Point of information, How much Diversity is within SDS--aren't you asking
the campuses to provide something that your own association doesn't?
At 04:31 PM 9/16/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I think that Jerry raises an important issue. I know that Simi Linton and
>others, including myself, have attempted to have disability included in
>diversity requirements. Often there is a backlash from more "established"
>identity groups who see their status as jeopardized by encroaching new
>identities. But I think that the argument needs to be made and objections
>to counter arguments needs to be handled. In other words, as Gerry Graff
>has written, we need to teach the problems.
>
>I do think we should get together a dog and pony show that could travel to
>various universities. There are certainly enough people on this list who
>have written about this subject and who are good speakers who could
>constitute the basis for a speakers list. This goes back to the point that
>I hope was and will be discussed at SDS concerning a Publicity/Advocacy
>Bureau on Disability.
>
>At 03:51 PM 9/16/1999 EDT, you wrote:
>>Hi Jerry and everyone!
>>
>>I have been advocating for inclusion of people with disabilities in the
>>diversity dialogue at my college campus for years. Just this semester, I
>>have made some progress. I located an ally on campus who understands
>>disability as a minority status. He is a well-connected faculty/staff
>person
>>who is highly visible in the diversity and multicultural movement on
>campus.
>>He and I began meeting regularly and are planning strategies for inclusion
>of
>>pwd's. I believe that the diversity community on our campus does not
>>intentionally exclude pwd's from the list of minority master statuses, but
>>mainly needs education.
>>
>>So, find an ally or educate a potential ally who is already in the
diversity
>>loop and be an ally, too.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>Beth Omansky Gordon
>>
>Best,
>
>Lennard J. Davis
>Professor and Graduate Director
>Department of English
>Binghamton University
>Binghamton, NY 13902
>607-777-2770 Fax: 607-777-2408
>
Carlos Clarke Drazen
UIC Athletics/Department of Disability and Human Development
1640 West roosevelt RD m/c 626
312/413-7520 v 312/413-1326 FAX
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