Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
In the early 1970s, around the peak of institutionalization in the United States, a group of teenagers with disabilities were attending a summer camp in the Catskills of New York State. Facing the realities of physical and social distancing, these young campers found solace and vision in one another. Camp Jened served as a meeting ground for some of the most formative activists in the Disability Rights Movement.
Post high school, many of these same campers ventured to Berkeley, California where they continued to dream, organize, and do the hard work of deconstructing many of the physical barriers preventing people with disabilities from being integrated and experiencing true citizenship. Please join the Keystone Institute for our screening of Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution. Together, we will view the film, as well as engage in facilitated discussion around this largely uncelebrated but profound movement in American history.
Documenting Difference: An SRV Study Group Series
This SRV study group series will explore some of the films produced over the past ten years documenting the life experiences of a wide array of people facing societal devaluation. This year’s documentary selection will focus on real life stories from children and adults experiencing mental health conditions and those living with physical and intellectual impairment. Each study group will incorporate facilitated discussion guided by members of the KHS SRV Leadership Group. Together we will reflect on the life experiences of those being depicted, what relevant SRV themes can be identified, and how what we learn can impact the service each of us provides through our diverse roles within the organization.
Details
Date:
February 17, 2021
Time:
10:00 am – 12:30 pm