Events for October 28 - April 8

 

Accessible Juneteenth 2023

UIC Quad 750 S. Halsted, Chicago

Come and celebrate the third annual Juneenth celebration of the black disability community and the victories we accomplished! This year there will be a DJ, food, giveaways, resources, an open mic, and exhibitors from Black-owned/friendly organizations and businesses. Share your talents in song, dance, spoken word, instruments and more by registering for an open mic […]

Cambiando Vidas

Event Series Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Cambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]

Peer Mental Health Support Group Summer Check-In

Online – Zoom

The Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC, ATR, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to share […]

Cambiando Vidas

Event Series Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Cambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]

Cambiando Vidas

Event Series Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Cambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]

Rally for a Just Waiting List

Chicago City Hall 121 N. LaSalle, Chicago, Illinois

Come celebrate the reintroduction of the waitlist transparency ordinance! We want to make some noise and let people know about the Accountable Housing and Anti-Discrimination Act, which would create a searchable database of available, affordable homes for prospective tenants by requiring that all developers who receive city funds to build affordable units be listed in […]

Cambiando Vidas

Event Series Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Cambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]

Home and Community Based Services Roundtable Discussion (Virtual)

Online – Zoom

Join Access Living, consumers, homemakers, personal assistants, and others to discuss home and community-based services in Illinois. Spanish and ASL interpretation provided. CART captioning available. Register for the HCBS roundtable here.

Book Event – We’ve Got This: Essays by Disabled Parents

Online – Zoom

Join the Arts & Culture Project at Access Living and Women & Children First Bookstore via Zoom Webinar to celebrate the release of We've Got This: Essays By Disabled Parents featuring Eliza Hull & Dani Izzie. We've Got This: Essays By Disabled Parents is the first major anthology by parents with disabilities. When writer and […]

The 2023 Disability Pride Parade

Join Access Living in showing your disability pride! Pace Drop-off/Starting Location: 401 S. Plymouth Court Parade lineup: 10am at 401 S. Plymouth CourtParade kickoff: 11am Pace Pickup/End Location: Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington The parade route travels north on Dearborn Street to Daley Plaza (0.6 miles)

Art Collection Tour Guide Training

Event Series Art Collection Training
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Tour Guide Training in Access Living's Permanent Art Collection Access Living’s permanent art collection features work that captures aspects of the disability experience, culture and history. Displayed on the walls of our building, the collection showcases pieces created by artists with disabilities from across the nation including Riva Lehrer, Sandie Yi and Mat Fraser. This impressive […]

Peer Mental Health Support Group Summer Check-In

Online – Zoom

The Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC, ATR, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to share […]

Cambiando Vidas

Event Series Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Cambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]

Power to the People Summer Gathering

Harold Washington Park 5200 S Hyde Park Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois

For more information or to request accommodations, please contact Michelle Garcia.

Art Collection Tour Guide Training

Event Series Art Collection Training
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Tour Guide Training in Access Living's Permanent Art Collection Access Living’s permanent art collection features work that captures aspects of the disability experience, culture and history. Displayed on the walls of our building, the collection showcases pieces created by artists with disabilities from across the nation including Riva Lehrer, Sandie Yi and Mat Fraser. This impressive […]

Art Collection Tour Guide Training

Event Series Art Collection Training
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Tour Guide Training in Access Living's Permanent Art Collection Access Living’s permanent art collection features work that captures aspects of the disability experience, culture and history. Displayed on the walls of our building, the collection showcases pieces created by artists with disabilities from across the nation including Riva Lehrer, Sandie Yi and Mat Fraser. This impressive […]

Cambiando Vidas

Event Series Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Cambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]

Cambiando Vidas

Event Series Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Cambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]

Cambiando Vidas

Event Series Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Cambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]

Peer Mental Health Support Group Summer Check-In

Online – Zoom

The Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC, ATR, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to share […]

Advance Your Leadership Power

Event Series Advance Your Leadership Power
Online – Zoom

Advance Your Leadership Power meets on the first, third, and fifth (when applicable) Tuesdays of every month. All are welcome to join; AYLP members are people with disabilities, social justice advocates, and allies. At present, AYLP meetings take place on Zoom. Please contact Candace Coleman to get the link to the meeting.

Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group

Event Series (Virtual) Mental Health Support Group
Online – Zoom

The Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC, ATR, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to […]

Cambiando Vidas

Event Series Cambiando Vidas
Online – Zoom

Cambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]

Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group

Event Series (Virtual) Mental Health Support Group
Online – Zoom

The Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC, ATR, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to […]

Cambiando Vidas

Event Series Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Cambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Alma Olavarría Gallegos to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings […]

Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group

Event Series (Virtual) Mental Health Support Group
Online – Zoom

The Fall Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting. Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck, LCPC, ATR, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to […]

Cambiando Vidas

Event Series Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Cambiando Vidas meets on the second, third,and fourth Tuesdays of every month, and provides a critical space for immigrants with disabilities to come together, organize, and effect change. Learn more about Cambiando Vidas. This is a virtual meeting that takes place over Zoom. Please contact Michelle Garcia to get the Zoom link. Cambiando Vidas meetings are […]