Moving Close to the Ground: A Disability-Centered Conversation

Moving Close to the Ground: A Disability-Centered Conversation About Crawling, Scooting, and Other Creative Modes of Mobility

Join activist and writer Eli Clare for a disability-centered reading and discussion about our modes of mobility and the many ways we move through the world. Eli will read about his experiences crawling and scooting in the natural world from his newly released book Unfurl: Survivals, Sorrows, and Dreaming. He then will facilitate a community conversation about the multitude of ways we move in the world--rolling, hopping, scooting, sliding, crawling, and crutching, as well as walking. Everyone is welcome, and this event will de-center the ablest belief system that privileges steady strong unassisted walking.

Masks are required at this indoor event

In order to curate an intimate atmosphere, spots are limited. This event is free, however tickets are required due to space limits. Please see the link to register.

White, disabled, and genderqueer, Eli Clare lives near Lake Champlain in unceded Abenaki territory (also known as Vermont) where he writes and proudly claims a penchant for rabble-rousing. He has written two books of essays, the award-winning Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure and Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation, and a collection of poetry, The Marrow’s Telling: Words in Motion. His next book, a mixed genre volume titled Unfurl, will be released in September 2025. Additionally he has been published in dozens of journals and anthologies.

Eli works as a traveling poet, storyteller, and social justice educator. Since 2008, he has spoken, taught, trained, and consulted (both in-person and remotely) at well over 150 conferences, community events, and colleges across the United States and Canada. He currently serves on the Community Advisory Board for the Disability Project at the Transgender Law Center and is also a Disability Futures Fellow (funded by the Ford Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation). Among other pursuits, he has walked across the United States for peace, coordinated a rape prevention program, and helped organize the first ever Queer Disability Conference.

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