Disabled people in Black, Brown, Indigenous, Asian, and mixed-race communities live and struggle against the trauma of racism and ableism every day. During the pandemic, our communities have witnessed and experienced constant violence - in the medical and psychiatric systems, in the criminal legal system, in the educational systems, and in our own homes, communities, and movements. We are all burned out and far beyond capacity even though we are often on the front lines fighting for justice and freedom. This webinar will discuss what it means to survive burnout from racism and ableism during a global pandemic, and how we can offer care to each other outside of harmful systems.

We will provide ASL interpretation and CART captioning for this event, which participants will be able to join by video or phone.

Panelists

• Allilsa Fernandez is a mental health and disability advocate and activist. They are currently Advocacy and Policy Senior at ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia, and member of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project’s Shelter Organizing Team. He is a board member of the National Council on Independent Living, DREAM, and ISPS-US. She is also a peer specialist and aspiring lawyer.

• Dom Chatterjee (they/them) is a freelance editor, holistic health educator, and the lead organizer behind QTPoC Mental Health. They seek healing through peer support, aerial arts, music, baking, and writing. Find the community-driven resources they organize on restforresistance.com.

Please note that after registering on EventBrite, you will also receive instructions for receiving a Zoom link. AWN will host this event on Zoom as well as livestream to Facebook.

[Photo: Event banner shows a photo of extremely cracked and dry ground in the desert in the background. The text says Surviving Burnout from Ableism & Racism in the Pandemic, January 31 at 1pm Eastern / 10am Pacific. There are photos of two people - a smiling Latinx person with short dark hair and a bowtie, and a thoughtful South Asian person wearing glasses and a Rest for Resistance tshirt. Under the photos are the names Allilsa Fernandez and Dom Chatterjee. The corner shows the AWN logo - a large "a" with a dragonfly on it, and the words awnnetwork.org.]