Disability Pride Week

WRITERS WITH DISABILITIES AND ALLIES AUTHOR NEW 8-BOOK SERIES ON DISABILITY

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
MAKE, Education, Student, Disability, CEO, Partnership, ASK, GUESS, Multimedia, CREATE, Disability Pride Week, Quality of life, Policy, THINK, Gale (publisher), Parallel, Disability etiquette, Book, Health insurance, Insurance, Tutoring, Easterseals (U.S.), Network affiliate

CHICAGO, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Easterseals, one of the nation's leading nonprofit providers of services and advocacy for people with disabilities and their families, announces UNDERSTANDING DISABILITY, a book series targeted to young readers, written by people with disabilities and allies, in partnership with Cherry Lake Publishing Group.

Key Points: 
  • The new book series explores disability in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way, with titles including "Disabilities and Relationships," "Disability Etiquette," "Disability Pride," "Disability and the Media," and more.
  • "UNDERSTANDING DISABILITY opens the door for critical conversations about disability to young readers, and I couldn't be more excited to share it with the world," said Nicole Lynn Evans, author of several titles in the series, and a disability activist and actor.
  • Easterseals prioritized the hiring of writers with disabilities (the youngest of whom, Sydello, is 11 years old).
  • "This first-of-its-kind children's book series on disability exposes a new demographic to key topics surrounding disability.

Miller Lite Celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month With 'Beers and Queer History,' A Guidebook Penned By Dr. Eric Cervini

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Safety, Beer, Curriculum, Twitter, History, Organization, Partnership, Freedom, United Kingdom, Instagram, Multimedia, Miller Brewing Company, Program, Jax Brewing Company, Homosexuality, Doctor of Philosophy, Riot, Folsom Street Fair, Molson Coors Beverage Company, Research, Basic Rights Oregon, LGBT History Month, Harvard University, Mattachine Society, Miller Lite, Homophobia, Queer, Queerty, Water, Disability Pride Week, The New York Times, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Deviance (sociology), Adviser, Equality Federation, Equality Florida, University, Pride Fest, Pulitzer Prize for History, Social justice, Harvard College, Triangle, Conference, NYT, Eric Cervini, Florida, Board, Pulitzer Prize, Freedom Oklahoma, Public relations, Nightclub

'Beers and Queer History' shines a light on ten pivotal moments in LGBTQ+ history where bars and bar culture have been the backdrop.

Key Points: 
  • 'Beers and Queer History' shines a light on ten pivotal moments in LGBTQ+ history where bars and bar culture have been the backdrop.
  • Recently, Dr. Cervini launched Queer History 101, a free online curriculum to expand access to LGBTQ+ history.
  • In the guide's foreword, Dr. Eric Cervini shares the importance of queer bars throughout history:
    "Bars were our havens.
  • Cervini serves on the Board of Advisors of the Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C., a nonprofit dedicated to the preservation of queer American history.