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Alonna Carter joins the Consortium as Project Scholar for a new effort dedicated to collecting and sharing history of people with disabilities who are people of color. Major funding for the effort … [Read more...] about Consortium welcomes new Project Scholar

The Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium has received a $100,000 grant from the Community Archives initiative of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The two-year grant will build … [Read more...] about Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Community Archives Grant to Consortium

Pioneering disability rights advocate Patricia "Pat" Clapp, who helped change the way society viewed services for people with intellectual disabilities, passed away on November 26, 2021. A native … [Read more...] about Disability Rights Advocate Patricia (“Pat”) Clapp (1929-2021)

The 90th annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Historical Association, held in October 2021, focused on the theme “Justice and Rights in the Mid-Atlantic” and included a panel on disability history. The … [Read more...] about Annual Meeting of Pennsylvania Historical Association Features Session on Disability History

Project Director (20 hours/week) Function: The Project Director is responsible for the overall operation of the Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium (WPDHAC). The … [Read more...] about We are hiring! The Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium seeks a Project Director

The Consortium announces the premiere of a new video in its “Voices of Change” series. The video features an interview with Virginia Flavin Pribanic and Carol Flavin Pursehouse, sisters of Danny … [Read more...] about New “Voices of Change” video features sisters’ memories of longtime Polk Center resident