Center on Disability Studies eNewsletter, September 2022

Welcome to the September 2022 issue of the CDS eNewsletter. Special highlights in this issue include: Featured Artist Lynnell Mateaki RDS Seeks Manuscript Review Board Members Exhibitor Release #PacRim2023 Introducing Deaf in Government Partnership #PacRim2023 Call for Presentation Proposals #PacRim2023 Legislative Forum Dates | Hawaiʻi DD Council Hawaiʻi's Path to Employment First Seminar Recording Now Available 2022-2023 CDS Community Advisory Council Introduction Website Launch Project Hoʻokuʻi V: Kūlia i ka Nuʻu Fall Announcements with Project Hōkūlani eNewsletterSpecial eNewsletter highlights include: Featured Artist Lynnell Mateaki; RDS Seeks Disability Studies Call for Reviewers; Pac Rim Exhibitor Invitation; Pac Rim Call for Proposals; Hawaiʻi State Council on Developmental Disabilities Legislative Forums; Presentation Hawaiʻi's Path to Employment First with Patrick Gartside available; Introducing 2022-2023 Community Advisory Council; Project Hoʻokuʻi V: Kūlia i ka Nuʻu Website Launch; and Project Hōkūlani 2022 Summer eNewsletter Release, Hōkūlani Insider

Center on Disability Studies eNewsletter, June 2023

Welcome to our summer newsletter. In this issue we highlight many events and happenings sponsored by CDS during June and July that you don’t want to miss out on. Disability Pride Month is also celebrated each year in July. Disability Pride initially started as a day of celebration in 1990, the year that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law. It is also an opportunity to raise awareness about improving access and inclusion. The first official Disability Pride celebration occurred in 2015 to commemorate the ADA’s 25th anniversary and the Disability Pride Flag was originally designed in 2019 by Ann Magill, who with feedback within the disabled community, refined its visual elements in 2021 to be more accessible. You can read more about how the disability pride flag helps increase the community’s visibility at https://go.hawaii.edu/qEX