Access Living will be closed for the holidays from 12/24 through 1/1/25. We will resume our regular hours of operation on 1/2/25. Happy New Year!

Events for January 27, 2025 - November 24, 2025

 

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 […]

La Intersección Entre Inmigración y Derechos de Los Discapacitados

Online – Zoom

Cambiando Vidas y Access Living te invita a un taller gratuito sobre: La Intersección entre inmigración y derechos de los discapacitados. El propósito de la presentación es informarle sobre los derechos legales y aprender sobre las necesidades legales que existen, para poder ofrecer en el futuro una clínica legal en la comunidad. El taller no […]

Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project

Online – Zoom

Access Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]

Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project

Online – Zoom

Access Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]

The Power of Art: Recycled Sculptures as Art Therapy and Eco-Resistance

Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange 2124 W. 82nd Place, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Does the climate crisis keep you up at night? Do you feel hopeless and depressed thinking about the government’s response to climate change? Are you interested in activism? A eco-art therapy study called The Power of Art: Recycled Sculptures as Art Therapy and  Eco-Resistance is currently recruiting participants ages 18-26 to take part in an in-person […]

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.

Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project

Online – Zoom

Access Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]