What are people saying about us?
BBC Access All: From fresh-water wells flooded by salty seawater to avoiding inaccessible emergency shelters, we hear from [DJP Fellows] Ari in Samoa and Melvina in the Solomon Islands about the impact climate change is having on their very exposed corner of the world. It comes as COP28, the UN summit which convenes annually to try and solve the climate crisis – draws to a close in Dubai.
Reframing Disability: Every Small Step Towards Accessibility Counts: Since the beginning of the year, I have worked for DJP as the community engagement coordinator of a growing group of alumni fellows and journalists covering disability globally, and recently, as an instructor of rights-based journalism to a cohort of disability-rights activists from Nepal. I’ve witnessed firsthand the effort that goes into making the programme accessible for fellows from varied cultural backgrounds and abilities, who speak different languages.
Cultural Survival: How the Disability Justice Project has resourced Indigenous storytellers with disabilities to frame their own agenda and solutions: Ableism is deeply entrenched in the dominant narrative, which is exclusionary and dehumanizing. Storytelling about persons with disabilities is often paternalistic and harmful, perpetuating dangerous stereotypes. Think inspiration exploitation, a definite no-no. Changing this ableist narrative is essential in philanthropy, too.
Anthem Awards: How the Disability Justice Project is taking an intersectional approach to dismantling systems of ableism: The Disability Justice Project (DJP) pairs disabled journalists in the Global South, in the nascent stages of their careers, with mentors and professional journalists. The program’s goal is to push the global disability justice movement to the forefront of storytelling, while training fellows on rights-based reporting.
Northeastern Global News: How the Disability Justice Project is working to make filmmaking more accessible: “The whole goal of the Disability Justice Project is to make our media—and the media production process itself—more accessible,” [DJP Founding Executive Director Jody] Santos says. “This is a huge step in that direction.”
Disability Rights Fund: Meet Two Disability Justice Project Fellows Modeling Inclusive Storytelling: Ableist storytelling is a direct contradiction to the popular disability rights movement’s slogan, “Nothing About Us Without Us.” It is critical that persons with disabilities are front and center in any stories that are told about them and are included in policy decisions made about them. … Recognizing the need for disability-inclusive storytelling, the Disability Justice Project … was created to mentor and train persons with disabilities to “take back the narrative” as storytellers.