2026 Run of Show

JUNE 5, 2026 • 11:30 AM EST

PANELS

SPEAKERS

CONVERSATIONS

PERFORMANCES

11:30 AM BREAK: Ramp Your Voice! DJ Set with Yewande
11:39 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks with Vilissa Thompson
11:39 AM Opening Ceremony & Invocation with Cyrée Jarelle Johnson & Rise Osby
11:54 AM ✊🏿 Black Disabled Advocacy in Social Justice with Subrena Joseph & Dr. Jasmine Simmons
12:29 PM BREAK: Chair Yoga with Dr. Marcia
12:44 PM Creative Writing Mini-Workshop with Tiezst Taylor
1:15 PM Poetry Performance with Dr. Alan Pelaez
1:30 PM 🌟 Pleasure, Play, and Rest: The Joy of Being Whole with Daddy Dragon
1:50 PM BREAK: Ramp Your Voice! DJ Set with Yewande
1:57 PM 🌍 Intersections of Identity: Race, Gender, Disability, and Resistance with Lovette Jallow & Rasheera Dopson & Eman Rimawi-Doster
2:47 PM Poetry Performance with Camisha Jones
3:02 PM BREAK: Intentional Movement with Dr. Marcia
3:17 PM 🎨 Creative Practices of Black Disabled Memory with Azure Osborne-Lee & Kayla Hamilton
3:58 PM 🌱 Building Our Futures: Disability, Carcerality, and Public Health with Trinity McFadden
4:18 PM Drag Performance with Mondo Millions
4:25 PM BREAK: Ramp Your Voice! DJ Set with Yewande
4:32 PM 🙏🏾 Honoring Our Ancestors: Black Disabled Legacies with Trevonae Williams & Jade T. Perry
5:12 PM 🧑🏾‍🎨 The Artistry of Curating While Black and Disabled with Justice Shorter
5:32 PM In Memoriam with TBD
5:44 PM Thank You and Closing Remarks with Vilissa Thompson