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Health Justice Commons
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HJC is a movement-building project with a deep commitment to Disability justice and an abolitionist approach to the Medical Industrial Complex.

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Keep challenging ableism and eugenics by masking up like Alice taught us. Finally, if you have the resources to do so, please donate to this fundraiser to support Alice’s loved ones and uplift her legacy: www.gofundme.com/f/Alice-Wong...
Donate to Help Continue Alice's Work, organized by yomi wrong
Our comrade, friend, collaborator and fierce Tiger Mischief Maker, Alice Wong, has transitioned.… yomi wrong needs your support for Help Continue Alice's Work
www.gofundme.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Explore her writing, speeches, and interviews. Learn more about the people and organizations she was in community and conversation with over the course of her life. Support her ongoing organizing work with Crips for eSims for Gaza.

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Crips for eSims for Gaza
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November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Alice was prolific and left us with a body of work which will surely carry us forward for generations. Please take time to read the anthologies she edited (Disability Intimacy, Disability Visibility, Resistance & Hope), as well as her memoir Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life.
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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That said, over the course of the past several days, a chorus of beautiful tributes honoring her memory have poured in. People have uplifted the words Alice gifted us while highlighting how she touched and transformed the lives of everyone she came into contact with.
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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We at Health Justice Commons deeply grieve the passing of beloved Disability Justice activist, writer, and oracle Alice Wong on November 14, at the age of 51. There truly are no words to sufficiently capture the magnitude of this loss to her loved ones and our liberation movements.
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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"We tell our stories and truths in our own words. We define who we are and our place in the world. We fight to be seen and heard. We live in defiance with joy and radical acceptance."

— Alice Wong, The Last Disabled Oracle (2020)

www.gofundme.com/f/Alice-Wong...
An Asian American woman with short dark hair and honey blonde streaks smiles wearing red lipstick. She is wearing a multi-shade pink and orange long-sleeve shirt along with pink pants. She is in a black power wheelchair with joystick and phone on top of a metal bar. A tracheostomy tube is at her neck and a sidewalk with greenery is in the background. The bottom half of the image is overlaid with a pink translucent half-circle containing white text that reads: “Remembering Alice Wong, 1974-2025. Disabled Oracle, Fierce Luminary, Crip Ancestor.” At the top of the image is white text that says “HealthJusticeCommons.” An Asian American woman with short dark hair smiles wearing red lipstick. She is wearing a BiPap mask; grey sweatshirt with a black outline of a tiger’s face in the center; a small orange, black, and white tiger face pin; and red and black leopard print pants. She is in a black power wheelchair. In the background are yellow and green bamboo trees. The bottom half of the image is overlaid with a yellow translucent half-circle containing white text that reads: "We tell our stories and truths in our own words. We define who we are and our place in the world. We fight to be seen and heard. We live in defiance with joy and radical acceptance. — Alice Wong, The Last Disabled Oracle (2020).” At the top of the image is white text that says “HealthJusticeCommons.”
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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(5) Read, listen to, and circulate the Long COVID is a Trans Issue resources from Long COVID Justice.

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Long COVID is a trans issue - Long COVID Justice
Did you know that trans people in the U.S. have some of the highest rates of Long COVID and associated conditions (LCAC)? Learn more through our webinar recording and other resources shared below. Lon...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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(4) Support Trans-led and centered organizations such as the Transgender Gender-Variant and Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP), House of gg, and Transgender Law Center.
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Learn more about the life of Black trans revolutionary Miss Major and her beloved community by watching the 2016 documentary film MAJOR!, free to stream on Vimeo: vimeo.com/531395771

