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Friends and collaborators remember Alice Wong and say they will keep fighting for disability justice; the story recounts organizing rooted in mentorship, public storytelling, and steady relationships among people with disabilities, including Brittanie Hernandez-Wilson reflecting at Lake Merritt on grief, love, and resolve to carry the work forward.
The reporting includes the subhead “Centering the most marginalized” and names ableism as an everyday barrier; friends describe barriers in clinics, programs, and public spaces, and emphasize participation by people with disabilities as the point of the work.
Advocacy appears in practice with concrete examples: Brittanie Hernandez-Wilson describes finding voice through mentorship and the anthology Disability Visibility, and Charlie McCone recalls encouragement to keep sharing his experience with long COVID; the Disability Visibility Project is presented as a hub for first-person stories and connection that helped people with disabilities be heard.
Friends describe continuity after loss—ongoing public storytelling, mentoring newer organizers, and cross-sector gatherings that bring artists, organizers, researchers, and health workers together—specific ways they say they will carry Alice Wong’s legacy forward in community.
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By: Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí
