Today, I talk with @tanuja.bsky.social about rupture and repair in our movements. This is the first of two episodes about conflict, how we process it, and how we can keep our relationships and organizations strong.
The zine program for Alice Wong’s celebration of life today is now available on her website: disabilityvisibilityproject.com/celebration-...
Check this out! I’m super proud to be a part of this!!!!
This is the kind of future that would encourage me to actually go outside more. I get an aesthetically awesome mechanized chair that comes with built-in shade and snacks? Yes, please.
Our series finishes just before our dear Alice’s celebration of life and would-be birthday next week. Possible Futures was created in memory of and dedicated to Alice Wong. We carry forward her love, her rage, and her dreams of what could be.
(And she would have LOVED Ty’s mobility chair.)
Illustration of a Black woman Elder sitting in a grand mobility chair embroidered with vines, fruit, and foliage. The padded chair has robotic feet and is connected to a hydroponic garden, with a leafy canopy roof. The woman reaches up to grab a passion fruit off the canopy. She wears a headscarf, long locs, choker, ankle-length tube dress, and sandals.
Photo of Ty, a Black agender person, outdoors while wearing a wide-brimmed striped hat. They also have cat eye glasses, shoulder length locs, and a pink and black Kirby shirt. A quote by them overlays the bottom of the photo, “I wanted to imagine a world where we don't treat nature as an obstacle, but as a companion to our community. That would still exist and has existed, but here I wanted to push it to the extreme... Because of the ways in which nature helps us in this future, we would be the keepers and teachers of the knowledge these plants provide.”
Closing out Disabled And Here: Possible Futures is @nearsh0t.bsky.social, who brings us to a world where disabled people are stewards of nature, hydropower, and biothermal technology.
Meet Ty: affecttheverb.com/2026/ty-inte...
Freedom for Immigrants is launching an interactive map designed to help families locate detained loved ones, find legal and community resources, and better understand the expanding U.S. immigration detention system.
I love the idea of future technology being a mere tool that fosters more community and access.
The Disabled And Here: Possible Futures series was made in memory of and dedicated to Alice Wong. đź’ś
This illustration in particular is very Alice, as she was a frequent hostess who loved to make and share food with people.
To check out the illustration in full or to download and use with attribution: affecttheverb.com/gallery/disa...
“I think one of the things that happens very often when you’re disabled is becoming physically isolated from your community. Online communication is so helpful…but there’s something deeply irreplaceable about your friends coming to your house or vice versa, sharing a meal, laughing together.”
Illustration of three disabled friends gathering for hot pot. On the left, a Black and Asian transmasculine individual beams into their friend’s home with a bag of fruits and vegetables. They wear glasses and a glucose monitor with a hologram display on their hip, and the teleportation device above them announces, “Arriving from: Chicago.” Next to the teleporter, a South Asian non-binary person walks over with their quad base cane. On the right, an East Asian woman sits at a height and width-adjustable table in her power wheelchair, raising a hand in greeting while a cat rests contentedly in their lap. On the table is a steaming pot of hot pot soup base and a small assortment of meats and vegetables.
Disabled And Here’s third Possible Future was drawn into being by @dooberlane.bsky.social, as a time and place where teleportation could be accessible and bring friends together more often.
Meet the illustrator, Michelle Zhuang:
affecttheverb.com/2026/michell...
Because the Disabled And Here: Possible Futures series was created out of love and grief for Alice, we focused on disabled dreams of what could be and less on usual stock imagery “practicality.”
As always, the new image is now available for download and usage under Creative Commons attribution (Sunmi for Disabled And Here):
affecttheverb.com/gallery/disa...
Sunmi explains, “In my ideal, gender-liberated future, everyone can have a personal hot tub or go to fully accessible saunas to ease their physical pain and relax. In this illustration, I imagined that through an ergonomic, magical bath with special features and healing water.”
Digital illustration featuring the side profile of an East Asian person with shoulder-length hair soaking in a hot tub of magical, healing water. Steam and sparkles envelop the person’s head as well as their hand, which rests atop their chest while they lie back with eyes closed. In the background, potted tropical plants adorn a checkerboard tile floor.
Disabled And Here’s second glimpse into a Possible Future comes from Sunmi (IG: sunmi_comics), drawing from their experiences with Korean saunas and taking it to the magical, fully healing level.
affecttheverb.com/2026/sunmi-i...
