#DisabilityDay2023
Every year December 3 is marked by the United Nations and others as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD).
( Last year Dec 2, 2022 we held a rally at the UN - more information about it and what IDPD represents is at https://www.pistnyc.org/events/globalmusic4idpd )
Following are 2 IDPD events that PIST knows of and will attend this year.
Friday December 1 UN commemoration of International Day of Persons with Disabilitie
This year’s theme: "United in action to rescue and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for, with and by persons with disabilities."
The discussion will be structured around five pillars of sustainable development – People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnerships
In person event 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern, UN HQ conference room 4 by invitation
This event will be Broadcast https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h/k1h0r7nh1w
Follow on Twitter @UNDESASocial, @UNDESA and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/undesasocial
Use #DisabilityDay and #IDPD as the main hashtags
Other hashtags: #EveryoneIncluded, #GlobalGoals and #CRPD
Disability Rights from NYC to Palestine
Sunday December 3rd at 1:00 p.m.
Online - Register at https://bit.ly/IDPDrally
ASL interpreted
3 Dec 2023: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Día Internacional de las Personas con Discapacidad
Jounen Entènasyonal pou Moun Andikape yo
اليوم العالمي للأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة
Image description: Attiya Nabaheen, a Palestinian youth, sits smiling in a motorized wheelchair. He is wearing a striped shirt and jeans. He was killed October 8th, 2023.
Photo credit: Adalah.
Show solidarity with Disabled people around the world, like those under siege in Gaza
Denounce the Israeli regime’s disregard of Security Council Resolution 2475 and Article 11 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)
Demand funding for Special Education and Comprehensive Healthcare, not warfare!
Meet Disability access activists and others who are connecting these human rights issues
Special guests from the legal, education equity and Disability community
Including: Parents to Improve School Transportation; Caring Across Staff Union; Timon Family Services; Disability Justice and Rights Caucus of Workers World Party; Bronx Anti War Coalition; Struggle/La Lucha; (list in formation)
To endorse and help, please contact IDPDrally@gmail.com
Image description: A Palestinian child in a wheelchair who has one leg, which is in a cast, makes the V sign with her hand and smiles for the camera alongside a Palestinian man who is squatting down beside her and making the same gestures.
Caption at the top reads: Gamar means the moon. She lost a leg and her other leg is broken and some of her family members lost their lives. She keep asking her mom to get her leg back to her.
Photo from the social media of journalist Motaz Azaiza.
A young boy with dark eyes, thick hair and light skin smiles for the camera. He is in a wheelchair and has a red blanket over his shoulders. The camera person’s name, Hani Abu Rezeq is printed on the screen.
This photo was captured from a video at https://twitter.com/leylahamed/status/1726688142714196233 in which he has a video call with the goalkeeper of the Moroccan football team. The child is a soccer fan whose leg was amputated due to nonstop bombardment of Gaza.