Videos

This short video introduces DisCrit (Disability Critical Race Theory), a framework that explores how racism and ableism intersect to shape systems of power that marginalize disabled people of color. Grounded in disability studies and critical race theory, the video outlines DisCrit’s seven core tenets and how they guide efforts toward racial and disability justice.

Eric Miller, Prianka Nair, and Jamelia Morgan addressed the backlash to civil rights, exploring the cases for reparations that redress harms to groups with histories of oppression, including those at the intersection of race and disability. https://www.crdjustice.org/

Led by Professor Jamelia Morgan, the Northwestern Pritzker Law Center for Racial and Disability Justice (CRDJ) is a first-of-its-kind center dedicated to promoting justice for people of color, people with disabilities, and individuals at the intersection of race and disability. Learn more at: https://www.law.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/racial-disability-justice/

On Thursday April 17, 2025, NDLPA held the next event in its Career Exploration Series on navigating legal academia with a disability. Moderator: AJ Link, President, Board of Directors, National Disabled Legal Professionals Association and Adjunct Professor, Space Law, Howard University School of Law Panelists: Katie Eyer, Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School Professor Katherine Macfarlane, Director, Disability Law & Policy Program, Syracuse University College of Law Jamelia N. Morgan, Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and Founding Faculty Director of the Center for Racial and Disability Justice Britney Wilson, Associate Professor of Law, Director, Civil Rights and Disability Justice Clinic, New York Law School

This session explores the intersection of disability data justice, artificial intelligence, and global technology. This panel features diverse perspectives on disability data to discuss how inclusive AI can drive equitable data practices worldwide, ensuring that technological advancements benefit all. Speakers include Kate Caldwell, Director of Research & Policy at the Center for Racial & Disability Justice, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Elizabeth Lockwood, Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Global Disability Advisor of the World Bank Group, Rylin Rodgers, Disability Policy Director at Microsoft, and Bonnielin Swenor, Director of The Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center.

Recording of the Understanding Disability Criminalization panel that was held both virtually via Zoom and in person at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law on October 2, 2024 from 12 pm CT to 1 pm CT. The panel was hosted by Northwestern Law's Center for Racial and Disability Justice. The goal of this panel was to examine the contours of disability criminalization within and beyond traditional carceral spaces, like prisons and jails, and identify proposals for transformative change. Panel Moderator: Jamelia Morgan (Faculty Director, Center for Racial and Disability Justice; Professor, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law) Panelists: Linda Steele (Associate Professor, Law Health Justice, University of Technology Sydney) and Liat Ben-Moshe (Associate Professor, Criminology, Law and Justice, University of Illinois Chicago)

Recording of the Politics of Psychiatric Reinstitutionalization panel that was held virtually on March 27, 2024 from 12 pm CT to 1:15 pm CT. The panel was hosted by Northwestern Pritzker School of Law's Center for Racial and Disability Justice. The goal of this virtual panel was to discuss reinstitutionalization under the guise of recent policy efforts to force and coerce people with psychiatric disabilities and unhoused folks into “treatment” and hospitalization. Panel Moderator: Jordyn Jensen (Executive Director, Center for Racial and Disability Justice) Panelists: Luke Sikinyi (Director of Public Policy, Alliance for Rights and Recovery), Andrea Wagner (Managing Member, LaVoy Wagner LLC), and Stefen Short (Supervising Attorney & Director of the Prisoners' Rights Project, The Legal Aid Society)

Jamelia Morgan, Director of the Center for Racial and Disability Justice at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, gives two examples of over-policing and violence against people with disabilities and advocates for alternative, disabled-led solutions. View the full recording of the Disability, Policing, and Mass Incarceration webinar: https://disabilityphilanthropy.org/resource/disability-philanthropy-webinar-series-disability-policing-and-mass-incarceration/ View the Disability & Philanthropy Forum's 2023 Learning Series: https://disabilityphilanthropy.org/2023-disability-philanthropy-public-webinar-series/

Disabled people make up a disproportionately high rate of the prison population, and it is estimated that 50% of people killed by police have a disability. As we witness a continuing increase in mass incarceration of and police violence against disabled people, especially those who hold multiple marginalized identities, we must urgently take action to shift these deeply harmful trends. We must dismantle the systemic racism and ableism that criminalizes disabled people. This webinar was moderated by Judy Belk, Senior Advisor of the California Wellness Foundation and featured Jamelia Morgan, Director of the Center for Racial and Disability Justice at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law; Candace Coleman, Community Organizer, Racial Justice at Access Living; and Subini Ancy Annamma, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Stanford University as panelists. For more about the 2023 Learning Series, visit https://disabilityphilanthropy.org/2023-disability-philanthropy-forum-learning-opportunities/ 0:00 Welcome, Poll, and Housekeeping 4:29 Judy Belk Introduction 6:15 Candace Coleman Introduction 9:22 Jamelia Morgan Introduction 11:57 Subini Annamma Introduction 14:43 Judy's Personal Connection 15:39 The Intersection of Race, Disability, and Policing 19:25 Disproportionate Policing and Incarceration of Disabled People 23:47 Mass Incarceration and Eugenics 29:01 Reentry for Formerly Incarcerated People with Disabilities 32:40 Disability, Law Enforcement, and Civil Rights 37:02 What Funders Can Do 43:54 Q&A: Police in Schools 46:51 Q&A: Mass Incarceration and Mental Health 52:01 Q&A: Disability in Communities of Color 55:56 Call to Action and Close