucial and effective video advocacy is to the disability rights movement. Disability Rights Washington <http://www.disabilityrightswa.org> (DRW) is a private, non-profit organization that protects the rights of people with disabilities statewide. In March 2015, DRW launched Rooted in Rights<http://rootedinrights.org>, a multi-channel platform for people with disabilities, self-advocates and their friends, families and allies. The mission of the project is to tell stories of the continuing fight for equal rights for people with disabilities, locally and internationally. Since its launch, Rooted in Rights has produced over 40 videos covering topics including: emergency planning, service animals, mental health access in jail, accessible curb cuts, and voting. A few short Rooted in Rights videos will be screened during the presentation to establish how creative content can help amplify legal rights issues related to people with disabilities, and how other disability rights advocates can get involved.
Follow Rooted in Rights on social media!
Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/rootedinrights> | Instagram<https://instagram.com/rootedinrights/> | YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/user/RootedInRightsVideo/featured> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/rootedinrights> | Blog<http://www.rootedinrights.org/>
Bio:
Tina Pinedo is the Video Production Manager at Disability Rights Washington. Tina interned with DRW throughout her time as a student at Seattle University, majoring in Communication Studies. At DRW, she accompanies staff attorneys on monitoring visits with video equipment, in order to document conditions of facilities and interview people with disabilities. Tina became a disability rights advocate after witnessing the disproportionate segregation of people with disabilities in prisons, hospitals and institutions. She hopes real implementation of equal rights and treatment of people with disabilities can be improved through visibility and awareness of the barriers and stereotypes that people with disabilities face.