Episode two honours the strength and commitment of people with disabilities to speak their truth and push for human rights and radical inclusion.

Maigan van der Giessen and Wen Chan spoke with disability rights educator, Roxanne Ulanicki (she/her). Roxanne is a former paralympian athlete, long time advocate and a person living with a disability. She’s a strong voice of advocacy, dignity and leadership on behalf of her community. Here, we talked with her about her work in disability justice and how the COVID-19 pandemic has been impacting Roxanne and her peers.

To hear more from local folks on the deep impacts of poverty, particularly for persons living with disabilities, check out these videos from the YEG Dignity Campaign 2018:

Music by Alby - Fed Up.

Thank you to our funders, the City of Edmonton and the Family and Community Support Services program.

This Dignity Day we are launching the YEG Dignity Campaign 2020 with a podcast! The first episode of the Dignity During a Pandemic Podcast honours the important work being done in our local communities and the people who do it.

Maigan van der Giessen has a conversation with Shima Aisha Robinson (she/her) aka Dwennimmen, a poet, community organizer, and activist to name a few. Here, Maigan and Shima talked about Camp Pekiwewin, an anti-police violence, emergency relief, and prayer camp with a harm reduction approach for houseless people and those sleeping rough. Pekiwewin Camp is led by Indigenous 2 Spirit women and femme folks working in solidarity with Black, LGBTQ2S, and settler allies.

Camp Pekiwewin’s demands can be found on their website. You can follow them on their Instagram and Twitter, and find information on how to donate to Pekiwewin, here. Linked is the CBC article on Camp Pekiwewin by Jordan Omstead.

The audio pronunciation clip of amiskwaciwâskahikan was generously provided by Mallory Yawnghwe.

Music featured is by Faves - Growth ft. Aliza J. Dubs.

Thank you to our funders, the City of Edmonton and the Family and Community Support Services program.