We are creating a better South for people with disabilities.

Here’s how you can, too.

This is a dangerous time for the disability justice movement in the South, and it needs people like you to take action and fight for the basic rights that so many across the country take for granted.

Pledge to Support the Disability Justice Movement

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Take the pledge

By completing this form, I am pledging to support the work of New Disabled South. I commit to supporting and coming together with disabled people in the South and to the principles of disability justice: 

  1. Intersectionality

  2. Leadership of Those Most Impacted 

  3. Anti-Capitalism 

  4. Cross-Movement Solidarity 

  5. Wholeness 

  6. Sustainability 

  7. Cross-Disability Solidarity 

  8. Interdependence 

  9. Collective Access 

  10. Collective Liberation

I also pledge to: 

  • Show up, in a way that is accessible for me, to support disabled people in the South and work towards collective liberation where no one is left behind.

  • Share and uplift social media posts, reports and information shared by New Disabled South.

  • Advocate for disability justice by contacting my lawmakers, community members and family to share my story. 

  • Help ensure that disabled people and accessibility are included in advocacy work in my community. 

  • Commit to advocacy that includes all types of disabilities and intersections including Black disabled people, indigenous disabled people, trans disabled people, and more. 

  • Work to break down barriers between organizations by sharing with New Disabled South any events, updates on bills, political issues and important disability work happening in my community.