Carly Armour, UI Student Disability Services

Queer, transgender, and disability rights activist Eli Clare will visit Iowa City Thursday, April 5 thanks to the University of Iowa’s student and community-based group, TransCollaborations, and the UI Council on Disability Awareness.
White, disabled, and genderqueer, Clare lives in the Green Mountains of Vermont. He has written a book of essays, Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation, and a collection of poetry, The Marrow’s Telling: Words in Motion and has been published in many periodicals and anthologies. Clare speaks, teaches, and facilitates all over the U.S. and Canada. This one-day stop in Iowa City will involve a workshop, reading and performance, and reception. All events are free, open to the public, and will be American Sign Language interpreted.
Events scheduled for Thursday, April 5, include:
For more information or special accommodations, contact Carly Armour in advance at carly-armour@uiowa.edu or 310-335-1462 or stef shuster at transcollaborations@gmail.com or 502-594-7094.
Clare’s visit is made possible with support from: the UI Center for Diversity and Enrichment in the UI Chief Diversity Office; the UI LGBT Staff and Faculty Association; the UI School of Social Work in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; the Women’s Resource and Action Center; the UI Student Disability Organization; the UI Center for Human Rights in International Programs; UI Student Government; Advantage Iowa; and the UI Council on the Status of Women.