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MAJOR! (free streaming link)
The award-winning 2016 documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting…
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November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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If you are local to San Francisco: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy’s Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, December 6, 3pm at Glide Memorial Church. More information (including the RSVP) can be found here: tgijp.org/doin-the-wor....
Mama Major: Celebrating a Legacy of Black Trans Excellence - Miss Major Alexander L. Lee TGIJP Black Trans Cultural Center
Grand rising family, You are cordially invited to attend Mama Major: Celebrating a Legacy of Black Trans Excellence on December 6th, 2025, at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco from
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November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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(1) Resource Trans people and support our struggle toward liberation via mutual aid and wealth redistribution. Support ongoing efforts to ensure our needs — housing, healthcare without discrimination, etc. — are consistently and abundantly met.
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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In the spirit of honoring our dead and fighting like hell for the living, we invite you to take up the following calls to action:
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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We are whole, beautiful, and meant to be here. Let us never forget these truths as we fight for the world we deserve.
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Our Trans and Disabled bodies are sites of revolt and revelation. Our Trans and Disabled bodies – in their non-conformity – show us a world beyond binaries while illuminating a spectrum of expansive possibilities.
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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We honor generations of Trans and Crip resilience that has gotten us here while mourning the ways ableism and cisheteropatriarchy limit, detract from, and shorten our lives.
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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This Trans Day of Remembrance, with deep love and rage, we celebrate the ways Disabled Trans people show up for each other to ensure our collective survival.
In the foreground, three disabled trans people of color look directly at the camera while posing. Everyone is wearing glasses and a different colored KN95 face mask. On the left and middle are two Black people leaning on their canes. On the right is a Filipino person leaning on their forearm crutch. The background is made up of stripes in the colors of the trans flag: blue, pink, and white. Black text in the top left corner of the image reads: “Still here. — Miss Major Griffin-Gracy.” Two labels at the bottom of the image read: HealthJusticeCommons and Photos by AffecttheVerb. In the foreground, two disabled Black trans people look directly at the camera while posing. Both are wearing glasses and a KN95 mask. A blue duotone filter has been applied to the image. The person on the right is wearing a shirt that says, “Pro-Black, Anti-Bullshit.” The background is colored light blue. The white text at the top of the image reads: “This Trans Day of Remembrance, with deep love and rage, we celebrate the ways Disabled Trans people show up for each other to ensure our collective survival. We honor generations of Trans and Crip resilience that has gotten us here while mourning the ways ableism and cisheteropatriarchy limit, detract from, and shorten our lives.” Two labels at the bottom of the image read: HealthJusticeCommons and Photos by AffecttheVerb. In the foreground, a disabled Filipino person is sitting down in a folding chair while leaning on one of their forearm crutches. The person is wearing glasses and a KN95 mask. A pink duotone filter has been applied to the image. The background is colored pink. The white text at the top of the image reads: “Our Trans and Disabled bodies are sites of revolt and revelation. Our Trans and Disabled bodies – in their non-conformity – show us a world beyond binaries while illuminating a spectrum of expansive possibilities. We are whole, beautiful, and meant to be here. Let us never forget these truths as we fight for the world we deserve.” Two labels at the bottom of the image read: HealthJusticeCommons and Photos by AffecttheVerb.
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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When I signed up, I had no clue how much I would have needed this space after learning of the passing of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social! Extra grateful for disabled performers like Tré Vasquez, María Palacios, Nomy Lamm, Germán Parodi, Lateef McLeod, and Antoine Hunter! Ever grieving crip hearts on fire! 🔥
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REPOST via Sins Invalid: We are honored to invite you to the virtual release of Stages of Grief: Crip Hearts on Fire, Sins Invalid’s 2024 live performance, marking 18 years of crip brilliance on stage.

