Occupy on Wheels flyer calling for a more accessible movement
Label
Occupy on Wheels flyer calling for a more accessible movement
Creator
Occupy on Wheels
Object Type
Flyers and Handouts
Description
This flyer was produced by Occupy on Wheels, a disability justice group within Occupy that advocated for Occupy Wall Street to be more inclusive to disabled people. On their still extant social media, Occupy on Wheels write, "OOW (Occupy On Wheels) is dedicated to providing tips to organizers & activists on how the Occupy movement (and protest events in general) can be more inclusive and accessible, and why this is important (and easy!)." Occupy on Wheels held regular teach-ins on accessibility within social justice movements, and continued to support movement work, by creating and supporting new disability justice outreach projects throughout NYC, for several years following the end of Occupy.
Image Description
The flyer is bright green, and reads "Occupy on Wheels. Awareness. Inclusion. Solidarity." Below this text heading there are two squares. Both are line drawings of buildings: the one on the left has a step, making it inaccessible to a person in a wheelchair. The drawings are captioned, "It only takes one step to prevent an activist in a wheelchair from getting into a building. It only takes one step to make sure this doesn't happen at your event."
Citation
Occupy Wall Street Disability Justice flyer, 2012; PE.029 Printed Ephemera Collection on Subjects; box 25, folder "Occupy Wall Street (Robert Reiss Donation)"; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University