{"id":1067,"date":"2021-08-09T17:04:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T00:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/?p=1067"},"modified":"2022-11-08T18:46:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T02:46:25","slug":"two-spirit-disability-justice-panel-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/?p=1067","title":{"rendered":"Two-Spirit Disability Justice Panel & Music Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two-Spirit leaders participated in the first-ever <\/span>Disability Futures Virtual Festival<\/a><\/strong> that celebrated and honored the work of the <\/span>Disability Futures Fellows<\/span><\/a> and their collaborators through performances, conversations and a virtual dance party.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This virtual festival was produced by the <\/span>Ford Foundation <\/span><\/a>in partnership with <\/span>The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>United States Artists<\/span><\/a> and featured two days of art and ideas from some of today\u2019s leading disabled artists, writers, performers, and designers like Two-Spirit artists: Jen Deerinwater (<\/span>Tsalagi-a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma<\/span><\/i>) and Tony Enos (<\/span>Echota Cherokee<\/span><\/i>).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On July 20, Two-Spirit, disabled, Indigenous artists Jen Deerinwater, Marcy Angeles, and Tony Enos in a conversation moderated by Roc\u00edo Aranda-Alvarado exploring the challenges faced by Indigenous and Two-Spirit artists and communities with a lack of digital access and the digital divide \u2013 the gap between those who do and do not have access to high-speed internet service, cell phones and computer technology \u2013 is long-standing and pronounced in Indigenous communities making it difficult for Indigenous artists without access to share their work with the broader community.<\/span><\/p>\n

This session was capped off by these talented artists who premiered an original song, <\/span>Others Like Me<\/b><\/a><\/span>, written, recorded, and produced in preparation for this virtual festival.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch this session<\/b><\/a> (Audio described) watch this session<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Access the unedited transcripts of this session<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cIt was important to me that the song and music video be uplifting without being trauma porn,\u201d Tony Enos shared with the Two-Spirit Journal. \u201cI wanted to honor the feelings that people who have health challenges – or who are \u2018differently abled\u2019 – may have, and I wanted them to feel seen. Living with HIV, anxiety, and complex PTSD myself, and continuing on my road of spiritual recovery from codependency, I wanted the chance to say \u2018keep going, it’s better than the alternative.\u2019 I wanted the chance to say \u2018this too shall pass,\u2019 and the opportunity to say \u2018it gets better.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Enos continues, \u201cMy prayer is that the song and video will be good medicine for our community and for all communities facing challenges, and who are on the road to healing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two-Spirit leaders participated in the first-ever Disability Futures Virtual Festival that celebrated and honored the work of the Disability Futures Fellows and their collaborators through performances, conversations and a virtual dance party. This virtual festival was produced by the Ford Foundation in partnership with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and United States Artists and featured …Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5,2,7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-current-events","category-event","category-health","category-hivaids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1067"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1081,"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067\/revisions\/1081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twospiritjournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}