March 1st is Disability Day of Mourning (DDoM). DDoM centers disabled people who are victims of filicide.
DDoM is the influence behind me creating In Mercy’s Shadow.
Listen to this episode of @angryblacklady.blacksky.app & I regarding #disability & true crime.
rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/01/29/i...
A Black Man with loosely curly Afro walk with sunglasses and white cane. The background is green, red, and yellow blocking that reads - “WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE? BLACK INVENTIONS THAT IMPROVED ACCESS”
In my house, discussing Black brilliance is a 365 matter.
This year, I'm dropping the Who Made It Possible? series.
#Accessibility colliding with Black (& Women's) History? Give it to me!
Playlist ➡️ www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackInventors
#Access
#Disability
The first of the new Possible Futures series of illustrations for @affecttheverb.com is live! affecttheverb.com/gallery/disa...
This series was borne out of grief *and* love for Alice. I’m excited that we’ll actually finish publishing in time for Alice’s birthday.
Liz says, “I am still learning and internalizing Alice’s expansive understanding of disability as abundance; as time travel; as a portal to new worlds. I think these new worlds are within us and Alice’s words and way of being encourages me to tap into them…”
affecttheverb.com/2026/lizarti...
This mini illustration series will have 4 new interviews and 4 new illustrations overall.
We wanted to commemorate our friend Alice (Wong) and her passion for sci fi and disabled futures, so this series is about disabled imagination and possible futures.
Illustration of three disabled people of color at a solarpunk apothecary stall. On the left, an East Asian person with a cleft lip sits in front of the stall, enjoying a cold cap. On the right, a South Asian person using a power wheelchair grinds medicinal plants. Within the stall, a Black person with a mechanic monocle uses a forearm crutch to reach for a plant on a pulley device. The stall has a solar panel and plant bed on its roof and is equipped with a healing tank, medical tech library, and medicine exchange stand.
Disabled And Here: Possible Futures is starting off with Lizartistry (lizar_tistry on IG)’s depiction of a world “closer to a liberatory horizon that embodies disability wisdom and abolition infused with solarpunk aesthetics.”
affecttheverb.com/2026/lizarti...
Black Futures Month. Activists Creating Black Disabled History Right Now Pt. 1. Disability Culture Lab.
Lachi (she/her) is a legally blind recording artist, producer, author, and CEO who uses art to amplify disability culture and pride.
Lachi responds to the question “What does Black disability liberation look like?”, describing Black power and disability joy.
Lachi responds to the question “What does Black disability liberation look like?”, calling on the community to uplift Black disabled people.
Our first feature for Black Futures Month is @LachiMusic.bsky.social. She is a legally blind recording artist and author. She describes Black disability liberation as Black disabled power and joy, and calls on the community to “amplify the flavor, grit, soul, and Big DIS Energy in our ranks.”
In light of everything, a reminder:
"The most visible layer as a Black disabled person is our Blackness, which is constantly under the threat of scrutiny, assumed guilt, and, as logically follows, persecution." - Tinu Abayomi-Paul in #TheBlackAgendaBook
"One group member admitted that she followed ICE vehicles while honking loudly so often that her car horn broke."
Photo of our popup library setup, including an air purifier in front of the table, free mask kits, free Sip masks, and nitrile gloves.
For Portlanders: the COVID + Health Resource Library popup is still open @ APANO Open Studios until 8pm!
Open Studios are drop-in mask-required events.
đź“Ť8188 SE Division St
A reboost as the popup is happening *this* Friday!
This program was made possible through a multi-year general operating grant we got from the Northwest Health Foundation.
CHRL is starting small, but we definitely want to hear from folx and figure out what else would be useful to offer through the library.
Promo graphic reading: INTRODUCING THE COVID + Health Resource Library (CHRL / "choral") In the center, a text box explains: “a new resource for disabled BIPOC where you can get • free specialty filtering masks (i.e. duckbill N95s, strapless Readimask, SIP airtight valve) • lab-quality molecular COVID tests to borrow for home use (Metrix)” Details for our first popup / collab are on bottom right: Fri 2/20, 4-8pm APANO Open Studios 8188 SE Division St (cross street 82nd) In the background, illustrations featuring masked BIPOC can be seen.
Here’s the official announcement and promo for our newest program, the COVID + Health Resource Library! It’s an experiment that we’re developing as we go, but the first popup will be 2/20, as we join up with APANO Open Studios in SE Portland.