“Disability Justice is simply another term for Love”
Dear Resister,
Here at Resist, we intimately understand the impact that movements for justice and liberation have on our communities. They connect us, they grow us, they help us move closer to love, liberation, and the world we deserve.
I grew up in said movements. Youth justice movements, anti-violence movements, and movements for Black lives. When I learned I would become a mother, I daydreamed about raising a tiny revolutionary that would spend their free time with me at community meetings and would grow up to be in service of his community.
Shortly after my son
Zaire
turned two, he was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Among the hundreds of thoughts that came to my mind in that moment was the realization that the movement spaces I have dedicated my life to, and the communities I wanted my child to be a part of, might not be accessible to people like him, who are neurodivergent. Since my activism doesn’t end where my identities do, I leaned into community.
I quickly learned that, because movements are love and
access is love
, there are already people doing the necessary work of ensuring that
movements are for everyone
.
Below are some Resist grantees that are showing love by making their work accessible.
