#PurpleLightUp Campaign – Monday 3rd December
The Purple Light Up campaign is an initiative introduced by Purple Space to raise awareness and celebrate the economic contribution of disabled employees.
In support of this initiative the University will be turning the Greg’s Place fountain purple and we would also like to invite colleagues across campus to decorate their offices purple for the day and to share pictures by tweeting them to @Equalityatyork
Science stars with a difference; can we learn from disability history?
Department of Chemistry with Robin Perutz and Julia Sarju Mandle. Role models are always important and that applies equally to disabled scientists. Robin and Julia will look at some of the disabled scientists who we celebrate in York and some who they have known personally. The discussion will raise issues of both physical and mental health. Robin was Disability Officer for Chemistry from 2006-2018 and has recently handed over the reins to Julia Sarju Mandle.
Date – Monday 3rd December
Time and venue – 13:00- 14:00, D/L006 -Derwent College
Tickets – No booking required
Inclusive Societies, Accessible Workplaces: Disabled People in the Public and Private Sphere
IGDC will be celebrating on the 6th December by hosting their seminar on ‘Inclusive Societies, Accessible Workplaces’ with @WFD_Democracy.
Date – Thursday 6 December
Time and venue – 12:00-13:30, ENV/105a/b – Environment Building
Tickets – For tickets and full details see this Eventbrite
INCLUDE Meeting
The University’s disabled staff network is holding its termly meeting on Thursday 6 December at 12:00. For more information about the meeting and how to get involved please contact equality@york.ac.uk.
Date – Thursday 6 December
Time and venue – 12:00-14:00
Tickets – equality@york.ac.uk
City-wide activities
To mark Disability History Month and International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDOPD) there will be various events taking place across the city.
For more information see the city-wide programme
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