<div dir="ltr"><div>*Apologies for cross-posting*<br></div><div><br></div><div>Hello all,</div><div><br></div><div>If you are making plans for this week's 2019 National Communication Association convention in Baltimore, please consider adding <span><span>“Communication, Disability Justice, and Surviving Ableism”</span></span>
to your schedule! As a "Spotlight Series" panel, we will be addressing
the convention theme of Communication for Survival. The panel features
guest speaker Lydia X. Z. Brown and four scholars in the fields of
rhetoric and communication:. You will find a description below; you can
also follow this link for a more detailed overview of the talks: <a href="https://ww4.aievolution.com/nca1901/index.cfm?do=ev.viewEv&ev=6319" target="_blank">https://ww4.aievolution.com/nca1901/index.cfm?do=ev.viewEv&ev=6319</a> </div><div><br></div><div>We hope to see you there!</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div>Drew Holladay<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div><span><span>“Communication, Disability Justice, and Surviving Ableism” <br></span></span></div><div><span><span>Thursday, 11/14: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM <br></span></span></div><div><span><span>Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 6 (Second Floor)</span></span></div></div><div><div><span start="0"><span><span><br></span></span></span></div><div><span start="0"><span><span><span dir="ltr"><span><span>From increasing representation
in mass media to the centering of disability by prominent theorists
like Sara Ahmed and Jasbir K. Puar, the disability rights movement and
the academic field of disability studies have begun to shift the
stigmatizing dominant narrative around disability. “Communication,
Disability Justice, and Surviving Ableism” will examine the centrality
of communication practices to the pursuit of disability justice through
anti-ableist scholarship and activism. Our guest speaker is Lydia X. Z.
Brown, a celebrated disability justice advocate, organizer, and writer
whose work focuses on violence against multiply-marginalized disabled
people. Currently, they are working to promote the civil rights of
Maryland students with disabilities. In her talk, Brown will discuss the
failures of groups that purport to have liberatory values but
perpetuate the violence that they ostensibly seek to disrupt. We will
also hear from communication and rhetoric scholars about confronting
ableism in scholarship and advocacy: James Cherney, author of the
forthcoming <i>Ableist Rhetoric</i>; Jennifer LeMuesurier; Beth Haller, author
of <i>Representing Disability in an Ableist World</i>; and Drew Holladay. We
invite you to join us for a conversation about how studies of
communication and rhetoric can build up and sustain the connection
between academic inquiry and disability activism.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span start="0"><span><span><span dir="ltr"><span><span><br></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Drew Holladay </b>(he/him/his)<br><b></b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Assistant Professor of English</div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000">University of Maryland, Baltimore County</font></span></span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Email: <a href="mailto:holladay@umbc.edu" target="_blank">holladay@umbc.edu</a></span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Website: <a href="http://drewholladay.wordpress.com" target="_blank">drewholladay.wordpress.com</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/drewholladay" target="_blank">@drewholladay</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>