We The Future:
Young Leaders of Social Change

Online Exhibit

Lydia X. Z. Brown
Laboring for disability justice

“The next generation of neurodivergent, sick, mad, and disabled kids might learn that it’s possible and okay to exist as they are. That there are movements that celebrate our existence, our worth, our value, our magnificence in a way I was never given a chance to. And that’s powerful.”

Poster: Lydia X. Z. Brown by Kate DeCiccio
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Lydia (they/them) is a community organizer, writer, speaker, educator, attorney, and advocate for disability justice. They were born in Jiangsu, China in 1993 and are currently a Justice Catalyst Fellow at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, and Founder/Co-Director of the Autistic People of Color Fund at the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network. They work to disrupt and end all forms of systemic and interpersonal violence targeting disabled people at the margins of the margins. Lydia fights for love, liberation, and community care.

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