Over the summer we hosted a 3-day virtual retreat to get to know each other and set our intentions for the upcoming year. Yen Azarro graced us with her talented graphic recording/note-taking, and below are the images she shared with us.

Day 1: Who are we and why are we here?

Labs for Liberation - July 16, 2024 - Day 1 Introductions Image: Flag Text: Political communication Image: Chicago skyline with Cloud Gate (“The Bean) Text: Relationships Gender Image: Laptop Text: Digital, disability justice Where is the digital 3rd space? Image: Phone in hand with swipe right, swipe left arrows Text: Dating, eugenics Image: Yellow pencil Text: Classroom work & courses How we teach, how we learn Text: Design in Disability Image: Chips in a bag Text: The snacks Image: Aquemini sign Text: Aquemini Image: Padlock Text: Ensuring security Image: Thought bubble Text: Inspired by digital spaces + possibilities Image: A bright spot with lines highlighting invisibility Text: What is missing Image: An empty room Text: Spatial justice Image: Noisemaker Text: More ways to party Image: Arrow moving out Text: Creating more collaboration
What Are You Hoping To Get Out of this Fellowship? Image: Building blocks Text: Building more accessibility Through language Image: Game board with game piece at start, the words “Administrative accessibility” in the middle Text: Being “at the start” of something Image: Checklist Xed out Text: Accessibility is not onerous Image: Hands touching Text: Multisensory experience in mapping Image: Two people next to each other Text: Moving at the pace of community Text: Joy Care for Systems Flexibility Collaboration Image: An ear with a hoop earring Text: To hear and learn something new Image: Hand held out Text: Support Text: Distribution of resources
Disability Justice and Disability Culture Image: Calendar page with “1980s” Painbrush Wifi sign Text: “Disability Justice” What happens when groups gather and culture emerges Shared language Art + creativity Technology Image: Disco ball Text: Magic is feeling proximity to others even when you’re not close at all Image: Silhouette of person Text: History of disability as a movement—without regard to intersectionality Framework Image: People standing on scaffolding Black feminist disability framework is scaffolding Non-compliance is part of the disability culture

Day 2: What are we interested in?

Labs for Liberation - July 17, 2024 - Day 2 Choose Your Own Adventure #1 Image: Person sitting at a table Text: “The user is a value-laden figure” Image: Institutional entrance Text: Class and who is “labeled” to have access Institutional harms tied to privilege for white men Image: Slide Text: Accessible playgrounds - justification to steal land #2 Image: Wrench and hammer Text: What is ethical internet? In solidarity economy— How do we: • Build tools? • Be in digital community? • Better processes Image: Raspberry Text: RaspberryPi.com Image: Masquerade mask Text: How can we make digital even more dope?! Migration #3 Image: Barbed wire fence Text: Violence from military - derived technoloty Moving to ethical practice Image: Map Text: Reverse the power of the internet to amplify marginalized voices 2G/3G Mapping #4 Text: Moving from military…to care Image: Open book Text: Storytelling and interdisciplinary practice Lessen the harm Image: Telescope Text: Using speculation to steward through a black feminist lens Image: Question mark Text: Asking questions collectively
Labs for Liberation - July 17, 2024 - Day 2 Choose Your Own Adventure #5 Image: Name tag with the following text Text: Hello my name is Invisible Naming and documenting can sometimes be dangerous Image: Alien Text: The language itself is strange and alienating Who: • Is it written by? • Is it written for/controlling? Image: Key and icecube Text: Security folklore #6 Image: Person holding protest sign Text: Online activist as a powerful tool: • Culture product • Intellectual property Image: Water/squirt emoji Text: Is our future accessible? • Emojis • #Hashtags Image: Capital A, lower case a Text: Less reliant on text #7 Image: Tombstone with the words “The Internet” on it Text: Funerary customs of the internet Image: Arrow with a loop Text: Alternative futures Image: Janelle Monae album cover for ArchAndroid, music notes Text: Fictional Science Can we sit with discomfort—as things go away? #8 Image: Menu with braille Text: Critical access studies: Tension, fatigue, frenzy around access Image: Pillow Text: How things are used Image: Eye and building Visual access is a privilege #9 Image: Happy face emoji Text: Against access Image: Word bubble “It’s great, isn’t it, this world of ours?” Image: Phone/tablet Text: Can we design beyond where we are? Image: Hands signing “ASL” Text: How can we teach beyond our norms?

Day 3: Where are we placing our energies?

Labs for Liberation - July 18, 2024 - Day 3 Synergies and Connections Image: Bullseye with arrow in the middle Text: What does it mean to use the internet considering its origin Image: “X” intersection Text: How to prove identity safely How it intersects with my work Critical access Image: School/institution Text: Universities: Are they serving all or just catering to few Image: Parent and child Text: Who has access? What does the future hold?
Roadmap of the Project Summer 2024 Image: Computer Text: Virtual retreat Image: Hand on keyboard Text: Individual projects Image: Pencil writing “mentorship plans” Fall 2024 Image: Calendar page Text: Monthly documentation Image: People talking Text: Collective projects Spring 2025 Image: Flag with “Summer school” Text: Finalize instructors | Call for participants | Coordinate access | Finish curriculum Summer 2025 Image: Watermelon, sunshine, check mark | Host summer school | Assess/get feedback
Output Image: Hand raised Text: Individual projects Mentorship plans Final showcase Image: Book Text: Disability and Design summer school Curriculum Instructors/assignments Image: Pages Text: Programming Workshops Image: Zine, cards Text: Blog posts, zine, Gaza deck Image: Tube television Text: Video documentation Online & in Detroit Image: Open book Text: Publications
Core Values Image: Two hands in center, fist bumping Text: Solidarity Economics Disability Justice Moving to majority world/global south Sustainability Collaboration Active community engagement Capacity for the next generation Black feminist praxis

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