GMCDP Community Screening of Defiant Lives

20th March 2018: GMCDP Community Screening of Defiant Lives and GMCDP Members Meeting         

GMCDP Community Screening of Defiant Lives: 6.00pm - 7.30pm

GMCDP is hosting a community screening of Defiant Lives, which tells the story of the rise and fight of the disability rights movement in the United States, Britain and Australia.  .

Featuring exclusive interviews with people who’ve led the movement over the past five decades, the film weaves together never-before-seen archival footage with the stories of disabled men and women as they moved from being warehoused in institutions to fighting for independence and control over their lives.  Once freed from their imprisonment, disabled men and women took on the big charities, criticising the use of celebrities to beg on their behalf.  They chained themselves to public transport around the world and demanded access “to boldly go where everyone else has gone before”; and they lobbied for support to live ordinary lives in the community with family, lovers and friends.

Defiant Lives is a film full of extraordinary people who put their lives on the line to create a better and very different world where everyone can participate. 

Doors will open at 5.30, and there will be refreshments available. The screening will begin promptly at 6pm.

GMCDP Members Meeting: 7.45pm - 8.30pm

After the showing of this film GMCDP is holding a members meeting, which is a chance for members to come together and discuss what they want to achieve at GMCDP in 2018, and what it means to be a member of GMCDP.  We have recently set up a Campaigning Sub-Group, which will be leading on all of GMCDP’s campaigning going forwards.  We hope members will be able to attend this meeting, as it is a chance to not only have members input into our future campaigning, but also for members to get a chance to meet and socialize.  We hope this will be the first of many members meetings.

Interested in becoming a member and attending this meeting?  sign up to our free membership  here

Access requirements:                                                                                                                                                                      

We will be booking Personal Assitants to provide support at this event.  If you have any other access requirements (e.g. BSL Interpreter) please let us know AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, to ensure there is enough time to put these in place.