2016-2017 DREAM Monthly Mentoring Sessions
April 10, 2017: Political Participation of People with Disabilities on Social Media
Captioned Recording Transcript Learn about disability activism and how to participate online from the co-organizers of #CripTheVote, a nonpartisan online movement engaging disabled people and others on policies and practices important to the disability community. Co-founders Alice Wong, Andrew Pulrang, and Gregg Beratan started #CripTheVote within the online disability community to encourage discussion of disability issues, amplify disabled voices, and get out the disability vote. They will share their experience--and the knowledge they have regularly gathered from the online disability community--to help college students get involved with the community and political activism online. |
March 13, 2017: Disability Disclosure in the Job Search & Workplace
Captioned Recording* Transcript PowerPoint Slides Are you concerned about if, when, and how to disclose your disability in the job search and work place? There is not one right way to disclose your disability, and your own approach may change depending on the situation. But developing your personal plan for how to disclose your disability in the workplace is important as you prepare for internships and career jobs. Our guest mentors--Sean Marihugh from Microsoft, Michael Reese from Bellevue College, and Tami Tidwell from DO-IT at the University of Washington--will share their knowledge and experience as college-to-career mentors, employees with disabilities, and employers to help us explore options for disability disclosure. *Sadly, the recording of this session is inaudible and so is not included in our public archives. |
February 13, 2017: #DisabilityMentors: Stories from the Front Lines of Career Mentoring
Captioned Recording Transcript PowerPoint Slides Do you know how to find or create career mentoring opportunities? Learn ways to do so from guest mentors Derek Shields, Co-Chair of the National Disability Mentoring Coalition (NDMC), and Kings Floyd, Youth Transition Fellow at the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL). Through resources, tips, and personal stories, Kings and Derek showcase mentoring relationships as a key employment and career development strategy for college students with disabilities. |
December 12, 2016: "Treat Yo’Self: Discovering Self-Care"
Captioned Recording Transcript PowerPoint Slides Are you feeling stressed? Ready for a break? Find self-care methods to help you de-stress and refocus. Explore music, art, meditation, healthy eating, journaling, and more with our December guest mentors, Becky Fein and Megan Larson, leaders at Active Minds! |
November 14, 2016: "Co-Conspirators for Radical Inclusion"
with Lydia X. Z. Brown Captioned Recording Transcript For disabled, queer, trans, and people of color, “intersectionality” is our daily lived reality. Join our November guest mentor, activist Lydia X. Z. Brown, for a discussion of how to move past the myth of allyship and practice becoming co-conspirators for our collective liberation. |
October 10, 2016: “Disability and Higher Ed 101”
with Wendy Harbour Captioned Recording* Transcript PowerPoint Slides Wendy Harbour, director of the National Center for College Students with Disabilities (NCCSD), answers your questions about disability and higher education from a professional perspective and from her personal experiences as a Deaf woman with disabilities. *This recording starts mid-session. The first 10-15 minutes were not recorded. The content of these missing minutes is in the transcript though! |