Program

Education & resources(a) liberating webinars series:activity

Education & resources(a) liberating webinars series:activity: a web video series that brings in autistic and/or disability community leaders, activists, scholars and organizers to speak on various topics of relevance to autistic and disabled communities.Description: these webinars provide representation, social support and community as well as education, and model many different kinds of policy advocacy and proud disabled autistic resistance to the oppressive social conditions. The webinars detail existing conditions, provide support and solidarity from an explicitly autistic perspective, imagining a better, more just future, and provide practical action steps towards achieving that future.(B) publications programming:activity: awn continues to expand its publishing program after beacon press republished our original girl's anthology in 2021 under the new title "sincerely, your autistic child".Description: awn's publication programming provides educational resources to strengthen our greater cross-disability and neurodiversity community. We are continuing our partnership with beacon press to include future anthologies which will focus on restorative and transformative justice as it relates to intersectionality within the disability, autistic, and lgbtqi+ communities.

Service Area:

Grants: $630.00
Expenses: $178,902.00
Year: 2021

Locations

No locations for this program
Parent Organization

Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network Inc

Lincoln, NE
Mission

Part 1: the mission of autistic women & nonbinary network (awn) is to provide community, support, and resources for autistic women, girls, transfeminine and transmasculine nonbinary people, trans people of all genders, two spirit people, and all others of marginalized genders. - Part 3: the mission of autistic women & nonbinary network (awn) is to provide community, support & resources for autistic women, girls, nonbinary people, and all others of marginalized genders. In fulfillment of our mission, awn self-published 2 anthologies: all the weight of our dreams: on living racialized autism & what every autistic girl wishes her parents knew. The latter has been picked up by beacon publishing for republication in 2021. Awn hosts educational events, autism acceptance events, seminars and conferences with the focus on multiply marginalized disabled people, book readings and discussions centering on autism and disability, and social gathering meetups which provides community connection. Awn sponsors a fund which provides direct financial support to autistic people of color through micro-grants.

  • Website: http://AWNNETWORK.ORG
  • Phone: 4025123610
  • Principal Officer: SHARON DAVANPORT
  • EIN
    EIN: 275133111
  • Revenue: $1197588
  • Assets: $1251732
  • Expenses: $685008

Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network Inc

Lincoln, NE 68506