JEWISH DISABILITY AWARENESS, ACCEPTANCE & INCLUSION MONTH
Each year in February, PAS marks Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance & Inclusion Month (JDAIM) with educational programs that bring greater awareness and education around different disability and inclusion themes. It helps us learn about how we can embrace our differences and the unique qualities we all bring to our community. This year’s theme is “Seen and Unseen” as we learn with guest speakers, Pamela Rae Schuller and Tia Powell.
GUEST SPEAKERS
Pamela Rae Schuller | Dr. Tia Powell |
JDAIM EVENTS
Adults
What Makes Me Tic: Inclusion through Comedy and Storytelling
Tue / Feb 7 / 7:00 pm / 87th Street and Online
Pamela Rae Schuller
Framing her obstacles and challenges into opportunities to tell her story, Pamela is an internationally known professional stand-up comedian and inclusion advocate whose stories are engaging, powerful, a little heart-wrenching, and unapologetically funny. In this live comedy show, Pamela will share some of her stories and how she embraces and loves what makes her different while challenging us to do the same.
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6–7th Grade and Parents
JDAIM in the Congregational School
Wed / Feb 8 / 5:15 pm / 87th Street
Pamela Rae Schuller
Using storytelling and comedy to inspire communities to a new understanding of inclusion, Pamela will run a special program for our 6th- and 7th-grade students and parents that will show us new ways to both accept and incorporate our own differences and those of others, into our daily lives. Pamela will discuss the importance of accepting the differences we all bring to the table.
Teens
Finding Your Voice, From Stigma to Stage
Wed / Feb 8 / 7:00 pm / 87th Street
Pamela Rae Schuller
As a teen, Pamela had the worst diagnosed case of Tourette syndrome in the country, a touch of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and lots of pent-up anger. She spent years depressed and wishing her differences away. Over time, she started looking at her life differently and turned her obstacles and challenges into the fuel that propels her. She will make us laugh and empower us to embrace our differences and those of others.
Medicine and Memoir: Dementia Reimagined
Tue / Feb 14 / 12:00 pm / Online
Dr. Tia Powell and Rabbi Zuckerman
Peeling back the untold history of dementia, Dr. Powell shares the story of Solomon Fuller, a black doctor whose research at the turn of the 20th century presaged important elements of contemporary dementia research, in her book, Dementia Reimagined. Dr. Powell will help demystify dementia from the perspectives of physician and caregiver, and share stories about how we can center dignity and hope at the heart of this disease.
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RESOURCES
T’SHUVAH CENTER is a spiritual recovery community for people living with substance use and process disorders such as gambling, sex, etc. The organization services anyone needing care by using an accessible model that integrates Jewish wisdom and text study.
The organization offers: One-on-one* spiritual counseling and recovery coaching; Drop-in groups: spiritual check-ins for women, LGBTQ, general and clergy, morning prayer with a focus on recovery, Torah and Talmud study through a recovery lens, Artists in Recovery; Periodic training of healthcare professionals and clergy.