Thread by @BorealisPhil

Hi everyone! Welcome to the Disability Inclusion Fund's Twitter chat on disabled-led joy. Anyone is welcome to participate and you can follow along using #DIFJoy. For more about the DIF and Joy Grants, read about us here: borealisphil.org/dif.

If you're new to Twitter chats, the key for this one is to use the hashtag #DIFJoy in your responses. Please be sure to include A1 A2 or A3 and so on based on whether you're responding to Q1 Q2 or Q3 etc.

While Twitter is accessible and fun for some, it may be overwhelming and inaccessible for others. Please take breaks and return to this chat whenever you'd like! Reminder: if you're using GIFs or other images, please include alt texts. #DIFJoy

Q1 Let's get started with question 1! Tell us a bit about your org and the work you do. Then share a photo (with alt text!) or describe something/someone that has brought you joy recently. #DIFJoy

Q2 This discussion centers disabled-led joy. Why is disabled-led joy important to you and/or your org? #DIFJoy

Q3 What are some joyous practices that you and/or your org have done? Share as many as you’d like! (We’ll be creating a list to share out in a future blog post) #DIFJoy

Q4 How has your org or workplace culture supported joy? Are there things that you think should be changed to strengthen or center joy in your org? #DIFJoy

Q5 1 of the 10 #disabilityjustice principles is sustainability. “We pace ourselves, individually and collectively, to be sustained long term.” (borealisphil.org/3VnYWH6) In what ways does joy provide sustainability for your org? For you? For your team? #DIFJoy

Q6 What are some of the barriers that people w/ disabilities face when trying to access joy? (particularly folx who are BIPOC, queer, trans, femmes, unhoused, and/or poor) #DIFJoy

Q7 Recently, the DIF provided grantees Joy Grants. We did this because #disabilityjustice is also about self-determined joy. And we know disabled-led joy is critical to movement momentum. How are Joy Grants building upon community wisdom and trust? #DIFJoy

Q8 How does joy show up in your work now, and how has that changed over the past few years throughout this pandemic? #DIFJoy

Q9 How does #disabilityjustice help us understand access to joy as something different (or not) to self-care? #DIFJoy

Q10 Who or what are some resources / frameworks that you look to to cultivate joy for yourself? For your org? Please share and we’ll gather responses to create a list afterwards! #DIFJoy

Q11 In what ways is disabled-led joy important to future iterations of disability movement strategies and wins? #DIFJoy

Q12 We’re about to wrap up! Thanks so much for hanging out with us and participating during this chat. We hope that you’ll continue to add to this conversation. As we close out—please share one joyous ‘aha’ moment you had during our chat! #DIFJoy