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Disabled LGBTQ+ Creatives Imagine a Better Tomorrow


Disabled LGBTQ+ Creatives Imagine a Better Tomorrow
The Ford and Mellon Foundations invest in queer disabled cultural creatives.
January 29 2021 7:08 PM EST
In the fall of 2020 the Ford Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced an 18-month initiative to increase the visibility of disabled creatives and elevate their voices. Developed after the foundations spent a year researching how to better serve disabled artists, writers, filmmakers, and other creatives, the initiative will invest $1 million in supporting 20 disabled creators whose work “advances the cultural landscape,” as the foundations put it.
Through the Disability Futures Fellowship, Ford and Mellon hope to address industry-wide problems in the arts, journalism, and film including a lack of disability visibility, accessible professional development opportunities, and a national grant program that considers the unique financial challenges of disabled creatives. ....

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January 16, 2021 - 11:00am
Big Ag & Antitrust Conference: Farmers & Workers
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Co-sponsored by The Law, Ethics, & Animals Program at Yale Law School.  
About Leah Douglas
Leah Douglas is a staff writer and associate editor at the Food and Environment Reporting Network, an independent, nonprofit newsroom. Leah’s reporting has been published in the Guardian, the Nation, the Washington Post, Mother Jones, NPR, and other outlets. Leah has been interviewed on numerous podcasts and radio shows, and her work has been cited in dozens of print and television media outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post, AP, the Atlantic, Politico, Univision, and NBC Nightly News. Leah has presented her research and reporting at many conferences and universities, includi ....

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