Featuring Kaitlyn Hatch
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Closed captioning thanks to Don Rombach.
More about the Disability Justice series
Our first webinar of the Disability Justice series will feature Kaitlyn Hatch. Kait will lay the foundation for us to understand Disability Justice in a dharma context. Kait will share their insights on disability as a lens for cultivating awareness of emptiness / interbeing / boundlessness, owning your mind, and impermanence. They will delve into access needs, language, and the insidious aspects of ableism and the way they tie into other forms of oppression and how we can use mindful awareness as a means to understand the fullness of what it is to be human.
Notable points we will learn in this webinar:
What one person does matters because we are interconnected
How we can be mindful of ableism and interrupt it when it arises
"There is Multiplicity in Oneness" - Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
Kaitlyn’s bio
Kaitlyn is a trained Buddhist Chaplain through the Upaya Zen Center’s Buddhist chaplaincy program, offering spiritual support in the realm of social justice, during which she wrote her thesis, 'Attending to the Discomfort of Implicit Bias: A role for the contemplative chaplain in social justice.' A Dharma practitioner since 2008, anti-racism, disability justice, and a commitment to trans and queer liberation are core to her spiritual practice. Her primary teacher is Pema Chödrön, and she currently practices within both the Radical Dharma and Bhumisparsha communities.
Blogs written by Kaitlin about the integration of the study of Disability Justice with their practice and commitment to unlearning ableism:
Lojong Practice Journal: Don't talk about injured limbs
Other resources shared by Kaitlyn:
Emily Rapp Black, Author and Memoirist
Johnnie Jae: Founder of A Tribe Called Geek
Folks Kaitlyn will be uplifting and links to their work:
Imani Barbarin AKA Crutches & Spice
Communities Kaitlyn practices adjacent to:
The Radical Dharma communities Liberated Life Network
Contact Kaitlyn by emailing:
hello@kaitlynschatch.com
Closed captioning thanks to Don Rombach.