An Evening celebrating International Day of Persons w/ Disabilities! "On this International Day, let us reaffirm our commitment to work together for a better world that is inclusive, equitable and sustainable for everyone, where the rights of people with disabilities are fully realized." — António Guterres, UN Secretary-General. Enjoy The Happy Hour Show with friends, families, allies, and sponsors! There will be food, dj, door prizes, and a cash bar.
Space is limited! Cash at door only until space is full, buy your tickets early at https://IDPD19.eventbrite.com/

This is a #ThriveWorldWide event

When purchasing a ticket, please specify accommodations required, we will do our best to make the accommodation. Interpreting Services are available. Food will be marked clearly. There will be no flashing lights. 

Sponsors:

Disability Pride Philadelphia Inc

Access Point PHL

Pond, Lehocky, Stern, Giordano

Keystone First

Liberty Home Choices

All American Home Care

In partnership with Disability Pride Philadelphia and Access Point, we are co-hosting a 'Night at the Field House' before the holidays kick in. Join us at Field House, 1150 Filbert St from 5 -7:30 PM.

Connect Inclusively is hosting it's 2nd social event! A Night at the Museum is an evening of AFTER HOURS FUN! Take a tour, join on the games like Revolutionary War Beer Pong, and hang out with us in the cafe! Food and drinks are available for purchase at the cafe (including alcohol).

Sponsored by Disability Pride Philadelphia Inc., Access Point Philadelphia, Diversability, and were are looking for more sponsors. Email Vicki at connectinclusively@gmail.com for more information.

$5 advanced ticket through EventBrite, $10 at the door.

Please let us know if you need an accommodation 72 hours in advance, so we can provide it. The museum is accessible.

Join us for a day of learning from great presenters, meeting new friends over lunch, trying out adaptive activities AND experiencing a great exhibit area of prosthetic products and services.

Registration is FREE. On-site registration is also available; however, we encourage you to register in advance in order to save your spot and ensure we have enough lunches for everyone. Questions? Call 888/267-5669 or email lled@amputee-coalition.org.

Join us in welcoming Marcalee Sipski Alexander to Philadelphia!
Marcalee and her husband Craig are on a 2,500-mile journey from Canada to Key West to raise awareness on the impacts of extreme weather for persons with and without disabilities.

Marcalee will be walking through Philly in September and we want to be sure our community shows up to show our support!

Join us in traveling from Jefferson to Love Park - demonstrating to Philadelphia the impacts people with disabilities face during and after extreme weather events that are only increasing in frequency.

Gather with us at 11AM on September 8th at 10th and Walnut!
We will start our march/roll at 11:30AM off to Love Park - where we will have a handful of speakers, learn about the Day for Tomorrow on 9/22, and rally until 2PM.

American Sign Language (ASL) provided & available throughout the event.

Extreme weather events are impacting all of us, but for people with disabilities we are 2-4 times more likely to die or be injured during and after disasters, we need our nation to take action now!

Save the Date for the premiere social event of Connect Inclusively!! More details to come.

Let’s Talk about Disabled Sex is full day workshop geared towards people with disabilities, but this is an inclusive day. The morning is focused on basics, or sex 101. Participants will work in groups to explore anatomy, LGBTQIA+ terminology, sexual health, HIV/AIDS, and STD/STI prevention. The afternoon are two panel discussions, types of consent and media (mis)Representation of disability and sex. They will discuss self pleasure and why it is important to know how you like your body to feel. The last workshop is provided by Sexploratorium/Passional Boutique. They will present participants with adult toys and gear that can be used to have more pleasurable sex, and open discussion of how to use them.

Lunch is included. This is a safe place. No pictures allowed. 

International Day of Persons with Disabilities was started by the United Nations in 1992. Each year on December 3, IDPD elevates the rights of people with disabilities worldwide, sharing awareness on their cultural, economic, political and social lives.

Disability Pride Philadelphia invites you to celebrate your friends, relatives, co-workers, peers—everyone!—together, as a community. Join us for the IDPD Happy Hour on December 3, 2018, at the Prince Theater from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Enjoy a performance of the ON DISPLAY installation, a commentary on the body as spectacle and society's obsession with body image, and the world premiere of the ON DISPLAY GLOBAL film. All are welcome, but registration is required. Limited space, reserve your tickets NOW! Bring your print out to check in desk at Prince Theater on Dec 3rd. 

