GET MAD! With Vesper Moore: Recent Episodes
Vesper Moore
The GET MAD! Podcast is a transformative mental health and disability justice limited podcast series with the aim of fostering public education and fueling social change. Hosted by political activist, Vesper Moore, the GET MAD! podcast pushes for the pursuit of mental health liberation in a society that is dominated by narratives of sanism and ableism.
Judy is an internationally recognized ‘badass’ disability rights activist. For more than 30 years, she has been involved on the international front working with disabled people’s organizations and governments around the world to advance the human rights of disabled people. She has been instrumental in the development and implementation of legislation, such as Section 504, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. She was responsible for the implementation of legislation at the national level for programs in special education, disability research, vocational rehabilitation, and independent living, serving more than 8 million disabled youth and adults. Judy also served official terms in appointed positions for both the Clinton Administration and Obama administrations. She produces a podcast called The Heumann Perspective, which features a variety of members from the disability community. Judy is considered by many to be the mother of the disability rights movement; her advocacy has paved the way for disabled people for generations to come.
Yolo Akili Robinson is an award-winning writer, healing justice
worker, Yolo yogi, and the founder and executive director of
BEAM (The Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective).
BEAM is a national training, movement building, and grant
making an organization dedicated to healing, wellness and
liberation of Black communities.
Anita D is a spoken word artist and slam poet born and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts. Anita has featured at venues all over San Diego, she has collaborated with artists from Boston, Southern California, and Detroit. Her writings and performances are an inspiration to many. http://www.anitadpoetry.com Keep up with Anita via her Facebook page & Twitter.