Climate, Ableism & Accessibility

Climate, Ableism & Accessibility

9 A M – N 0 0 N

November 17, 2023

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9:00 – 9:15 AM

Land Acknowledgement

• Corrina Gould, Tribal Chair, Confederated Villages of Lisjan & Co Founder, Sogorea Te Land Trust

9:15 – 9:25 AM

Welcome

• Cheryl Davila, Founder, CEMTF & Former Councilmember, City of Berkeley

Speakers & Co-Speakers

9:25 – 10:30 AM

Emergency Preparedness and Climate Action: Insights From a Cross-Disability Perspective

• Emma Martin, Community Engagement Program Manager, Center for Independent Living (CIL)
• Michai Freeman, Systems Change Advocate, CIL
• Henry Maeko, Emergency Preparedness Outreach & Training Coordinator, CIL
• Sheela Gunn-Cushman, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, CIL

10:30 – 10:55 AM

Introduction to the CMIST Resources Memory Tool that Helps Make Any Disaster or Emergency Accessible for People with Access and Functional Needs

Overview: CMIST memory tool helps meet legal obligations with what the Protected Class (Section 504, ADA, CRCL, Aging) laws require. This session will help you gain the information needed to know about working with emergency management.

• Sadie Martinez, Access and Functional Needs Coordinator, State of Colorado division of HSEM

10:55 – 11:00 AM Break

11:00 – 11:30 AM

How Climate Change Impacts the Whole Community

• L. Vance Taylor, Chief of the Office of Access & Functional Needs, State of California, Office of the Governor

11:30- 11:50 AM

Climate’s Disproportionate Impact on People With Disabilities (PWDs), How to Counter Ableism in the Environmentalist Community, and Opportunities to Increase Both Accessibility and Climate Resilience

People with disabilities (PWDs) represent 15-20% of the global population and are on the front lines of the climate crisis. Social inequities and ableism amplify how climate change hits the disability community, leaving PWDs with fewer resources to adapt and harming the resilience through inadequate planning and accessibility. Even more, PWDs who would like to join the climate movement often encounter ableism in environmentalist spaces, leading environmental movements to inadequately address disability needs.

• Alex Ghenis, Climate and Disability Justice Advocate, Equity Working Group for the Bay Area Climate Adaptation Network (BayCAN) and the Technical Advisory Council for the CA Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program (ICARP)

11:50 AM – Noon

Announcements & Closing

• Cheryl Davila

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