United Spinal TN

22/07/2025

https://fashionisforeverybody.ticketspice.com/2025-kick-off-party?mc_cid=2b6ed61c16&mc_eid=b6762708b8

Get tickets online for 2025 Kick Off Party here.

21/07/2025

15/07/2025

https://mailchi.mp/unitedspinal/from-policy-to-pride-honoring-disability-rights-voices?e=3a53382d5e

Read reflections from wheelchair users on the importance and impact of Disability Pride Month.

11/07/2025

https://mailchi.mp/nasciconsortium.org/speak-up-vol-7-iss-12866488?e=d79ae871b7

07/07/2025

Living Your Best Empowered Life


Living Your Best Empowered Life is a social group for people with disabilities to discuss experiences in seeking, securing, and maintaining housing and employment. Participants can also learn more about ways to navigate “the system” to make the journey a little easier.


Day: Third Tuesday, unless otherwise indicated.
Next Meeting: Tuesday, August 19th, 2025. There is no meeting in July.
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm CT
Place: In-Person

07/07/2025

Empower BLAST


Empower BLAST, which stands for Blind and Low Vision Access, Support & Tech, is a social group that gathers to learn about assistive technology and other resources that increase the confidence of people who are blind or low vision. Participants share experiences with various technologies and how they empower greater independence.


Day: Fourth Thursday, unless otherwise indicated
Next Meeting: Thursday, July 24th, 2025
Time: 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm CT
Place: Zoom
Register: bit.ly/ETPSB22
Contact: Quoc Lam with questions or for more info at q@empowertn.org or 615.200.6028.

07/07/2025

Empowered Ladies


Empowered Ladies is a social group of people with disabilities who identify as female. The Ladies gather to talk, learn, laugh, and empower one another. Participants exchange authentic life experiences with their peers. It’s a chance to say, “I matter!”


Day: Second Wednesday, unless otherwise indicated
Next Meeting: Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CT
Place: Zoom
Register: bit.ly/PSELAS22
Contact: Kasondra Farmer with questions or for more info at kasondra@empowertn.org or 615.200.7294.

07/07/2025

Empowered Gents


Empowered Gents is a social group of people with disabilities who identify as male. The Gents gather to learn about assistive technology and other resources that increase the independence and confidence of men with disabilities. Participants share experiences and life hacks with their peers. Participation is free. Topics vary.


Day: First Thursday, unless otherwise indicated
Next Meeting: Thursday, July 3rd, 2025
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 PM CT (5:00 – 6:30 PM ET)
Place: Zoom
Register: bit.ly/ETEG22
Contact: Quoc "Q" Lam with questions or for more info at q@empowertn.org or 615.212.9250

07/07/2025

A Free, Online Support Group for LGBTQ+ Young Adults with Disabilities in Tennessee
Empower Tennessee welcomes you to join a free online support group for LGBTQ+ adults with disabilities. The program is open to adults who live in Tennessee, who self-identify as having a disability and as being in the LGBTQ+ community.

The groups will be facilitated from a neurodiversity affirming perspective by a licensed mental health provider who self identifies as LGBT.


In the private, therapeutic support group, we meet weekly for 8 weeks to learn about mental health, build community around our identities and experiences, play games, and make art.


In the ongoing, monthly peer support group, we meet on the 3rd Thursday from 12:30 - 2:30 PM Central. Our next gathering will be held In-Person on July 17th, 2025.

To sign up for either group or to learn more, contact Dan Dumont, LCSW at dan@empowertn.org or simply reply to this email.

07/07/2025

Celebrating 35 Years of the ADA
Empower Tennessee invites you to join us for an afternoon of celebration & acknowledgment of our progress since the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. This event is hosted by The Frist. Look forward to an exclusive performance from The Music City Chorus!


Where: Frist Art Museum at 919 Broadway Nashville, TN 37027
Date: Friday, July 25th 2025
Time: 2:00 PM CT to 4:00 PM CT
Register: bit.ly/etada35reg
Note: There is limited parking, so please consider carpooling with family, friends, and colleagues.


Thank you to our friends at the Frist Art Museum for welcoming our guests to visit their prestigious exhibits and Martin ArtQuest after our celebration!


Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
info@empowertn.org
(615) 200-6028

07/07/2025

Empowered Book Club Logo: it reads: Gather Talk Learn Laugh in an Empower Blue arch at the top. At the bottom in big, bold text it reads Empowered Book Club. In the middle there is an open book with a navy blue cover, bright red end pages, and tan pages. Golden stars are flying off the pages with matching golden rays streaking behind them.
Please Join Us For:
Empowered Book Club
Next Meeting: July 8th, 2025
Hi :



It's time to register for our monthly book club!



Title: Book Club
Date: Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CT
Location: Virtual - Zoom

Register: https://bit.ly/ETBC25



Theme: Discussion of Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann



Join us for a discussion of our current book and help us pick an upcoming books. Please feel free to join us even if you have not read the previous month's book! You can still engage in community and help us pick next month's book! If you intend to attend in person, please RSVP before Noon on July 7th.



Reach out to Kasondra Farmer, kasondra@empowertn.org or 615-200-7294



About the Group: Book Club is a social group for people with disabilities to connect and discuss fiction and non-fiction works containing diverse representation. We will meet virtually and in person monthly. Facilitated by Kasondra Farmer. Come join us and engage in active conversation about books we love and ones we have yet to discover.



Please register to get the Zoom details and join the conversation. You are also welcome to invite others to register.



*The meeting may shift to virtual for the month at any time due to weather, illness, etc. An email will be sent out if that happens.



We hope to see you there!

Empower Tennessee Book Club