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Equity is the Engine: The Pimp my Ride DEI Parable
Logo of Pimp My Ride, with Blue and Green Swirls
“To begin the journey of developing and sustaining an equitable organization, one must look under the hood and determine what may be failing, what needs repair, what may need fine tuning, and what the plan is to get things back into tip-top shape.”
Discussing Race and Disability
Diversity City LLC Learning Series
Listen as Dr. CI and ChrisTiana ObeySumner discuss the intersections of race and disability highlighting what it's like living with a disability, the U.S. mental system, autism, diversity of thought, and how these issues relate to diversity and inclusion.
lGBTQIA+ pride: Gender Identity & Expression
DiverseCity lLC Learning Series
In this video as part of Diverse City, LLC’s second season of learning series, I discuss the nuances of gender identity and gender expression.
I incorporate my own lived experience, as well as some foundations of LGBTQ+ justice, especially for those “living within the +.”
black Autistics Exist: An Argument for Intersectional Disability Justice
ChrisTiana ObeySumner, South Seattle Emerald
Photo Description: ChrisTiana ObeySumner’s hand holding a spinning fidget spinner
“When someone like me walks into the room, I don’t have the opportunity to negotiate with others which of my identities they intend to hyperfocus on or criticize. I am a package deal. We all are. This is what I feel is so important when advocating for affirmation of intersectional autism.”
Decolonizing My Diagnosis: My Story of Institutional Racism and Ancestral Deliverance
2018 Disability Intersectionality Summit at MIT
This is a video taken of a guest lecture given at The Disability and Intersectionality Summit 2018 National conference (DIS2018), which took place on Saturday October 13th at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, MA.
In this video, I share deeply personal stories of how I came to be an intersectional and antiracist disability justice advocate.
Seattle Opera Checks It’s Privilege
Carla Bell, Crosscut
Photo Description: ChrisTiana ObeySumner standing in front of a piece of artwork. Photo credit: Matt M.McKnight/Crosscut
“In February, Seattle Opera hired ChrisTiana ObeySumner as its first social impact consultant.
“Now is a time for decolonization in art, entertainment and more,” says ObeySumner about a role that, according to the opera, will encourage more access to communities of color.”
Sex Ed for People with I/DD
National Council on Independent Living
Collaboration with Disability Rights WA, and part of the Sex Ed for People with I/DD project, supported by the WITH Foundation