Doin’ The Work: Frontline Stories of Social Change
Society & Culture
Episode 8
Guest: Vilissa Thompson, LMSW
Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW
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If you love what we discuss on the podcast, then you will love our courses! We focus on frameworks, knowledge, and skills to engage in anti-racist, anti-oppressive, justice-based liberatory practice. CEs are available. Check out https://dointhework.com/courses/ to learn more and register. We hope you will join us!
In this episode, I talk with Vilissa Thompson, founder and leader of Ramp Your Voice!, a self-advocacy and empowerment movement for people with disabilities. We discuss Vilissa’s work to educate social workers, educators, and medical professionals about being helpful, rather than harmful, to disabled people, especially disabled women of color. Vilissa explains how the intersection of racism and ableism negatively impact this population and she shares steps that people can take to educate themselves to be allies and advocates for change. She also shares about creating the hashtag #DisabilityTooWhite and the Black Disabled Woman Syllabus. I hope you enjoy the conversation.
Ramp Your Voice!: http://rampyourvoice.com/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RampYourVoice
Empowering Women, Policy Advocacy, Graceful Revolution, Coaching – Melissa Bird, PhD, MSW
Drug Policy and Decriminalization, Racially Biased Policing, Coalition Building – Kassandra Frederique, MSW
Incarceration, Reentry, Prevention, Criminal Justice Reform – Dante Barber
Research, Rural Social Work, Dementia, Policy Advocacy – Nicole Ruggiano, PhD, MSW
Consulting, Reproductive Justice, Racial Equity – Nicole Clark, LMSW
Mental Health, Trauma, Self-Care, Advocacy – Jonathan Foiles, LCSW
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