The summer will culminate in a hybrid-model symposium presenting their finished works to the broader Disability Studies community. They will receive support for working on new projects grounded in scholar-activism, an assigned mentor, and opportunities to learn from and visit with the Bay Area’s rich disability arts, rights, and justice organizations, as we host open conversations with local disabled changemakers about what scholar-activism means to them and might support them in the future with the challenges they face. on the basis of their 5-7 years’ experience in disability-related scholarship, arts and culture, and/or disability justice activism. Each group of ten will be invited to campus from across the U.S. This generous support will allow the Longmore Institute to lead a month-long summer workshop for emerging Disability Studies scholar-activists, held three consecutive summers at San Francisco State University with an option for hybrid participation.Įach Emerge cohort will consist of scholars, artists, or activists whose work enriches the field of Disability Studies with projects that explore disabled people and experiences intersecting with further marginalization by race, gender, sexuality, incarceration record, or immigration status. Longmore Institute on Disability is proud to announce Emerge, a three-year initiative that will be made possible thanks to a generous $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation as part of their new investment in disability studies. In 2015, her story was published by Narrative Inquiry of Bioethics.Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State University receives $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to support the emerging leaders in disability studies and scholar-activism. Lynnell has been featured in several documentaries, including Intersexion (2012) and One in 2000 (2006), and appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Montel Williams Show. She also served as a member of the Board of Directors for InterConnect Support Group and on InterConnect's Diversity Committee. Lynnell has served as Vice President on the Board of Directors for interACT. Before long she was speaking on college campuses and educating medical professionals throughout the U.S. Lynnell began speaking out as a volunteer with Intersex Society of North America's Speakers Bureau. For the past 15 years the heart of Lynnell's advocacy has been in helping intersex children, preventing genital mutilation, and ending the unnecessary shame and secrecy suffered by intersex adults. Her passion for activism grew from being a long-term patient at a university hospital in her native Chicago. Lynnell Stephani Long (she/her) is an intersex activist, educator, photographer, and paramedic.
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