Mia Mingus on Disability Justice (interview)

[CC] "Disability Justice work is .. new in the sense that we're building the shared political framework and shared language, so it's also a very exciting time." - Mia Mingus
Disability Justice deals with the oppression of disability, but at the same time also deals with other systems of oppression and injustice - it is a 'multi-issue politic.' It moves beyond rights- and equality-based approaches, beyond access and inclusion in unjust systems, instead working towards collective justice and liberation, towards transforming society as a whole.
This interview with Mia Mingus, one of the leading articulators of what Disability Justice is about, was done recently in Ottawa, where she gave two talks on 'Beyond Access: An Introduction to Disability Justice.'
Interview transcript available at:
equitableeducation.ca/2013/mia...
Interview by Greg Macdougall, EquitableEducation.ca
for The Icarus Project, TheIcarusProject.net
Mia Mingus' website: LeavingEvidence.wordpress.com

[@marijana7472]

Mia is a visionary for sure.

[@danielkidane1333]

Thank you Haben for being you! A beautiful human being, smart, genius and just. I am so touched by your message and I appreciate your courage and your sense of humanity! Kudos!

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Thank you for sharing this important discussion

[@cosmoshell251]

Well said!

[@frutto9960]

thank you so much, so important and so beautiful

[@jshir17]

*Way to go*