Join us in viewing the award-winning film “White Nine” and hear from Chris Palames, who is featured in the film. “White Nine” is both a historical account of the independent living movement in Massachusetts and a compelling story of resilience, the power of collective action, and the enduring quest for equality, independence, and freedom for all.
About the speaker:
Chris Palames, who is featured in this film, has been active in the disability rights movement for the past four decades. In 1974 he founded Stavros Center for Independent Living, a disabled peoples’ advocacy and self-help service organization in 1974. Later in the decade he was active in the development of the Vermont Center for Independent Living. During the mid-1980s, Chris served on Beacon Hill as Assistant Director for Programs at the Massachusetts Office on Disability. Leaving state government to support Michael Dukakis’ bid for the presidency in 1988, he assumed his current position as executive director of Independent Living Resources.
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