Black text on white background. Transcribed text: I used to have expectations for humans that I don’t anymore. It’s sobering to experience a pandemic and see how difficult change is for people. It’s sobering to see how much pain the ocean can be in and how few fucks humans can give. It’s painfully sobering. I’ve had to do some serious expectation management of our species. You can only get heartbroken so many times before you recognize the nature of the beast. Shayda Kafai Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice and Art Activism of Sins Invalid

From the introduction by Patty Berne.
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Patty Berne, a Japanese-Haitian person with light brown skin, smiles playfully with love and light shining from their brown eyes. They wear an off the shoulder opalescent blue dress and an amethyst pendant. Their brown hair is pulled back into their signature two buns. Behind Patty is a pink background with radiant red and yellow flowers. At the top of the image, iridescent capital letters spell out “PATTY LIVES THROUGH US.” On the bottom right corner is Sins Invalid’s logo, a black rectangular box with white letters that read “Sins Invalid.”

Our hearts are with everyone mourning the recent passing of #PattyBerne, the visionary Co-Founder and Executive and Artistic Director of #SinsInvalid — may she rest in power. #PattyLivesThroughUs

Learn more about Patty's legacy & celebrations of life at sinsinvalid.org

Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid

#YESquote: #CripKinship /Shayda Kafai- "Crip life invites us into fierce #creativity. B/c the world continues to treat us as wrthless, creatng new worlds [&] dreaming is a matter of survival. This is part of the power of #SinsInvalid: we dream new #crip worlds 2gether. bit.ly/4eFUv4D RIP #PattyBerne

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"Patty was skin, tooth, and bone. Now, she is starlight. May her brilliance continue to guide us."

- Mordecai, Karina, Jen/Eleana and Sucia, on behalf of the Sins Invalid Team

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Image Description: Patty Berne,a Japanese-Haitian person with light brown skin, smiles playfully with love and light shining from their brown eyes. They wear an off the shoulder opalescent blue dress and an amethyst pendant. Their brown hair is pulled back into their signature two buns. Behind Patty is a pink background with radiant red and yellow flowers. At the top of the image, iridescent capital letters spell out “PATTY LIVES THROUGH US.” On the bottom right corner is Sins Invalid’s logo, a black rectangular box with white letters that read “Sins Invalid.”

With deep sorrow, we share that Sins Invalid’s Co-Founder & Director, Patty Berne, joined the ancestors on May 29, 2025.

Patty’s brilliance, love, and vision shaped how we move, care, resist, and imagine. We honor her by continuing the work she led.

🖤 #PattyBerne #SinsInvalid