This workshop is for DISABLED, CHRONICALLY ILL, IMMUNCOMPROMISE, &/OR NEUROSPICY FOLKS WHO ARE STILL COVID CAUTIOUS

I still can't shake learning about the person who went to the ER after a 4 day migraine in February of this year. She brought masks for all the medical staff there and they made fun of her and laughed in her face. When she became upset she was psychiatrically incarcerated; for "maladaptive adjustment," "paranoia," "anxiety," and "crying hysterically;" still not treated for the migraines she came for. It disgusts me. It nauseates me to know that far and wide, these are the kind of medical providers we have to depend on for our care.

I decided to create this workshop for those of us still masking, still taking precautions, still giving a fuck about our communities and who are also: disabled, neurospicy, immunocompromised, chronically ill; who weren't considered or taken seriously before, and certainly are not now.

Let's prepare with each other and for each other <333

Layout:

We will do introductions; I will provide context for the workshop.

Then we will share our fears of being covid cautious when seeking medical care.
We will share experiences of asserting ourselves.
I will share what a typical hierarchy of medical staff looks like
I will share 3-4 different configurations of pod mapping
We will do 1 practice scenario as a whole group
Then 2- 3 practice scenarios in break out groups as time permits

Safety:

~ Limited to 35 People

~ Must either verify your insta (with your face) or by a person I know

~ Will receive zoom link day of

~ Registration will cut off 2 days before (Nov 30th)

Access:

~ Captions

~ Workshop is 2.5 hours

~ You will receive recording and resources after

~ Do not share recording

About Your Facilitator:

Rise is a queer Black disabled genderfluid femmeboi; A visual artist, poet, full spectrum (birth/postpartum/grief & loss/abortion) birtworker, yoga teacher, meditation facilitator, gender affirming and trauma informed care and disability justice educator, access consultant and community care worke.

Rise is deeply invested in disability justice, access, centering wellness for Black queer folk, trauma education, and rest. Also of course! A lover of doing the most.