Disability In Latinx Communities

Disability In Latinx Communities

A panel discussing the personal experiences of being Latinx and Disabled.

By Michigan Disability Rights Coalition

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  • Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes

Disability In Latinx Communities -

Join the LEAD team for a panel discussion sharing the lived experiences of Latinx people with disabilities. Hear the stories of some of our program graduates as they discuss what it’s like to be a Latinx person with a disability or the caregiver of a person with a disability, and discover how everyday people are amplifying the voices of the community through advocacy and leadership.

Facilitated by Priscilla Cano - Disability Advocate

Date: Wednesday, September 17th, 2025

Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm

Location: Virtual ZOOM

ASL and CART Captioning will be provided


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For more information about MDRC, please visit our website: https://mymdrc.org

The LEAD Program is a program of Michigan Disability Rights Coalition (MDRC) funded by the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council; our work is by people with disabilities for people with disabilities and their allies. Our following mission is woven into everything we do: “MDRC cultivates disability pride and strengthens the disability movement by recognizing disability as a natural and beautiful part of human diversity while collaborating to dismantle all forms of oppression.” For more information about MDRC, please visit our website: https://mymdrc.org

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Michigan Disability Rights Coalition

Michigan Disability Rights Coalition is a 37-year-old statewide nonprofit collaborative of people with disabilities including people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), individuals without disabilities, and groups committed to building inclusive communities.

We believe inclusion of people with disabilities cannot be fully realized without also ending all forms of violence like: racism, xenophobia, classism, sexism, ageism, transphobia, heterosexism and all other forms of oppression.

Free
Sep 17 · 9:00 AM PDT