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Join the Mitchell Branch for a screening and discussion of the 2020 Netflix Documentary "Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution" light refreshments will be provided.
In the early 1970s, teenagers with disabilities faced a future shaped by isolation, discrimination and institutionalization. Camp Jened, a ramshackle camp “for the handicapped” (a term no longer used) in the Catskills, exploded those confines. Jened was their freewheeling Utopia, a place where campers experienced liberation and full inclusion as human beings. Their bonds endured as many migrated West to Berkeley, California — a hotbed of progressive activism where friends from Camp Jened realized that disruption, civil disobedience, and political participation could change the future for millions.
AGE GROUP: | Adults (18+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Education and Lifelong Learning | Civic and Community Engagement |
TAGS: | One City One Read | NEA Big Read | liberation | inclusion | Film Screening | Film Discussion | Documentary | Disability Justice | Camp Jened | 1970s |
The Donald G. Mitchell Memorial Library was founded in 1910, adopted into the New Haven Free Public Library System in 1922, and opened in its current facility in 1966. Situated on the edge of Beecher Park, Mitchell Library has become a cornerstone of the Westville, Amity, Beaver Hills, Edgewood, and West Rock neighborhoods. Residents frequent the library to attend community meetings; borrow the latest bestsellers; enjoy, attend, or participate in a library program; or take advantage of the library’s free Wi-Fi.
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