Christopher Ramos

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The 2026 Art/Access Lab series kicks off on Sunday, April 26th with an important and timely workshop: Artists with disabilities and allies are invited to learn about our rights and use art to help defend these rights for ourselves and others. To help us hold space for such an important topic, we are partnering with Access Living! What is Access Living? Access Living is a disability service and advocacy organization that challenges disability stereotypes, protects civil rights, and champions social reforms to create an accessible and inclusive society for disabled people to live self-directed lives. The majority of their staff and board are people with disabilities. Chris Ramos, the Latinx and Immigration Community Development Organizer at Access Living, leads Cambiando Vidas (CV), a group of Latinx immigrants with disabilities in organizing and advocating for systemic change. Growing up in Chicago as the son of Salvadoran and Guatemalan immigrants, they witnessed the intersecting challenges of war trauma, undocumented status, displacement, and disability. These experiences fuel their commitment to advocacy, coalition-building, and grassroots action, working toward a future where immigrants with disabilities are empowered to lead lasting change. Please join us in person or virtually! Details and RSVP at link in bio. @unfoldingdisabilityfutures @accessliving @highconceptlabs @christopherramos @cuerposjustificados @accessliving @expstation #HybridEvent #AccessYourWay #DisabilityArts

“Every time you try to break my body, it fuels my spirit”- Leah Rahman. (Repost) The Disability & Immigration Taskforce of Illinois (DITI) has launched a new project! There is a call for stories from immigrants with disabilities and caregivers! They are building an archive of stories and media about the harms of federal immigration enforcement on our disabled community. Submissions can include: news articles, social posts, or media clips; a personal story (written, audio, or video); experiences with immigration processes, enforcement, detention, or court; and times when accommodations were needed, denied, or provided. Folks can share anonymously. Accommodations and interpretation are available upon request. Immigrants with disabilities have been underrepresented in immigration policy discussions, even though immigration systems can create disability-specific harms through inaccessibility and discrimination. This archive helps ensure disabled immigrant experiences inform advocacy and policy. For questions or to submit a story, contact [email protected]! ID: Orange and cream Immigration + Disability Watch Project graphic with a v of migrating geese; text transcribed

These Disability KYR will be available in printed versions at our Crippy Halloween event next Friday, see you there! Know your rights as an immigrant with a disability. Even if ICE refuses to acknowledge your accommodations, presenting your rights is an important step in the legal process. Knowing, and presenting your rights as a person with a disability is also important to procedures within potential immigration court proceedings. Spread this information, we must protect our neighbors. *Audio version will be linked in bio. Conozca sus derechos como inmigrante con discapacidad. Incluso si ICE se niega a reconocer sus adaptaciones, presentar sus derechos es un paso importante en el proceso legal. Conocer y presentar sus derechos como persona con discapacidad también es importante para los procedimientos dentro de posibles procesos judiciales de inmigración. Difunda esta información; debemos proteger a nuestros vecinos. *El enlace a la versión en audio estará en la biografía. #JusticiaParaDiscapacidad es #CuidadoColectivo y #LiberaciónColectiva #ConoceTusDerechos #ProtegeATuVecino #DisabilityJustice is #CollectiveCare and #CollectiveLiberation #KnowYourRights #ProtectYourNeighbor

🎃 Yamero!!! 🖤 Let’s keep building community and beautiful memories together y que siga la lucha!!! [Image 1] Flyer with orange text over a black-and-white photo — we’re inviting you to come hang, share your Crip ableist Horror Stories, and checkout live painting by Matt Bodett and Genevieve. Plus music by DJ Kevin Cosgrove at 4251 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago ($5 suggested donation). 💜 [Image 2] Access info flyer — three of us in costume smiling by the DJ booth! Masks required when not eating/drinking, ramp access available with help if needed, air purifier running all night, and an accessible restroom inside. 🚪 [Image 3] This blue door is the entrance to the event space — 4251 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago. Bring your friends, your stories, and your spooky spirit 👻 #CrippyHalloween #CuerposJustificados #DisabilityJustice #CripCulture #AccessibleArt #NotDeadYet #Chicago

Know your rights as an immigrant with a disability. Even if ICE refuses to acknowledge your accommodations, presenting your rights is an important step in the legal process. Knowing, and presenting your rights as a person with a disability is also important to procedures within potential immigration court proceedings. Spread this information, we must protect our neighbors. *Audio version will be linked in bio. Spanish version will be published soon 🇲🇽 #DisabilityJustice is #CollectiveCare and #CollectiveLiberation #KnowYourRights #ProtectYourNeighbor

I don’t really know what to write as a caption. I wrote my latest newsletter earlier today that I haven’t sent out in months because the world is on fire, but my heart is breaking OPEN, our spirit can’t be taken away❣️We could hope, right? 🫩 This reel consists of photos taken in San Francisco, my favorite photo is of blue peacock in a thriving garden, then first image is of myself in front the federal building where the 504 sit-ins were in. Fighting for the enforcement of the 504 which prohibits discrimination based on disability in programs and activities receiving federal funding.

My name is Genevieve Charlene Ramos. I am a mixed-race woman shaped by the stories of two cultures. My mother immigrated from Mexico and met my father, an Italian American, in Chicago 35 years ago. Almost 14 years ago, my life took an unexpected turn—I became disabled after a car accident. That moment radically changed me, opening my eyes to new truths and transforming how I saw the world. It was during my recovery that I discovered my gift for painting, a practice that became my voice and my liberation. I love deeply—my family, my friends, my thriving collection of plants, art and my husband, Christopher Ramos, who is my best comrade, he is a community organizer fighting for disability and immigration rights, and together, we share a vision of justice, love, and advocacy for our communities. The future is so uncertain right now but together in community we can fight for humanity, love is a political act.

These are my favorite photographs from 2024. Every year, I tell myself next year will be the year I’ll take my photography more seriously—more organized, more intentional. Maybe it will be. But maybe it won’t, and that’s okay too. The truth is, I simply love to take photographs, and I’ll never stop—no matter what camera or device I have in my hands. Some of these photos were taken on my iPhone 13 Pro Max, others on my Olympus Zoom 105 LT with 35mm film, and a few with my Sony a6400. I’m deeply grateful to everyone (especially my wife, who makes posing look so effortless) who let me capture these moments. At the end of the day, that’s all I hope to do with my photography: capture the beauty of fleeting moments. Wishing you all a happy New Year! 🎉 - Chris Note: Due to Instagram’s limitations, some of these photos are cropped from their original size, which means a few details are missing. #35mmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #SonyAlpha #OlympusLTZoom105 #iPhonePhotography #ShotOnFilm #ShotOnSony #35mmFilmCommunity #PhotographyLovers #FilmCommunity #AnalogPhotography #DigitalPhotography #PhotographerLife #CaptureTheMoment #VisualStorytelling #LensCulture #ShootFilmStayBroke #StreetPhotography #EverydayMoments #ArtOfPhotography #FilmAndDigital

Laguna Beach, 2024 📷 Olympus LT-Zoom 105 DLX 🎞️ Kodak Ektar 100

06.17.2024