Hey everyone! I was wondering if anyone would have free time this sunday to meet and go over some concepts for the workshop? im thinking times between 2-6

Week Nine: Disability Culture 

Breaking News: Chris Lopes, actor (and Lindsey's brother) will visit our class, show us an 8-minute film, talk about his experience as an actor, and join our conversation.

Reading: Petra Kuppers, Introduction to Disability Culture and Community Performance: Find a Strange and Twisted Shape (ebook via Tripod)

Let's ask, along with Petra: "What is disability culture? Is there one, are there many? Who calls culture into being?"

Viewing: Simi Linton and Christian von Tippelskirch, documentary film Invitation to Dance (copies at BMC, HC, and SC)

Yesterday was my first official day at CCW, and I already cannot wait until next week. There is so much there that is radically different to my work at a prison, which is where I had my praxis last semester. The prison required a brief period of recovery, of processing the systems of control that make up every experience. At CCW, I feel the flows of emotions as they come, expressing them freely because it is the opposite: there is so little control that is imposed upon me and everyone else in that space.

I know we mentioned this in class yesterday, but would people be interested in watching the movie for next week in the HC library on Sunday night? Maybe at 7pm? 

I'm gonna plan on watching it then, so comment below if you would like to join and we can try to reserve a room! Also feel free to comment if another time would work better :)

From a recent blog post that's directly relevant to our class conversation tonight (as well as to previous conversations). 

There is a Vista who is a partnership coordinator

Community partner relationship with a school

Phila Mayor Kenny will select 10 schools to be community schools

Would help us keep doing what we are doing in a more supported and recognized way

vertical, siloed school to hub or wheel

Principal is a huge proponent for mental and emotional health integrated into school day

1 school psychologist -- for 800 kids.

Principal would like another one, or social worker -- work during the school day and after into the night time

Longer building hours

GED training, career support and training

Health services

Full time nurse (now only 2 days out of the week now)

1. Students playing a lot more than they were last week, there's a lot more running around and stuff 
2. One of the kids latches on to me right away, I'll call him Adam. Adam has a car that he's playing with that he's apparently brought from home.

Notes: Today, I played freeze tag with the kids at recess. Ms. S and Mr. D were playing too, and alternated between participating, running away from the “it” and unfreezing players, and keeping an eye out that the game didn’t get too rowdy and resolving disputes about the rules. Part way through the game, I noticed that Hayley and Jenny, the only two girls in the glass, were some of the only people not playing tag. I went over to talk to them (got frozen on the way and had to get unfrozen by Ms. S) and asked why they weren’t playing. Hayley said that Jenny was feeling sick and didn’t want to run. I asked if they wanted to make sand castles; we made a tower with walls and a moat and a drawbridge.

http://www.pcah.us/posts/320_sometimes_we_need_to_get_uncomfortable_on_working_with_artists_in_the_disabilities_community

Prof. Lindgren posted this in the class she is teaching this term at HC in partnership as well with CCW:

http://www.pcah.us/posts/320_sometimes_we_need_to_get_uncomfortable_on_working_with_artists_in_the_disabilities_community