[NFBO-Linn-benton] FW: Disability Equity Center weekly hello and news

Tue Mar 9 14:46:09 UTC 2021

>From our guest speaker last month:

From: allison hobgood <corvallisdisabilityjustice at gmail.com> 
Sent: Monday, March 8, 2021 1:07 PM
To: allison hobgood <corvallisdisabilityjustice at gmail.com>; Abby Mulcahy <amulcah at gmail.com>
Subject: Disability Equity Center weekly hello and news

Hello, Disability Equity Center community,

We've got lots of news to share this week! Exciting community events, learning opportunities, and COVID updates follow below. Hope to see you soon!

Tomorrow! Tuesday, March 9 from 5-6pm, come visit with DEC and learn about the rights of disabled people during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will also talk about vaccination! Laura Estreich, Melanie Snippe, and Theresa Filtz will lead a presentation and discussion about what you need to know to support yourself and others during the ongoing pandemic. AI captioning will be available. Zoom in here: meet.google.com/wxj-pxvw-miv <http://meet.google.com/wxj-pxvw-miv> 

Dance it up with the Grateful Moths at Dan Wayne's weekly free-form dance workouts Tuesdays at 10 am. There's likely to be superhero talk! Zoom link is here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89429835508?pwd=c2pRN21hbGw1bFA5bFdncEU2aE5zZz09

Meeting ID: 894 2983 5508

Passcode: 879242

Join DEC's Wednesday Wellness support group weekly from 5-6pm. Zina Allen leads the group in making art and being mindful in a safe community. Wednesday 3/10, and beyond. Zoom info here: https://willametteuniversity.zoom.us/j/97902943018

Meeting ID: 979 0294 3018

The Sprout Virtual Film Festival is this Wed, March 10 at 7:00 pm! Come see artistic and memorable films featuring individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Note the attachment with information. To register go to https://homelifeinc.org/sprout/sprout/

Grateful Moth Collective's Magic Luscious Spirit Sounds (Music Group) meets every Friday at 2:00 pm. They get together to share creative projects they are working on, listen to music, and talk about the creative process. Join Zoom meeting here:  <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85932803885> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85932803885. Meeting ID: 859 3280 3885

For information on Healthcare and Face Coverings: Reducing Communication Barriers for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patients, click here: Healthcare and Face Coverings: Reducing Communication Barriers for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patients | ADA National Network (adata.org) <https://adata.org/factsheet/healthcare-and-face-coverings> 

Casa Latinos Unidos is going to be having another FREE COVID-19 Testing Event.

Saturday - March 13, 2021 from 10am to 2pm in South Albany High School (Albany)
Sunday - March 14th, 2021 from 10am to 2pm in Linus Pauling Middle School (Corvallis)

Register here: https://www.doineedacovid19test.com/

Get your vaccine questions answered! Right now, if you have vaccine questions, you can:

Call the Call Center at 211 or 1-866-698-6155--open 6 am – 7 pm daily, including holidays. 

Go to https://covidvaccine.oregon.gov to find out when you are eligible and to get questions answered.

Text ORCOVID to 898211 to get text/SMS updates (English and Spanish only.

Email ORCOVID at 211info.org <mailto:ORCOVID at 211info.org>  (All languages)

Cornerstone Associates invites you to join Thursday Evening Explorers Club with Rachel Mulder, every Thursday 6-8pm

Rachel is an artist who draws with a lot of different materials and enjoys sharing her processes while encouraging others in their art-making. She enjoys facilitating accessible art classes for people all along the disability spectrum, co-hosting Public Annex's free weekly art class. This club showcases many ways of viewing different topics. Each evening will center on a theme/topic and look at it from the perspectives of art, science, and culture.

If you are interested in participating, or know someone who might be, please reach out to Bruce Burris, bburris at cornerstoneassoc.org <mailto:bburris at cornerstoneassoc.org>  or Misha Marie, mmarie at cornerstoneassoc.org <mailto:mmarie at cornerstoneassoc.org>  

Thursday, March 18 from 5:30-6:45 pm (PST)
Power to Heal: Medicare & the Civil Rights Revolution Documentary 

Learn more about a poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. The film shares the story of how Medicare was used to mount a dramatic, coordinated effort to desegregate thousands of hospitals across the country in a matter of months. 

This event is sponsored by MidValley Health Care Advocates (MVHCA) and the NAACP Corvallis/Albany Branch. Registration is Limited. 

Sign up here:  <https://naacpcorvallisbranch.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33ec63071c7b3bd7f960c2211&id=1ec4778b99&e=f39c1f59f2> https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclcuqgpj8pHtR-901Zu5NQqIFoGKK3Dde8 

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