This is a #ThriveWorldWide event

Off the heels of the 2018 United State of Women Summit, our friends at USOW announced an ambitious plan to spur women into action in their local communities and beyond. One of the ways in which they’re taking collective action will be at the Galvanize Program in Pennsylvania where allies will gather for a day to hear from local activists, organizers, and experts on the issues impacting women and communities in Pennsylvania and nationwide. And you’re invited! Join us in Philadelphia on November 17 at Galvanize Pennsylvania!

The day begins with a high-energy mainstage session where participants will hear from local and national leaders and includes and attendees will be able to network with organizations and individuals making an impact in different areas of gender equality. 

As a community partner on the event, we have a few guest tickets available (valued at $50). Contact us if you are interested.

FREE EVENT: HLD will be performing the ON DISPLAY project in the historic Septa Suburban Station main concourse on Saturday October 27th from 12-2pm. Audience participation is welcome, bring your phones, cameras, friends and join them! They welcome your photos and selfies!! 

Premiered in 2015 at Lincoln Center by Heidi Latsky Dance (HLD), ON DISPLAY is a deconstructed art exhibit/sculpture court—a commentary on the body as spectacle and society's obsession with body image. Members of the disability, performance, and fashion worlds are often stared at and objectified in their daily lives. This installation addresses our propensity to judge people based on what they look like by taking us beyond the first impression. 

ON DISPLAY GLOBAL (ODG) is an event in honor of International Day of Persons with Disabilities where many communities around the world present this sculpture court installation in their own city. It has grown from 2 cities, NYC and Hobart, Australia, in 2015 to 26 international cities in 2016. ODG’s goal is to expand to 100 cities by 2020. As we take back what it means to be stared at or to engage with an unexpected body, we collectively shift the perception of beauty.

More information here: https://www.facebook.com/events/680076312378723/

Of the many values Groupmuse seeks to uphold as they carry forth our mission, preeminent among them is that of inclusivity. So much of what they do is oriented around how to make this classical music a music truly for everyone — and how to cultivate an experience that is evocative and powerful on a level that is below words and that transcends the barriers that maintain the illusion of separation.

So when the prospect of throwing a Massivemuse as the opening act of the first ever 2018 Philadelphia Inclusive Arts Festival, co-organized by Groupmuse Philadelphia’s own Davinica Nemtzow, they really had no choice but to jump on it.

In Davinica’s own words, “September 6-9 will be jam-packed with art workshops, panel discussions, and community building all across our City of Brotherly Love. The goal of the festival is to highlight creative work from people of all backgrounds and abilities while encouraging each other to be inclusive allies."
You can learn more about the fest here: https://www.picatic.com/piaf18

For our September 6th overture to the Festival, they’ll be gathering the workshop of the legendary BOK -- the once-vocational school, now community art space, bar, and so much more. And they’ve enlisted the gifts of the Madkoi Quartet, who’ve prepared a program that spans the globe and includes voices that have for so long been left out of the classical canon — including a gorgeous string quartet by Florence Price an early 20th century figure who served as the first African-American woman to have a composition played by a major orchestra — a stunning accomplishment for a person who died a decade before the Civil Rights Act passed.

The evening is B.Y.O.B. and B.Y.O.Floor.Pillow.Or.Picnic.Blanket as the space is splendid but raw. Tickets are $20, but we understand that not everyone is able to afford that price point and we want you to be able to join them regardless of your financial situation. If that’s where you’re at, please email Davinica at davinica@groupmuse.com and we'll find an arrangement that works for you. 

Can’t wait to celebrate a City of Brotherly Love that has space for everyone with all of you!

Join us at the disability pride parade in Philadelphia on June 16th, 2018. Supported by the Mayor's Commission for People with Disabilities, this is a great opportunity to show off your disability pride. For more info, contact Vicki at disabilitypridepa@gmail.com or visit www.disabilitypridephiladelphia.com