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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>From Disability Rights Fund:<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Please find below an exciting opportunity to be trained on documentary storytelling by our partner The Disability Justice Project. Places are up to 5 so please take time to carefully review and fill in your
application. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">The Disability Justice Project (DJP) is inviting persons with disabilities from organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) that are current DRF/DRAF grantees to apply for a
<b>two-week workshop on documentary storytelling.</b> The workshop will be held in Samoa, and travel costs, including hotel, meals, and airfare, will be paid for by the DJP. The DJP also will cover reasonable accommodations like sign language interpretation
and will focus on the intersection of climate change and disability among other topics. It will take place the last week of June and the first week of July 2023.<br>
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Successful applicants will receive a stipend of 500 U.S. dollars for participating and a certificate of completion at the end of the course. Storytelling kits, including video cameras, tripods, and mics, will be given to participating fellows to use during
the workshop and will become the property of the sponsoring OPD after the workshop. The media created will be published on the
</span><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdisabilityjusticeproject.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cfutumapu%40disabilityrightsfund.org%7Ca10e6b7b9d334a4ad6cd08db2a5cf81f%7C5b78b02235344a18a0e63b6f7652a49d%7C0%7C0%7C638150351191395019%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=YHJWMmYy4ulPHKglv7ToRuV5ra%2B7Zo8Py9crWin5eIA%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">DJP
website</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt"> - the first platform of its kind dedicated to the global disability justice movement. For more information, please read the<b> DJP FAQ
</b>document attached.<br>
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The <b>attached application</b> can be filled out as a downloadable Word document. Please note that it must be filled out jointly by the potential fellow and their sponsoring OPD. Since only five fellows will be chosen, we encourage you to spend some time on
the application. Once complete, you can send it to </span><a href="mailto:jsantos@disabilityjusticeproject.org"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">jsantos@disabilityjusticeproject.org</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Previous fellows have produced documentaries on everything from the
</span><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdisabilityjusticeproject.org%2Ffilm%2Fclosing-the-employment-gap%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cfutumapu%40disabilityrightsfund.org%7Ca10e6b7b9d334a4ad6cd08db2a5cf81f%7C5b78b02235344a18a0e63b6f7652a49d%7C0%7C0%7C638150351191395019%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=vqAYqLzJvA0GfbTTJ0xmkhMCr%2FTyeqRifZYt42BJgMY%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">high
unemployment rates among Ugandans with disabilities </span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt">to the
</span><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdisabilityjusticeproject.org%2Ffilm%2Fa-new-challenge%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cfutumapu%40disabilityrightsfund.org%7Ca10e6b7b9d334a4ad6cd08db2a5cf81f%7C5b78b02235344a18a0e63b6f7652a49d%7C0%7C0%7C638150351191395019%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=j0Mc6Djxbi5w10iYeEi78TZ6N6xziq9reLMAr5XBjj0%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">first
DeafBlind student</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt"> accepted at a prestigious school in Malawi.<br>
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We will be offering an <b>informational session</b> for interested potential fellows and their OPDs on Monday, April 17, at noon GMT+13. Here is the Zoom link to the meeting. Captioning and SLI will be provided.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnortheastern.zoom.us%2Fj%2F93448227041%3Fpwd%3DSllGbXA3Y2Z4VTRybVZocGJVSjdRdz09&data=05%7C01%7Cfutumapu%40disabilityrightsfund.org%7Ca10e6b7b9d334a4ad6cd08db2a5cf81f%7C5b78b02235344a18a0e63b6f7652a49d%7C0%7C0%7C638150351191395019%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0R9jLwC86Cqn%2FNhFtzvFrZ%2Bn9SrO303SxsrA84CxCLQ%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">https://northeastern.zoom.us/j/93448227041?pwd=SllGbXA3Y2Z4VTRybVZocGJVSjdRdz09</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><br>
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Meeting ID: 934 4822 7041<br>
Passcode: 935483<br>
One tap mobile<br>
+13052241968,,93448227041# US<br>
+13092053325,,93448227041# US<br>
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Please reach out to Jody Santos, DJP’s founding executive director, with any questions. Email:
</span><a href="mailto:jsantos@disabilityjusticeproject.org"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">jsantos@disabilityjusticeproject.org</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt">; WhatsApp: +1(617)797-3133.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Jody Santos (she/her)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Founding Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">The Disability Justice Project</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">WhatsApp: +1(617)797-3133</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Warm regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Faaolo Utumapu-Utailesolo</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Disability Rights Fund</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Mobile: +685 776 4466</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">(Apia: GMT +13)</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Email: </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black"><a href="mailto:kthompson@disabilityrightsfund.org"><span lang="EN-US">futumapu@disabilityrightsfund.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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