Events for December 18, 2023 - October 30, 2023

 

Power to the People

Event Series Power to the People

The monthly meeting of ALL of Access Living's community organizing groups. Come together with your allies in housing, home and community based services, immigration, and racial justice! Contact Amber Smock to request accommodations.

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 […]

Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project

Event Series Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 more

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). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]

Rewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop

Event Series Rewritten Narratives: Comic Workshops
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL

Rewritten Narratives: A Comic Workshop is for participants who self-identify as disabled and/or chronically ill, whether the disability is apparent or non-apparent. This could mean anything from physical disabilities, learning disabilities, “invisible” disabilities, and disabilities caused by mental health concerns.  Let’s reclaim and rewrite our stories as disabled people through writing and drawing together! Too […]

Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project

Event Series Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Press Here: Center for Mad Culture 410 South Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL +1 more

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). We are seeking models who would like to include their portrait & stories in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived […]