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“Sick, Twisted Freedom”: Inside-Out Lessons in Disability Justice
Sunday July 6, 2025 10:00am - 11:30am CDT
TBA
In prison and jail where people must put themselves at risk to have their basic needs met, how do we think about disability? We will challenge people to see how incarceration disables and how disabled people inside lead, build power, and care for one another—teaching outsiders to do the same.
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A’Keisha Lee

A’Keisha Lee is proudly and originally from Lansing, IL. She started organizing in college at the University of Illinois, where she focused on improving enrollment rates for black students and funding for the Black and Afro Studies program. A’Keisha moved to Chicago after completing... Read More →
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Harley Pomper

Harley Pomper is a PhD student in Social Work at the University of Chicago. A co-founder of the Jail Solidarity Network, they organize across jail walls to report on carceral injustices and political repression. Their research centers on incarceration, care, disability, and dissent... Read More →
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Raymond Youngblood

Raymond “Suey” Youngblood is a leader, mentor, and interviewer. Suey experienced and analyzed the physical and spiritual violence of prison on himself and in caring for the people around him during 21 years and 5 months in prison and jail. Suey was wrongfully convicted. Today... Read More →
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Sunday July 6, 2025 10:00am - 11:30am CDT
TBA
  Health Politics & Disability Justice

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