2017 Schedule
Event Title
The Ethics and Responsibilities of Engaged Scholarship
Location
Namaste Hall
Start Date
21-4-2017 2:00 PM
End Date
21-4-2017 3:30 PM
Description
Note: This event is strictly scent and fragrance free
Disabled community educators and grassroots researches discuss the implications, benefits and limitations of collaborative research projects. They do so by calling on academic researchers and their ethical responsibility as well as the protections required in order to safeguard grassroots knowledge producers, meaning-making processes and action-oriented strategies from institutional abuse.
Event Type
Panel Discussion
The Ethics and Responsibilities of Engaged Scholarship
Namaste Hall
Note: This event is strictly scent and fragrance free
Disabled community educators and grassroots researches discuss the implications, benefits and limitations of collaborative research projects. They do so by calling on academic researchers and their ethical responsibility as well as the protections required in order to safeguard grassroots knowledge producers, meaning-making processes and action-oriented strategies from institutional abuse.
Comments
Panelists:
Sara María Acevedo is an autistic, mestiza educator, activist scholar and disability justice advocate conducting collaborative research alongside autistic grassroots educators and scholars based in Berkeley, California. Sara is adjunct faculty of interdisciplinary studies and a doctoral candidate in Anthropology and Social Change at CIIS.
Lindsey Anderson is Program Coordinator for Ala Costa Adult Transition Program, an adult transition program serving intellectually and developmentally disabled clients in Oakland and Berkeley. Lindsey is a neurodivergent activist and grassroots disability studies researcher passionate about sharing accessible approaches and universal methods of learning with students, educators, and community members.
Tanya Coffield is a multiply Neurodivergent woman. She is Program Supervisor for Ala Costa Centers Adult and Transition Programs. She is passionate about serving intellectually and developmentally disabled adults. Tanya critically analyses Neurodivergent femme leadership and is a grass roots researcher and scholar.
Brent White is autistic, dyslexic and multiply neurodivergent. He designed and directs the ACAT Program; Berkeley Unified School Distritic's adult transition program, and the ACT Program, an adult day program, for the non-profit Ala Costa Centers in Berkeley, CA. Brent is a Disabilty Justice advocate, as well as a grassroots scholar and researcher.