Disability Justice in the Age of Mass Homelessness:

• Presenter: Carla Orendorff - Community Organizer, Aetna Street Solidarity; Researcher, Luskin Institute on Inequality & Democracy
• 12-1PM = Meet & Greet Luncheon
• 1-2PM = Presentation followed by Q&A

In this talk, I will share insights from organizing with a houseless community living on Aetna Street, one of the largest unhoused encampments in the San Fernando Valley that is home to over 250 disabled residents fighting for community health and self-determination in Los Angeles. In a city where 6 unhoused people die every day, Aetna Street is a community model that challenges a city that seeks to criminalize poor people by banning them from sidewalks, and dares to put forward a strategic vision for universal access to services like showers and laundry for all.

Co-sponsored by the Research Theme in Health Equity & Translational Social Science (HETSS) and the Rangell Social Medicine Grand Rounds Series