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Sustaining Spirit: Self-Care for Social Justice

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By Naomi Ortiz — 2018

Caring - Volunteering - Always too much work to do - Burnout Does this sound familiar? Burnout is a vicious cycle. Naomi Ortiz went through this cycle many times before she realized: This Is Not Working. Sustaining Spirit shows how she broke the cycle of burnout and brought balance into her life.

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Models Chella Man and Aaron Philip Demand Better Representation for Disabled Communities

Models and best friends Chella Man and Aaron Philip are challenging fashion ideals. The two discuss growing up feeling excluded and invisible and detail the bravery it takes to be the change you want to see.

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Disabled LGBTQ+ Creatives Imagine a Better Tomorrow

In the fall of 2020 the Ford Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced an 18-month initiative to increase the visibility of disabled creatives and elevate their voices.

Jacob Anderson-Minshall

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Netflix, BBC Team to Develop and Co-Produce Shows from Disabled Creatives

Netflix and the BBC will work together, in an unprecedented move, to promote disabled creatives on and off screen.

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NFTs By Disabled Creatives Breaking Moulds and Making Profits

It is no doubt that NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are changing the way we view, buy and sell art, but are they also having a hand in the way that we define Disability? The medium has opened up doors for artists who have previously been marginalized and restricted from getting rich off their own art.

Keely Cat-Wells

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Aaron Rose Philip on Manifesting the Future of Black Creativity

The model, artist and photographer made history when she walked the Moschino runway in her chair this season. She’s also the first creative we’re spotlighting from the BTF100, debuting today.

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How Lorenza Bottner’s Prescient Art Created Space for Disabled and Trans People

At Documenta 14, the 2017 edition of the touted art festival that takes place once every five years in Kassel, it was an artist heretofore unknown to much of the art world who stole the show: Lorenza Böttner, a German painter, dancer, and performance artist who, in the ’80s and ’90s, began...

Alex Greenberger

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Cristina Ibarra, Documentary Filmmaker | 2021 MacArthur Fellow

MacArthur Fellow Cristina Ibarra is crafting nuanced narratives about borderland communities, often from the perspective of Chicana and Latina youth.

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Sojourner Truth—Civil Rights Activist | Mini Bio | BIO

Sojourner Truth (born Isabella Baumfree, c. 1797 to November 26, 1883) was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist best-known for her speech on racial inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?", delivered extemporaneously in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention.

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How to Survive Being Laid Off

Being laid off can be a financial nightmare, but what isn’t talked about enough is the psychic toll it takes, and the decisions we make around work in the aftermath.

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A Model Who Uses a Wheelchair Is Working to Bring More Physical Diversity to Fashion

Model Jillian Mercado is using her platform to open doors for other creatives with disabilities who may otherwise get overlooked in the fashion industry.

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