CSULB Bob Murphy Access Center

Join the Job Pipeline Project Focus Group this Friday at 11:00 AM!

What’s in it for you?
✨ Share your career goals and tips.
✨ FREE pizza 🍕.
✨ A chance to win a campus bookstore gift card! 🎁

📩 Reserve Your Spot:
Email [email protected] by Thursday at 5:00 PM. Space is limited!

📍 Details:
    •    Open to all BMAC students.
    •    Location shared upon confirmation.
    •    Let us know if you need accommodations.

💼 Don’t miss this opportunity to prep for your future!

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Are you a college student with accessibility needs and a passion for public service? If so, the city of Long Beach may have an exciting opportunity for you! The Long Beach Office of Equity and the Citizens' Advisory Commission on Disability are thrilled to announce "Disability Mentor Day" at Long Beach Civic Center on October 3rd, 2024.

The deadline for the application is Friday, September 20th at 11:59 pm PST, and you can access the application at https://i.mtr.cool/lrkwgpewdq If you need assistance with completing the application, feel free to contact Jennifer Kumiyama at 562-570-6257 or [email protected].

Happy Disability Pride Month from the Bob Murphy Access Center! Our goal this month is to continue to break barriers and uplift every voice. During this month, we will be highlighting stories from our students, alumni, and staff showcasing the diverse journeys that have shaped their lives. Join us as we celebrate their achievements, embrace their challenges, and inspire future generations to pursue their dreams!

"My work with WAIV participants shows me that every ability deserves respect and inclusion; their talents shine brighter with disability inclusion." -Amanda



[Image Description: Image of Amanda on a grey background with Disability Pride flag colors stripes, Elbee the Shark holding a sunflower, and "Disability Pride Month Staff Spotlight" header.]

Happy Disability Pride Month from the Bob Murphy Access Center! Our goal this month is to continue to break barriers and uplift every voice. During this month, we will be highlighting stories from our students, alumni, and staff showcasing the diverse journeys that have shaped their lives. Join us as we celebrate their achievements, embrace their challenges, and inspire future generations to pursue their dreams!

"I was born 27 weeks early. I was born on December 27th 1989. When I was born, I was premature. I weighed about one pound and 11 ounces. I was born with a eye condition called retinopathy prematurity. This condition occurs when you have too much oxygen in one eye, and as a 2 month old baby, I was visually impaired. Due to this visual impairment, my life and my family has never stopped me from doing anything I ever wanted. I feel very honored to be at Cal State University Long Beach getting my degree in Communications and also perusing the mediation certificate. As a person with disabilities, never let anyone or anything stop you from doing anything you want or like!" -Chandi



[Image Description: Image of Elbee the Shark holding a sunflower on a grey background with Disability Pride flag colors stripes, and "Disability Pride Month Student Spotlight" header.]

Happy Disability Pride Month from the Bob Murphy Access Center! Our goal this month is to continue to break barriers and uplift every voice. During this month, we will be highlighting stories from our students, alumni, and staff showcasing the diverse journeys that have shaped their lives. Join us as we celebrate their achievements, embrace their challenges, and inspire future generations to pursue their dreams!

"I am a proud neurodivergent-psychologically disabled lab manager for the Disability Justice lab and coordinator for disabled-led organization, DREAM." -Em



[Image Description: Image of Em on a grey background with Disability Pride flag colors stripes, Elbee the Shark holding a sunflower, and "Disability Pride Month Student Spotlight" header.]

Happy Disability Pride Month from the Bob Murphy Access Center! Our goal this month is to continue to break barriers and uplift every voice. During this month, we will be highlighting stories from our students, alumni, and staff showcasing the diverse journeys that have shaped their lives. Join us as we celebrate their achievements, embrace their challenges, and inspire future generations to pursue their dreams!

"Hello, I am Kaya Landingin and I am studio arts. I have mild autism spectrum disorder. I was being bullied & judge by people in person & online" -Kaya



[Image Description: Image of Elbee the Shark holding a sunflower on a grey background with Disability Pride flag colors stripes, and "Disability Pride Month Student Spotlight" header.]

