EWOCC 2022 Restoration & Reconnection
The 37th Annual Empowering Womxn of Color Conference was hybrid and held over the weekend of April 2nd, 2022.
Featured Speaker: Imani Barbarin
Imani Barbarin is disablilty rights and inclusion activist and speaker who uses her voice and social media platforms to create conversations engaging the disability community. Born with cerebral palsy, Imani often writes and uses her platform to speak from the perspective of disabled black woman. In the last few years she has created over a dozen trending hashtags that allow disabled folk the opportunity to share their perspectives heard while forcing the world to take notice.
#PatientsAreNotFaking, #ThingsDisabledPeopleKnow, #AbledsAreWeird and others each provide a window into disabled life while forming community.
Imani is from the Philadelphia area and holds a Masters in Global Communications from the American University of Paris, her published works include those in Forbes, Rewire, Healthline, BitchMedia and more. She runs the blog CrutchesAndSpice.com and a podcast of the same name. She currently serves as the Communications Director for a nonprofit in Pennsylvania.