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New “Voices of Change” videos feature renowned Western Pennsylvania advocates

01/24/2022

Beginning in the 1970s, Western Pennsylvania disability rights advocates helped build the foundation for the inclusion of children and adults with a range of disabilities in their communities, including access to public school education. The latest interviews in the Consortium’s Voices of Change series highlight the work of four such advocates. Randy Gorske and M.J. Bartelmay In one … [Read more...]

Consortium welcomes new Project Director and Project Scholar

01/24/2022

The Consortium is pleased to announce the hiring of H. Pancho Timmons as its new Project Director, as well as Alonna Carter as Project Scholar for a new effort dedicated to collecting histories of people with disabilities who are people of color. As Project Director, Timmons brings more than a 15 years’ experience in disability-focused organizations. After earning degrees in Social Work (B.A, … [Read more...]

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Community Archives Grant to Consortium

01/24/2022

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 the Consortium’s capacity for ongoing preservation and sharing of Western Pennsylvania disability history. The Consortium is a community archive that preserves and honors the struggle of people … [Read more...]

Disability Rights Advocate Patricia (“Pat”) Clapp (1929-2021)

01/24/2022

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 of the Pittsburgh suburb of Wilkinsburg, Clapp served as president of the Arc of Pennsylvania and was instrumental in the effort to assure the Right to Education in Pennsylvania, and to end abuses in … [Read more...]

Annual Meeting of Pennsylvania Historical Association Features Session on Disability History

01/24/2022

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 panel, entitled “Reframing Struggles for Rights and Justice: Research and Resources in Pennsylvania Disability History,” featured Dennis Downey, Millersville University; Sierra Green, Heinz History … [Read more...]

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