Webinar:
Disability Pride Awareness Month with Mental Health Intersectionality

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July is Disability Pride Month, which some of us may celebrate to acknowledge and honor our disability as an important part of who we are as individuals. The disability community is a diverse one, and we are more than just our mental health disability. Each of us is unique because our identity as a person with a disability intersects with so many other parts of our identity, such as gender, sexuality, religion, age, race and ethnicity. Join us as we talk about the importance of recognizing our intersectional identities. 

*This training is presented from a peer perspective by people who have lived experience with mental disabilities.*

Live Caption and ASL Interpreter Available

About the webinar:

In this webinar, we will be looking at discussing Disability Pride Awareness Month and Intersectionality in Mental Health. Please join us as we discuss:

We will explore the following: 

• The history of Disability Pride Month 
• Why do we celebrate it? 
• How we celebrate and honor our diversity 
• What is intersectionality? 
• Why is all this important? 

Speakers:

Jode Keasler (she/her) is a Peer Self-Advocacy Coordinator with the (PSA) Unit at Disability Rights California (DRC). She has lived experience with co-occurring disorders. Jode is aware of the challenges and stigma one faces navigating the world having disabilities. 

For 8 years, Jode was a Patients’ Rights Advocate working for the California Office of Patients’ Rights (COPR) Specializing in advocating for the rights of patients with mental health disabilities at state hospitals.  Prior to starting her career with DRC, Jode was in the field of finance management. 

Jode feels some of the most rewarding work she has done and continues to do, is give people with disabilities a voice along with the tools necessary to use their voice to self-advocate and get the assistance they need. 

Rosy Tellez, Peer Self-Advocacy Supervising Coordinator with Disability Rights California, brings extensive peer employment training expertise. She facilitated Peer Specialist Trainings in Los Angeles County for the past 13 years at the Disability Community Resource Center and holds a high peer employment placement success rate. Having navigated Department of Mental Health Youth and Adult services, Rosy uses Peer Support, Self-Help and Peer Advocacy as primary Wellness tools. She is an important role model for the peer community, having achieved 19 years without any psychiatric hospitalizations.