Speakers

Gabi Schaffzin - "The Silliness of Disability" - The New Narrative presents: Identity, October 2016

Gabi Schaffzin - "The Silliness of Disability" - The New Narrative presents: Identity, October 2016

Gabi Schaffzin is a recovering capitalist who is currently pursuing his PhD in Visual Arts at UC San Diego. His art and research consider the visual representation of pain and illness in a technologically mediated world. This story provides some insight into why this topic is so important to him.

CZ Firestone - The New Narrative presents: Identity, October 2016

CZ Firestone - The New Narrative presents: Identity, October 2016

CZ Firestone, known to their loved ones affectionately as “Syra” or “Sy”, is a writer, intellectual, and youth advocate serving in the community of San Diego in both activist and organizing spaces. Their work centers on the intersections of race, gender, class, sexuality, disability, social and restorative justice

Ozzie Monge - The New Narrative presents: Identity, October 2016

Ozzie Monge - The New Narrative presents: Identity, October 2016

Ozzie Monge is a, among other roles, a Lecturer at San Diego State University in the Department of American Indian Studies. Ozzie’s professional interests focus on the social and political issues deriving from settler colonialism, always with an eye, mind, and heart to aspire towards decolonization.