To access both streaming and Q&A, please register at: sinsinvalid.org
In the center of the image, a rectangular white frame contains a glowing yellow sunburst with warm pink and coral tones at the edges. This radiance is surrounded by swirling, abstract flames and wave-like patterns in green, blue, red, and orange. At the top of the image is the Sins Invalid logo, a black rectangle with the words “Sins Invalid” in white letters. Below it, black text of varying sizes reads: “Presents: Stages of Grief: Crip Hearts on Fire.” Further down, black text reads: “Free Streaming, Nov 12-19, 2025” and “Artist Q&A, Nov 15.” At the very bottom, two sentences in smaller black text, one right below the other read: “Streaming, Q&A and Sign-up available in ASL, English and Spanish” and “To sign up visit www.sinsinvalid.org or link in IG bio.”
November 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Disability Justice makes it clear that INTERDEPENDENCE and turning to each other is always the answer. We must build a world where hunger cannot be weaponized as a political tool! And each and every person has their needs abundantly and consistently met beyond carceral State apparatuses.
A background with multiple shades of purple and an abstract flower shape. The foreground in white text reads: “Disability Justice makes it clear that INTERDEPENDENCE is critical to our collective survival. Through mutual aid, collective care webs, grassroots organizing, and other forms of radical worldbuilding, ‘we meet each others’ needs as we build toward liberation, knowing that State solutions inevitably extend into further control over lives.’ Now is the time to lean into leadership of those most impacted: people who are disabled, poor, trans / queer, and otherwise not new to surviving State abandonment. Source: Sins Invalid – 10 Principles of Disability Jusice.” At the bottom is a label that says HealthJusticeCommons. A background with multiple shades of green and an abstract flower shape. The foreground in white text reads: “Update – November 13, 2025: The federal government shutdown has ended. This is the first time funding for SNAP was disrupted by a government shutdown, and there still remains uncertainty as to when benefits will be restored and issued in full. Source: The 19th News. Turning to each other is always the answer. We must build a world where hunger cannot be weaponized as a political tool! And each and every person has their needs abundantly and consistently met beyond carceral State apparatuses.” At the bottom is a label that says HealthJusticeCommons.
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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What is going on with SNAP? Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Federal Government Shutdown – a Disability Justice Analysis
A background with multiple shades of green and an abstract flower shape. The foreground in green and white text reads: “What is going on with SNAP? Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Federal Government Shutdown — a Disability Justice Analysis.” At the bottom is a label that says HealthJusticeCommons. A background with multiple shades of yellow and an abstract flower shape. The foreground in white text reads: “SNAP – commonly referred to as food stamps – is a United States federal government-run program that, since 1964, has provided monthly funds to lower income folks for purchasing groceries. Basic eligibility is determined based on monthly income and expenses, and each state has a different application process. In 2024, over 41 million – or, an estimated 1 in 8 people in the US – participated in SNAP. SNAP is run by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), an agency impacted by the federal government shutdown that began October 1. Source: Center on Budget & Policy Priorities.” At the bottom is a label that says HealthJusticeCommons. A background with multiple shades of blue and an abstract flower shape. The foreground in white text reads: “Why haven’t SNAP benefits been issued for November 2025? On October 24, the USDA informed states it would not utilize $5 billion in reserve funds to even partially pay out November SNAP benefits. The program costs an estimated $8 billion per month to run in full. This decision was a reversal of previous public guidance from the USDA stating it would utilize the contingency funds. Several states, cities, religious groups, and nonprofits have sued the Trump administration over its refusal to fund SNAP during the federal government shutdown. Source: The New York Times.” At the bottom is a label that says HealthJusticeCommons. A background with multiple shades of red and an abstract flower shape. The foreground in white text reads: “How does this crisis relate to Disability and Health Justice? The status of SNAP funding and benefit issuance has changed on a nearly daily basis due to the Trump administration’s actions and subsequent legal hearings. This has caused confusion, benefit freezes, and harm to the millions of people who rely on SNAP to survive. The SNAP crisis – like so many crises our communities face – is manufactured. It is an example of escalating ableism and eugenics on the part of the State.” At the bottom is a label that says HealthJusticeCommons.
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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This release is dedicated to the memory of our beloved Patty Berne, co-founder of Sins Invalid, visionary artist, and architect of Disability Justice, whose brilliance continues to guide us towards access, interdependence, and collective liberation.
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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The performance features pieces by: Tré Vasquez, Maria Palacios, Nomy Lamm, Germán Parodi @glparodi, Lateef McLeod and Antoine Hunter, and Urban Jazz Dance Company.
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Through scenes of crip rage, joy, and grief, our performers offer testimony to survival, love, and collective power in a world on fire. From climate chaos to systemic ableism, from our sacred grief to our revolutionary visions of liberation, this performance is both an offering and a call to action.
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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REPOST via Sins Invalid: We are honored to invite you to the virtual release of Stages of Grief: Crip Hearts on Fire, Sins Invalid’s 2024 live performance, marking 18 years of crip brilliance on stage.

To access both streaming and Q&A, please register at: sinsinvalid.org
In the center of the image, a rectangular white frame contains a glowing yellow sunburst with warm pink and coral tones at the edges. This radiance is surrounded by swirling, abstract flames and wave-like patterns in green, blue, red, and orange. At the top of the image is the Sins Invalid logo, a black rectangle with the words “Sins Invalid” in white letters. Below it, black text of varying sizes reads: “Presents: Stages of Grief: Crip Hearts on Fire.” Further down, black text reads: “Free Streaming, Nov 12-19, 2025” and “Artist Q&A, Nov 15.” At the very bottom, two sentences in smaller black text, one right below the other read: “Streaming, Q&A and Sign-up available in ASL, English and Spanish” and “To sign up visit www.sinsinvalid.org or link in IG bio.”
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Thank you all, and stay tuned for more share-outs from our series!
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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"I will be a ‘drapetomaniac’ until the day I die because I was born free, live free, and will die free – just like all of my Ancestors and my relatives who were told that they were ‘enslaved,’ ‘incarcerated,’ ‘institutionalized,’ ‘ensheltered,’ ‘in/en-[whatever],’ ‘enfreaked.’”
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