The ABA Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council is proud to launch a 21-Day Disability Equity Habit Building Challenge syllabus in honor of Disability Pride Month. This Challenge is modeled after the “21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge©,” which was conceived by diversity expert Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. to advance deeper understandings of the intersections of race, power, privilege, supremacy, and oppression. We are grateful to Dr. Moore for publicly sharing and encouraging others to use this 21-day framework as an educational tool, including to advance learning across myriad diverse communities.
We invite ABA members and non-members, including non-lawyers, to participate in this Disability Equity Habit Building Challenge. Its goal is to assist each of us to become more aware and engaged in the quest for disability equity, and specifically to learn more about the issues that are important to members of the disability community—many of whom are from other marginalized communities—as well as the challenges, barriers, biases, stereotypes, and discrimination they encounter in everyday life.
How It Works
The Challenge invites participants to complete a syllabus of short assignments (typically take up to 20 minutes) over 21 consecutive days, followed by additional resources and discussion questions. This syllabus is but an introduction to what we hope will be a rewarding journey that extends far beyond the limits of this project. It cannot highlight all the diversity of experiences and opinions within the disability community itself.
Participation is voluntary and shall not be construed as agreement with every word of every assignment nor a commitment by any person to a particular professional position or strategy. Participants are free to opt out of participating along the way. There is no grade at the end of the Challenge.