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Where to listen: Spotify
This film is an oral history, told by the movement’s mythical heroes themselves, and illustrated through the use of rare archival footage. The story features Fred Fay, who suffered a spinal cord injury at age 17 in 1961, and simply refused to be relegated to life’s sidelines just because he couldn’t walk. He fought tirelessly for decades for equal rights, access, and opportunity for the disabled, including advocating for programs allowing the disabled to live independently. (Fred died August 20, 2011; the film is dedicated to him.) Also featured is Ed Roberts, who founded the independent living movement in Berkeley and is also considered a father of the disability rights movement.
Where to watch: PBS Documentaries
Upcoming Events
Sorting and Processing International Aid (AM)
Believing that every child belongs in a safe, nurturing, and permanent family, Buckner International works daily to stabilize, heal, and empower families to realize their fullest, God-given potential. The Buckner Humanitarian Aid Center assists by providing aid to these families. Depending on the current need, you may be working on one of the following projects:…
Family Pathways Childcare
Buckner Family Pathways provides single parent families the opportunity to live in a safe environment while completing his or her educational or vocational goals and learn the necessary skills needed to become self-sufficient. Families are supported through affordable housing, financial assistance, and case management services which include referrals to parenting education, budget training, life skills…
BCHA Food Distribution
The Domestic Aid and Assistance program serves local children and families in need. At our volunteer shifts, we host a weekly food distribution where we serve up to 75 families in East Dallas. The majority of our work consists of packing and sorting food that we then hand out during the distribution. AGE REQUIREMENT: At…
Hood Yoga
This is Yoga for the people! A safe space created for black womxn / black folk to explore beginner Yoga. All classes are 90-minute beginner sessions that include 25 minutes of journaling. Evening sessions are held in a heated room. Bring water, a towel, a journal, and an open mind and heart!
Hood Yoga
This is Yoga for the people! A safe space created for black womxn / black folk to explore beginner Yoga. All classes are 90-minute beginner sessions that include 25 minutes of journaling. Evening sessions are held in a heated room. Bring water, a towel, a journal, and an open mind and heart!
Celebrating Life Wellness Fair
The Afiya center is observing National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day with a wellness fair. Celebrate life with us and our partners: get access to HIV prevention, testing, and treatment!
For Oak Cliff Food Distribution 2024 (indoors)
Oak Cliff exists in a food desert and our community faces extreme disparities in health outcomes. We need volunteers weekly to support food justice initiatives.
For Oak Cliff Food Distribution 2024 (indoors)
Oak Cliff exists in a food desert and our community faces extreme disparities in health outcomes. We need volunteers weekly to support food justice initiatives.
For Oak Cliff Food Distribution 2024 (car line)
Oak Cliff exists in a food desert and our community faces extreme disparities in health outcomes. We need volunteers weekly to support food justice initiatives.
Soldiers’ Angels Dallas Military & Veteran Food Distribution
Soldiers’ Angels provides an easy, no-cost way for Dallas Service Members and Veterans in need to receive food assistance. Volunteers pack bags of groceries and load them into cars, pushcarts, or backpacks of registered Service Members and Veterans.
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