CHRL summer pop-ups and events CHRL (or the COVID + Health Resource Library) is ready for summer! This page will be updated with information about pop-ups and events as they’re scheduled this season. June 26 - Open Studios pop-up July 11 -
CHRL (or the COVID + Health Resource Library) is ready for summer! This page will be updated with information about pop-ups and events as they’re scheduled this season. For those in Southeast Portland (or for folx willing to venture this di…
Disabled And Here Illustrator: Interview with Tynesha Hi! How would you like to introduce yourself? My name is Tynesha or Ty (they/them). I’m a passionate and strange animator with a proclivity for the grotesque. I explore these passions th…
Disabled And Here Illustrator: Interview with Michelle Hi! How would you like to introduce yourself? Hi, I’m Michelle (they/them) and I’m a Chinese-American illustrator and designer based in the midwestern United States. Michelle’s self-dra…
Disabled And Here Illustrator: Interview with Sunmi Hi! How would you like to introduce yourself? I’m Sunmi, a cartoonist, author, illustrator, and zinemaker based in Baltimore. I’m also queer, Korean, and was born and raised in the East Ba…
I’m Liz. I’m a queer, East Asian, abolitionist socialist artist new-ish to experiencing chronic pain. I was born with a cleft lip and palate and transracially adopted from Korea. I love watching kids’ cartoons and coming home to my cat. Con…
Affect is launching its third program, the COVID + Health Resource Library (CHRL or “choral” for short)! It’s an experiment that we’re developing as we go, but is a community resource for disabled BIPOC, and basically a tool library centere…
Hi! How would you like to introduce yourself? I’m lucky, and my pronouns are he/him! I’m a Black, transmasculine lesbian from Ohio. I moved to Portland in August 2017. I am a visual artist with a focus on image making and I write poetry. I
Hi! How would you like to introduce yourself? Hi, I’m Nocturne, a trans non-binary person. My pronouns are they/them, and I'm chronically ill/disabled. I love to sing and dance when my body allows the spoons. Music is a huge part of my life…
2024 was a challenging year — Affect struggled with a lot of change behind the scenes and had to work hard to keep things running smoothly. This is a long wrap-up, so if you want to skip to a particular section: One of Affect’s first Disabl…
Hi! How would you like to introduce yourself? I’m Claudia Alick (they/she), a Black disabled performer, producer, designer, writer, and user experience and inclusion expert. I founded Calling Up Justice, a social justice company that focuse…
Hi! How would you like to introduce yourself? My name is Fabián, and I am a multiply-disabled Mexican & Italian-American QTPOC community organizer, care-worker, spiritualist, and artist. All of my work is grounded in a relationship-building…