Catherine Townsend
@cathydetownsend
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Disabled human rights advocate passionate about intersectionality and helping philanthropy get it right. Proud nerd, feminist and mom of 2. Tweets my own.
New Jersey, USA
Joined April 2013
Big news! @DSamarasan and I are working with @_Narrative and Unicorn Authors Club to write a book! Can’t wait to share @DisabRightsFund’s founding story and how participation and collaboration can change the world.#shiftthepower #disabilityinclusion
Excited to welcome these amazing activists, movement leaders and #writers to Changemaker Authors Cohort. They'll join our partners at Unicorn Authors Club (@minalh) to turn their stories into published books shaping narrative change. #narrativepower
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#ClimateJustice work that's inclusive knows the #FutureIsFeminist. @Yolanda_Munoz_ @GreengrantsFund #15thDSS
“This all necessitates a rights based and participatory approach to inclusion, to intersectionality, and to fostering a bottom-up approach of engaging women with disabilities in community-building and in mitigation and adaptation towards climate change.” - Jennifer #15thDSS
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🙌 Today and every day, we commit to support the historic fight held by the disability justice movements and their crucial contributions to an inclusive and dignified future for all. #IDPwD2023 🎨 Art by wonderful @liberaljanee
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#ClimateJustice peeps please check this out!!
Years of our work has come together into a unique curation of disability resources from 145+ countries, with a specialised guide on climate change. Climate work by @ainekc95 & support from @Sightsavers_Pol @CenterforInclu1 @FordFoundation @CBM_Global
https://t.co/ckjiPPRXHs
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Incredibly important survey with the critical data we need. Efforts to #EndViolenceAgainstWomen must include women with disabilities. Thanks to @19thnews and @slooterman!!
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“How is it still legal to involuntarily sterilize people without their consent in 99% of the world” @CataDevandas on the lack of legal protections of women with disabilities at @FordFoundation’s #FreeFuture 2023 Forum #UNGAxFord
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How can we include people with disabilities in the climate change conversation? We are proud partners of @N_Map for their report, “Narrative Change Around Disability and Climate Change: Insights and Recommendations from Stakeholders and Community Members in the Niger Delta.”
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Really missing her today for lots of reasons - most of all for helping me embrace my own @disabilitypride! Please share this tribute video that honors Judy as a friend, lover, activist and co-conspirator toward justice. @FordFoundation.
Transforming every space she was in for the better—including ours—@JudithHeumann was called the mother of the disability rights movement. On #ADA33, learn about her tireless advocacy for the inclusion of disabled people in society. #DisabilityPrideMonth
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#NoJusticeWithoutDisability and yes, this applies to donors! Don't miss out on the power of almost 20% of the population to lead change!!! #Disability #Philanthropy #ADA33 @the_tattooedjew @RebeccaCokley @FordFoundation
Thanks to @pndblog for letting me write about how progressive funders are failing disabled folks. I’m tired of hearing “We don’t fund disability” when y’all fund democracy, environmental justice, repro rights, etc etc and disabled people are most impacted.
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@CataDevandas's plenary at @WomenDeliver: We need to work together to seize opportunities. The feminist disability movement is eager to learn and ready to engage in efforts to advance the agenda of #SRHR globally. 🧵 #WD2023
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When I asked Chat GPT about #DisabilityPride Month it didn’t mention identity. Wondering why it was not included, it then told me it was an essential part of the month. This is what happened next.
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Become a Board member at UAF-Africa! Follow this link for more details and how to apply: https://t.co/RiRXrJIYqM
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Change for women with disabilities is now @Kwwdnetwork @FordFoundation @CBM_Global
#Disability Disruptor
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Really excited to get these ideas out with @DSamarasan!! We’re working on a book - Disabling Philanthropy and have so many more stories to tell. Shameless ask to share with your networks - let’s change power, together, in philanthropy.
A critical report on funding inequities by @DSamarasan and @cathydetownsend: "By ignoring intra-group differences, identity-specific funding can perpetuate unfair and oppressive dynamics within groups, such as excluding trans folks from LGBTQIA+ and gender-based funding."
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So proud to have played a small role in this critical work. Donors and movement leaders alike need to invest in systems change and recognize the immense power and creativity of disabled leaders and disability-led organizations @NotYourAvgHo101 @FordFoundation @npquarterly
"There is no justice that does not include disability justice." @NotYourAvgHo101, @BorealisPhil Director of Disability Inclusion Fund, @macvie, @FordFoundation director of Tech & Society program. https://t.co/0tqVVafncy
#equity #healthjustice
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Join us this Thursday for a Funder Conversation on Advancing Disability Inclusion & Social Justice. Hear from @NotYourAvgHo101 of @BorealisPhil, @greatnotion of @towerfdn, @RudermanShira of @RudermanFdn & @cathydetownsend of @FordFoundation Register here: https://t.co/Ouuxr6iOs1
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Join @AAPD, @PPFA, @momjustice, @CAPDisability, and @TheAfiyaCenter for a conversation on the importance of intersectional coalition building in the fight for reproductive freedom! Thursday, April 13 12:00pm - 1:00pm ET Register: https://t.co/7omJA2UYd5
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Founded just 2 years ago, the DJP has been named one of the FIVE BEST WEBSITES IN THE WORLD in the diversity, equity, & inclusion category. Please vote for us in #Webbys People's Voice Award. We're the only org focused solely on disability in our category. #TakingBackTheNarrative
We are thrilled to announce our #Webbys nomination! Our work has been singled out as one of the five best in the world in its category – we are among the top 12% of the nearly 14,000 projects entered. Vote for us today for the People's Voice Award here: https://t.co/7AFVe7QChi
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I've been fighting for this data for far too long. Thanks @DisPhilanthropy! "Grantmakers have told disabled leaders that they “don’t fund disability. Now, we have data."
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Check out this communications job from ClimateWorks Foundation and work with @MarcClimaco #DisabilityTwitter @RebeccaCokley #https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3532009327.
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