Disability Studies brown bag talk. Join us on Friday, May 20th, 12-1pm, in the D Center (MGH 024)
Yonas Seifu, "My Intersectional Journey"
May 20, 12-1pm, MGH 024.
A stray bullet strike me in the back of the head and voila, I am shoved into my journey from temporarily able-bodied person to physically impaired person.
As if being a Black Immigrant Male was not enough.
Now, I am navigating another socially constructed group and battling the various gate keepers.
Going through the struggles, enlightenment, somewhat accepting and the battle to equalize.
Equipping myself with the language I needed to describe what I had been going through.
Defining successful endgame with the disability perspective.
Article below about my situation in the Seattle Times:
UW grad works to become whole 6 years after bullet shattered life
Throughout my journey I have had some positive and not so positive experiences. These lessons have taught me a tremendous amount of coping capabilities. I have been writing and recording resilience stories. Learning the history of disability and how it has been constructed and a forced boundary on individuals has been strengthening my confidence.
Topics I will cover:
The panic, devastation, coping and accepting.
Relationships in immigrant family and culture and community.
Pursuit of romance, education, and a career.