08/08/2025
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Repost from Sins Invalid
We invite our beloved community to join us for a Celebration of Life for Patty Berne – cherished Disability Justice Leader and visionary artist – on August 9, 2025. This gathering is a hybrid event at the East Bay Church of Religious Science in Oakland, CA and via livestream at 3-6 PM PT | 5-8 PM CT | 6-9 PM ET. It is lovingly hosted by Patty’s family.
Grief is a portal of potential and transformation. What we grieve, we love and our love is powerful. While we mourn, we will also come together to honor, uplift and rejoice in Patty’s world-shifting legacy, knowing that Patty’s life’s work, collective liberation, can and will only be completed through us.
Access Information: Living into our values of disability justice, as Patty taught us, this will be a Covid-safe gathering and masks will be required. This event will be in spoken English with interpreting into ASL and Spanish for folks who attend both in person and remotely; remote attendees will also be able to access captions in English and Spanish.
For more access info and event updates, please visit: tinyurl.com/PBcelebrationoflife. We will share additional information in the coming days. An ASL video of the Celebration of Life information is available in our bio.
Though collectively our hearts ache, it lifts our spirits to be coming together with you soon in solidarity amid sorrow, in skin tooth and bone, honoring and celebrating our beloved comrade, friend, force of nature, and kin, Patty Berne. Until August 9th!
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