Happy Disability Pride Month from the Bob Murphy Access Center! Our goal this month is to continue to break barriers and uplift every voice. During this month, we will be highlighting stories from our students, alumni, and staff showcasing the diverse journeys that have shaped their lives. Join us as we celebrate their achievements, embrace their challenges, and inspire future generations to pursue their dreams!

"At Cal State Long Beach, I'm a Consumer Affairs major with a CS minor, despite my cerebral palsy BMAC & Workability guide me to become an Assistive Tech." -Calvin



[Image Description: Image of Calvin on a grey background with Disability Pride flag colors stripes, Elbee the Shark holding a sunflower, and "Disability Pride Month Student Spotlight" header.]

Happy Disability Pride Month from the Bob Murphy Access Center! Our goal this month is to continue to break barriers and uplift every voice. During this month, we will be highlighting stories from our students, alumni, and staff showcasing the diverse journeys that have shaped their lives. Join us as we celebrate their achievements, embrace their challenges, and inspire future generations to pursue their dreams!

"As we celebrate Disability Pride Month we express our gratitude for the many disability rights advocates and activist who moved the nation towards access in their bold and unapologetic pursuit of the passage of the ADA. We embrace a history of Disability activism in our country including the Section 504 sit ins, and the events like the Washington D.C. Capital Crawl. We recognize the many contributions people with disabilities have made, and continue to make in our communities.

We celebrate solidarity our identities as Disabled people acknowledging our beauty and complexity. It's in our pride, that we also look to the future. There is much more work to do to ensure people with disabilities have meaningful access to inclusive and equitable employment, transportation, healthcare, housing and the right to be the authors of our own stories. Disability Pride Month is a time to recommit ourselves to the principles of Disability Justice and become renewed in our efforts to carry forward movement that embraces the diversity of our lived experiences.

As a Disabled student perusing my Masters in Public Policy and Administration, I am grateful to be working toward this change. May we continue to work collectively, intentionally and boldly for the disability community all year long." -Rebecca



[Image Description: Image of Elbee the Shark holding a sunflower on a grey background with Disability Pride flag colors stripes, and "Disability Pride Month Student Spotlight" header.]

Happy Disability Pride Month from the Bob Murphy Access Center! Our goal this month is to continue to break barriers and uplift every voice. During this month, we will be highlighting stories from our students, alumni, and staff showcasing the diverse journeys that have shaped their lives. Join us as we celebrate their achievements, embrace their challenges, and inspire future generations to pursue their dreams!

"Jessica King (she/they) is a first-generation, late-diagnosed AuDHD undergraduate studying creative writing, comparative world literature, human development, and health humanities.

With the support of student organizations and campus programs at CSULB, she’s participated as a speaker for many panels, presented at multiple conferences, co-facilitated the Autism Ally training, and published the inaugural issue of her multimedia anthology, Enabling Disabled Expressions. As a result of her advocacy efforts, she received the Commitment to Social Justice Individual Award by Student Life and Leadership in Spring 2024. Her projects can be followed on her social media, , and her website, www.thewhitedovepoet.com."-Jessica



[Image Description: Image of Jessica on a grey background with Disability Pride flag colors stripes, Elbee the Shark holding a sunflower, and "Disability Pride Month Student Spotlight" header.]

Happy Disability Pride Month from the Bob Murphy Access Center! Our goal this month is to continue to break barriers and uplift every voice. During this month, we will be highlighting stories from our students, alumni, and staff showcasing the diverse journeys that have shaped their lives. Join us as we celebrate their achievements, embrace their challenges, and inspire future generations to pursue their dreams!

"I am a 61-year-old graduate student who uses a walker for balance. (Diversabled) not disabled as we have to do much more for the same results." -Patrick



[Image Description: Image of Elbee the Shark holding a sunflower on a grey background with Disability Pride flag colors stripes, and "Disability Pride Month Student Spotlight" header.]

Happy Disability Pride Month from the Bob Murphy Access Center! Our goal this month is to continue to break barriers and uplift every voice. During this month, we will be highlighting stories from our students, alumni, and staff showcasing the diverse journeys that have shaped their lives. Join us as we celebrate their achievements, embrace their challenges, and inspire future generations to pursue their dreams!

"I was told I’d outgrow my disabilities and become a functional adult. Today, I am a leader with academic excellence and wonderful relationships. I never outgrew my disabilities, and I am an awesome functional adult!" -Leeana



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