The Movement

Our series “The Movement” led by OPEN DOORS Member, Shannon Nelson, serves to spotlight past and present events in different rights movements that deserve more attention.

Movement series.png — The Fair Chance for Housing Act would help eliminate structural barriers preventing those with a criminal record from living a full life.

There is Help, There is Hope; sucide prevention isn’t just about identifying people at risk, It’s also about reducing mental health stigma

Reality Poets with Spinal Cord Injuries: Alhassan “EL” Abdulfattah, Shannon Nelson, Vincent “V” Pierce, LeVar “Var” Lawrence, Ramon “King Tito Love” Cruz

writer, artist, and disability/LGBTQ activist Connie Panzarino

activist Kay Ulanday Barrett, a disabled, gender noncomforming, transgender, and mixed race individual, intersectionality is central to Kay’s activism.

Marsha P. Johnson, a drag queen, and by our modern understanding, transgender woman, did much for the LGBTQ community over her short life.

Ed Roberts was a prominent disability rights activist that is often credited with being the founder of the Independent Living Movement.

Robin Cavendish was a British advocate who fought for severely disabled people to be integrated into the community and have a higher quality of life.

highlighting new healthcare staffing legislation recently passed in New York state

This week we will be highlighting the Oscar-nominated documentary, Crip Camp and the disability rights movement.

Avila, a clothing brand that employs Autistic Asian artists from the Center of All Abilities for their designs.

Megan Rapinoe and the LGBTQ Rights Movement, specifically as recent legislation has passed limiting the rights of transgender children, specifically their participation in sports.

Dorothea Lange, infamous photographer and traveller who contracted polio as a child.

Rosa May Billinghurst, a prominent UK suffragette and women’s rights activist.

Annette Kellermann, was a professional swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress, writer, and business owner from Australia.

Adelaide Knight, who was a prominent disabled suffragette and equal rights campaigner in the UK. I

Marian Wright Edelman, the first Black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar

Professor of sociology Stacy Torres recounts the complex issues she navigates in placing her sister into a long-term care facility during the pandemic.

The Movement

The Fair Chance for Housing Act would help eliminate structural barriers preventing those with a criminal record from living a full life.

There is Help, There is Hope; sucide prevention isn’t just about identifying people at risk, It’s also about reducing mental health stigma

Reality Poets with Spinal Cord Injuries: Alhassan “EL” Abdulfattah, Shannon Nelson, Vincent “V” Pierce, LeVar “Var” Lawrence, Ramon “King Tito Love” Cruz

writer, artist, and disability/LGBTQ activist Connie Panzarino

activist Kay Ulanday Barrett, a disabled, gender noncomforming, transgender, and mixed race individual, intersectionality is central to Kay’s activism.

Marsha P. Johnson, a drag queen, and by our modern understanding, transgender woman, did much for the LGBTQ community over her short life.

Ed Roberts was a prominent disability rights activist that is often credited with being the founder of the Independent Living Movement.

Robin Cavendish was a British advocate who fought for severely disabled people to be integrated into the community and have a higher quality of life.

highlighting new healthcare staffing legislation recently passed in New York state

This week we will be highlighting the Oscar-nominated documentary, Crip Camp and the disability rights movement.

Avila, a clothing brand that employs Autistic Asian artists from the Center of All Abilities for their designs.

Megan Rapinoe and the LGBTQ Rights Movement, specifically as recent legislation has passed limiting the rights of transgender children, specifically their participation in sports.

Dorothea Lange, infamous photographer and traveller who contracted polio as a child.

Rosa May Billinghurst, a prominent UK suffragette and women’s rights activist.

Annette Kellermann, was a professional swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress, writer, and business owner from Australia.

Adelaide Knight, who was a prominent disabled suffragette and equal rights campaigner in the UK. I

Marian Wright Edelman, the first Black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar

Professor of sociology Stacy Torres recounts the complex issues she navigates in placing her sister into a long-term care facility during the pandemic.