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It's our Disability Pride Month Special Edition! 🎉

And what an edition we have in store for you...

✨ Reflecting on what motivates us in our advocacy with our Spotlight Series Activists

✨ Bringing Disability Pride to Ireland - Article by trailblazer and founder of Disability Power Ireland, Maryam Madani.

✨ What does Disability Pride Mean To You? - Reader survey responses

✨ A very short news round up

Catch up here: https://mailchi.mp/disabilityparticipation/disability-participation-news-hub-newsletter-6755585

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☕️💬 Are you a member of the Athlone LGBTQ+ Community? If so, Heartlands Pride Athlone, Athlone’s LGBTQ+ Pride Organisation, needs you! Following our first ever Summer Pride Festival this year, we are looking ahead to the future and we want to know what the local community wants from their Pride Organisation.

What do you want to see from us in the future? What do you want us to prioritise? Meet with committee members on Sunday July 26th anytime from 1-3pm at Caffé Nero Athlone, for an informal chat to provide your views. The opinions we gather will inform our future plans.

We also recognise that, unfortunately, it is not safe for everyone to be out or visible, so you can also contribute online through social media or by email if you can’t make it in person.

Thank you 🌈❤️

The breakdown of our very exciting event taking place tomorrow. Please come along. Great workshops. Wonderful music. Opportunities for connection.

💥 We kicked off our Access Media Series yesterday evening with our first session on Language and Ethical Storytelling.

This session focused on why language is important, what representation looks like, and the impact of representation on disabled people.

Thank you to all who attended and spread the word, it's just the start of these important conversations!

We will have a recording available for this session soon for anyone who missed it or had any difficulties accessing the event.

Our next session takes place on the 18th of August via Zoom on "Accessing Production Spaces.".

Be sure to book your place and join us next time!

Link here to all sessions (or in our bio too): https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/access-media-4855191

This series is supported by Coimisiún na Meán

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Our latest newsletter is out now 📰

Catch up on consultations, Oireachtas News, Calls for Participation and much more!

🔗 Link to our newsletter here (also in our bio and through QR code on image): https://mailchi.mp/disabilityparticipation/disability-participation-news-hub-newsletter-6755521

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Last chance to register for the first of our Access Media Sessions - on language and ethical storytelling!

Join us on Tuesday at 7pm: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/access-media-session-1-language-and-ethical-storytelling-tickets-1991583112702

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