Do you want to share and develop your skills around organising with other disabled people in your area?
Do you want to learn new skills?
If you’re interested then come and join DPAC Disabled People Against Cutson the ‘Lock Up Your Wheelchairs Tour’ in Leeds and other venues around the country.
DPAC has been at the fore-front of street resistance to austerity since their formation in 2010.
Disabled people have led the fight against welfare reforms. Remploy closure, closure of the Independent Living Fund, Atos, Maximus and many, many more issues.
Now DPAC are undertaking a visit to places around the country to hear from local people what the issues and campaign priorities are locally; and to work with local disabled people and their allies in sharing and developing campaign skills.
To address these the one-day workshops will cover areas such as:Planning & carrying out Direct Action which is inclusive & accessible for all.
Media Skills – Messaging, Press Releases, Doing Interviews
Legal Advice – Knowing Your Rights
Keeping Safe & Secure
Banner/Prop Making
Other area specific issues identified by local disabled people
- i) we need to confirm venues (Think DPO’s, trade unions buildings,
community centres etc). So the questions are:
- ii) do you have access to an accessible space for around 20-25 people
that we can use for a whole day – for free?
iii) do you know where such a venue might be locally (either free or
cheap)?
- iv) can you contact them with a view to getting a date and/or ?
- v) if not,
but you want to take part and have no capacity to sort venue, let us
know.
If you are a local disabled person, or non disabled ally and you would like
to attend the tour email us at mail@dpac.uk.net
Please also let us know if you have any specific access requirements or
questions.
These sessions will also need some volunteer support on the day from
local allies. Local activist groups, i.e. Antifa etc, BSL interpreters, PAs.
A poster with all dates confirmed and venues will be released soon.
Places on all can be booked via mail@dpac.uk.net
Greater Manchester 6th may
Chesterfield 20th may
Norwich June 3rd
Leeds 1st July
at 10.30 am
Glasgow 29th July
South London – to be confirmed
