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halberto1980.bsky.social
Alberto Vásquez
@halberto1980.bsky.social
Mad/disability activist. Co-director of the Center for Inclusive Policy (CIP). Proud loco at Redesfera Latinoamericana. Nos siguen pegando abajo. 🍉
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One of our LLM graduates, @halberto1980.bsky.social & his colleagues at Mad Thinking are organising a very timely and interesting 6 part webinar series 'Disability Activism Under Pressure'. More info madthinking.org/2025/08/13/d...
Disability Activism Under Pressure: Resistance and Resilience in Authoritarian Contexts
This six part webinar series brings together activists and organisers—disabled and non-disabled—to share tools, strategies, and reflections for organising under authoritarian conditions. Across the…
madthinking.org
August 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Does joining the establishment take disability activism away from its original mission?

This question is the heart of disability work today, where policy successes have not always led to better lives for disabled people.

By @halberto1980.bsky.social

www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/want...
We Wanted to Change the World
The risks professionalisation poses to an authentic disability movement
www.disabilitydebrief.org
June 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I wrote for the Disability Debrief on where disability organising is headed—and where it feels stuck. About professionalisation and the growing distance between movements and the people we claim to represent. www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/want...

Thanks, @desibility.bsky.social!
We Wanted to Change the World
The risks professionalisation poses to an authentic disability movement
www.disabilitydebrief.org
June 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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We are delighted to announce that the response to our keynote presenter, @talilalewis.bsky.social at #16thDSS will be provided by mad/disability rights activist and co-founder of Mad Thinking @halberto1980.bsky.social

Find out more or register now at cdlp.clr.events/event/137746
May 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
No aid has entered Gaza since March 2 amid renewed Israeli attacks. Join us on 15 April at 6:00 pm Palestine time for a conversation on the situation of people with disabilities in Gaza and across occupied Palestine. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... Please help us spread the word!
April 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Our first newsletter is ready to go out with lots of interesting information about what the team at CIP has done over the past few months.

When I first joined the team @halberto1980.bsky.social told me that CIP was busier than I could imagine...looking at all that we've been up to I have to agree.
March 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Heading to #AWIDForum2024? Don’t miss this session on Intersectional Approaches to Care!

📣 Advancing the Rights & Dignity of Women with Disabilities in Building Transformative & Inclusive Care & Support Systems
⏰ Date: Tuesday, December 3
⌛️ Time: 4:15 pm-5:30 pm at Hall 4
November 26, 2024 at 7:19 PM
The genocide in Gaza is a mass disabling event
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Facing genocide while disabled
Palestinians with disabilities in Gaza have experienced immense suffering due to displacement and the absence of care.
www.aljazeera.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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Season 6 of the S&S #podcast begins amid the ongoing crisis in #Gaza — over 100,000 lives lost, most of them civilians. Akwe Amosu speaks with Hossam Bahgat and Nabeel Rajab about the devastating impact and the future of #humanrights.

🎧 Listen here: lnkd.in/ekqjSTS
November 15, 2024 at 1:20 PM