Events for October 28 - December 14, 2023
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Step Ahead
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesStep Ahead is an Access Living group for people with disabilities who previously lived in a nursing facility and are now living independently in the community. The group aims to provide knowledge, information, and community resources for people with disabilities who want to further develop their independence. This group also welcomes individuals who are currently in […]
PA Training @Access Living
Advance Your Leadership Power
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesAdvance 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.
PA Training @Sulzer Library
PA Training @Edgebrook Library
Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe 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 and SAIC art therapy graduate student, Amy Bernard, this group is meant to […]
Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe 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 and SAIC art therapy graduate student, Amy Bernard, this group is meant to […]
PA Training @Access Living
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando 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 […]
PA Training @Virtual
PA Training @Chicago Bee Library
Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe 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 and SAIC art therapy graduate student, Amy Bernard, this group is meant to […]
Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe 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 and SAIC art therapy graduate student, Amy Bernard, this group is meant to […]
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando 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 […]
Advance Your Leadership Power
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesAdvance 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.
![Flyer with drawing of two figures with conversation bubbles. Flyer text reads, "Join Access Living, the Department of Rehabilitation Services, Consumers, Homemakers, Personal Care Attendants, and others to discuss home and community-based services in Illinois. Home and Community Based Services Town Hall. Uplift your stories to build a better future. Join ONLINE or IN PERSON! To attend please register here [link] Spanish and ASL interpretation provided and CARET captioning available. Please submit accommodation requewsts before 3/10/23. Wednesday March 22, 2023, 1-3PM. Join online or at Access Living 115 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60654. 4th Floor."](https://accessliving.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Home-and-Community-Based-Services-Townhall.png "Home and Community Based Services Townhall")
Town Hall: Home and Community-Based Services in Illinois
Uplift your stories to build a better future! On March 22, Join Access Living, the Department of Rehabilitation Services, consumers, homemakers, and personal care attendants to discuss home and community-based services in Illinois. This is a hybrid event. Please register ahead of time to attend virtually OR in person. Spanish and ASL interpretation and CART […]
PA Training @Avalon Park Library
PA Training @West Loop Library
My Girl My Story: Film Screening and Discussion
About the Film: My Girl Story Documentary tells the stories of two African American girls from Detroit and their fight to become the young ladies they want to be. To commemorate Women's History Month during the month of March, My Girl Story LLC, producer of the My Girl Story documentary, is partnering with community organizations […]
PA Training @Chinatown Library
Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe 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 and SAIC art therapy graduate student, Amy Bernard, this group is meant to […]
Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe 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 and SAIC art therapy graduate student, Amy Bernard, this group is meant to […]
PA Training @Access Living
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando 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 […]
PA Training @Access Living
PA Training @North Pulaski Library
Advance Your Leadership Power
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesAdvance 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.
![Blue background with white text that reads, "[Webinar] Disability and Opposition to Assisted Suicide."](https://accessliving.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Ass.-Suicide-Event-Calendar.png "Ass.-Suicide-Event-Calendar")
[Webinar] Disability Opposition to Assisted Suicide
PA Training @Edgewater Library
Step Ahead
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesStep Ahead is an Access Living group for people with disabilities who previously lived in a nursing facility and are now living independently in the community. The group aims to provide knowledge, information, and community resources for people with disabilities who want to further develop their independence. This group also welcomes individuals who are currently in […]
PA Training @Access Living
Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe 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 and SAIC art therapy graduate student, Amy Bernard, this group is meant to […]
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando 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 […]
Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe 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 and SAIC art therapy graduate student, Amy Bernard, this group is meant to […]
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando 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 […]
Unveiling Party: DISABLED I AM Story Map Project
Access Living is proud to host the Unveiling Party of DISABLED I AM’s Story Map project. Come and share your disability stories. We will celebrate disability through a mixture of art and socializing activities, including a photo booth, creating your own personalized avatar, and button making. All attendees will learn experiences and tales of disability […]
Inclusive Contemporary/Modern Dance Workshop
A gathering of movers of all kinds led by Maggie Bridger. All bodies, minds and experience levels are welcome. Masks are required for all in-person workshops. Please reach out to inclusivedanceworkshops@gmail.com with any questions. Access Information: Access Living is a scent free building. Please refrain from wearing scented products, such as scented lotion, perfume and cologne. All areas of the building […]
Sensory Touch and Soundscapes Interactive Session
During this user-expert feedback session, participants will have the opportunity to engage playfully with a touch-sensitive embroidered tablecloth alongside the artists, Anke Loh and Christine Shallenberg. Touch-sensitive tablecloths will be displayed and linked to laptops and speakers so that participants can explore and play with the tablecloths and discover how they can elicit soundscapes. Artists […]
Mental Health Support Group
Online – ZoomThe 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 and SAIC art therapy graduate student, Amy Bernard, this group is meant to […]
PA Training @Chicago Bee Branch Library
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando 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 […]
Spring 2023 Body Casting Art Exhibition
Join us for the final exhibition of body-based artworks by Access Living consumers. This exhibition is the culmination of a spring body casting workshop hosted by the Arts & Culture project. Artists were encouraged to explore their relationship with their own bodies, engage with art materials in creative ways, and consider the connection between mental […]
PA Training @Access Living
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesStep Ahead
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesStep Ahead is an Access Living group for people with disabilities who previously lived in a nursing facility and are now living independently in the community. The group aims to provide knowledge, information, and community resources for people with disabilities who want to further develop their independence. This group also welcomes individuals who are currently in […]
PA Training @Access Living
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Writing Care Scenes: A Workshop & Skill Share
Writing Care Scenes: A Workshop & Skill Share with 2023 3Arts/Bodies of Work Residency Fellow, Kennedy Dawson Healy Join us for a workshop on writing play scenes about care. Learn about how Kennedy found grounding in writing about issues surrounding care through her in-progress project Care: The Musical. Then, take time to develop your own scene […]
PA Training @Access Living
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando 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 […]
PA Training @Access Living
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesPA Training @Vodak East Side Library
PA Training @Roden Library
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando 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 […]
PA Training @Virtual
PA Training @Thurgood Marshall Library
PA Training @Independence Branch Library
PA Training @Bezazian Branch Library
Cambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando 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 […]
PA Training @Access Living
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesPA Training @Back of the Yards Branch Library
PA Training @Access Living
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesAdvance Your Leadership Power
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesAdvance 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.
PA Training @Greater Grand Crossing Branch Library
PA Training @Access Living
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesPA Training @Blackstone Branch Library
PA Training @ Portage-Cragin Branch Library
PA Training @Access Living
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesStep Ahead
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesStep Ahead is an Access Living group for people with disabilities who previously lived in a nursing facility and are now living independently in the community. The group aims to provide knowledge, information, and community resources for people with disabilities who want to further develop their independence. This group also welcomes individuals who are currently in […]
PA Training @West Pullman Branch Library
PA Training @Access Living
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando Vidas
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando 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 […]
A Conversation with Lachi
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Access Living
115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States
A Conversation with Lachi In person only! Join us for an informal community conversation with this year’s recipient of the Lead On Award, Lachi! We are so excited to not only present Lachi with the Lead On Award, but to have her at Access Living on June 14 for a pre-gala meet and greet with […]
PA Training @Garfield Ridge Library
Accessible Juneteenth 2023
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
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesCambiando 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 […]