Uncg’s added components
DISABILITY RIGHTS HISTORY TIMELINE
CREATORS: AARON SCHEUERMANN AND NATALIE BRANSON
Want to learn more about disability rights history in the US? This component uses selected federal legislation, landmark court cases, and significant acts of protest to contextualize the “Patient No More” exhibit. Play the audio below.
Help us improve our timeline! Send in dates/events that are important to you and we’ll add them to our component in the International Civil Rights Center and Museum.
Infocus advocacy spotlight and panels
Creators: Maya Brooks and Kate McDannold
InFocus Advocacy is a Greensboro-based activist group dedicated to enhancing the image of those who identify as disabled. With InFocus Advocacy’s local perspective and strong presence in the community, Maya Brooks and Kate McDannold believed it was important to include the organization in UNCG’s “Patient No More” exhibit. The purpose of their panels is to personalize the otherwise national narrative and emphasize the individual voices of people with disabilities.
UNCG’s Museum Studies group is thankful for InFocus Advocacy’s assets and contributions to the exhibit, especially their wonderful pictures and quotes seen on the panels within the museum. All quotes on the panels are from affiliates and members of InFocus Advocacy and serve as points for reflection for guests of all backgrounds.
If you have any questions about InFocus Advocacy, the button below will direct you to their website. If you have any questions about the creation of the InFocus panels and content, please contact Kate and Maya through the UNCG “Patient No More” team email.
The occupation of space
Creators: Kyle Booker and thomas Mclenigan
What is the occupation of space and how does it relate to social change in the world? This component seeks to give insight into these questions by examining how the protest strategy of occupation has been utilized by different movements advocating for social change.
Come learn about:
The Auto Worker occupation of factories in Flint, Michigan
The Native occupation of Alcatraz Island
And learn about how it all fits together with the nation wide 504 protests and the history of the ICRMCM
Image 1: Young striker off sentry duty sleeping on assembly line of auto seats in Fisher body plant factory number three. Flint, Michigan. Courtesy of the Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017790329/
Image 2: Sitdown strikers in the Fisher body plant factory number three. Flint, Michigan. Courtesy of the Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017790326/
Image 3: Alcatraz Indians of all Tribes Invitation Cover (May 31, 1970), Signed by Dana, Courtesy of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, GOGA 35158a1 https://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/alca/exb/Indian/Goga-35158a1.html
Image 4: Survey of Mary McNeil, Courtesy of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, GOGA 18324x https://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/alca/exb/Indian/documents/Goga-18324x.html