A few days ago, we reported the news of the massacre of 19 disabled people in Sagamihara, Japan. There’s been a lot of writing within the disability community about this horrific hate crime, but very little in the mainstream press. There have been a few vigils for the victims of the attack, but it’s hard to impossible for all those who want to join in talking, grieving and learning to get together physically.
On Thursday, August 4th, the Disability Visibility Project will be hosting an online vigil and chat starting at 8 PM ET. Here’s the info from the site:
Online Vigil and Chat
Disabled People of Tsukui Yamayuri En
Sagamihara, Japan
Thursday, August 4, 2016
8 pm Eastern
9 am Japan (Aug. 5)
The Disability Visibility Project will be partnering with disabled filmmaker and activist Dominick Evans in an online vigil and chat remembering the 19 disabled people of the Tsukui Yamayuri En residential care facility in Sagamihara, Japan who were murdered and the 26 people that survived on July 26, 2016.
Joining us as a guest host is Dr. Michael Gillan Peckitt, an academic who lives in Nada-Ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. He runs a disability related website ‘The Limping Philosopher’ and you can find him on Twitter: @Peckitt.
Lots more about how to participate on this page. Go read all of it here.
The following linked article includes links to a number of disability community articles and statements about these tragic murders:
https://kpagination.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/actions-articles-and-statements-on-sagamihara-japan/