Imani Barbarin
Keynote Speaker: Disability Rights Activist, Writer, TikToker & Founder of CrutchesAndSpice.com
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Imani Barbarin Biography
Imani Barbarin is a disability rights and inclusion activist and speaker who uses her voice and social media platforms to create conversations engaging the disability community.
Born with cerebral palsy, Barbarin often writes and uses her platform to speak from the perspective of a disabled black woman. In the last few years she has created over a dozen trending hashtags that allow disabled folk the opportunity to have their perspectives heard while forcing the world to take notice. #PatientsAreNotFaking, #ThingsDisabledPeopleKnow, #AbledsAreWeird and others each provide a window into disabled life while forming community.
Barbarin is from the Philadelphia area and holds a Masters in Global Communications from the American University of Paris, her published works include those in Forbes, Rewire, Healthline, BitchMedia and more. She runs the blog CrutchesAndSpice.com and a podcast of the same name. She currently serves as the Communications Director for a nonprofit in Pennsylvania.
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Imani Barbarin Speaking Topics
In a world built on ableism and setup for a very specific type of person to thrive and win, what does work look like when brands and individuals make space for the entire human experience? Imani explores the realities of navigating work while living with a chronic illness and/or a disability, how to advocate for yourself while achieving your work goals and how companies can create a work environment that supports every body.
In this talk, Imani recounts her personal experiences with ableist microaggressions and how those interactions informed her of how she was seen as a disabled person moving through society. Connect the dots from everyday interactions to public policy and how one may unlearn these biases.
Imani created the tag #ThingsDisabledPeopleKnow to explore media representations of disabled people they often don’t have in making. Stereotypes form that disabled people have to live by and for accurate representation, disabled people must be involved in every level of media and entertainment production. There is no substitute for the things disabled people know.
In response to a viral video poking fun at patients, Imani started this hashtag to address the many ways in which medical professionals discount their patients and put them in harm’s way. This is especially true of black and disabled people for whom access to care is difficult and when they are able to receive it, they are often not believed by providers. Imani discusses her own story in medicine and challenges the non-disabled people to hold providers and themselves accountable.
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Imani Barbarin is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Disability, Inspirational, Diversity, Black Heritage, Communication, Social Media, Blogging, Culture, Motivational and Health.
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Imani Barbarin is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Disability, Inspirational and Diversity. The estimated speaking fee range to book Imani Barbarin for live events is Below $10,000, and for virtual events Below $10,000. Imani Barbarin generally travels from Pennsylvania, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Lydia X. Z. Brown, Tiffany Yu and Kylar Broadus. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Imani Barbarin for an upcoming event.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Imani Barbarin Speaking Topics
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LIVING, WORKING AND THRIVING WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS
In a world built on ableism and setup for a very specific type of person to thrive and win, what does work look like when brands and individuals make space for the entire human experience? Imani explores the realities of navigating work while living with a chronic illness and/or a disability, how to advocate for yourself while achieving your work goals and how companies can create a work environment that supports every body.
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ABLEDS ARE WEIRD
In this talk, Imani recounts her personal experiences with ableist microaggressions and how those interactions informed her of how she was seen as a disabled person moving through society. Connect the dots from everyday interactions to public policy and how one may unlearn these biases.
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THINGS DISABLED PEOPLE KNOW
Imani created the tag #ThingsDisabledPeopleKnow to explore media representations of disabled people they often don’t have in making. Stereotypes form that disabled people have to live by and for accurate representation, disabled people must be involved in every level of media and entertainment production. There is no substitute for the things disabled people know.
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PATIENTS ARE NOT FAKING
In response to a viral video poking fun at patients, Imani started this hashtag to address the many ways in which medical professionals discount their patients and put them in harm’s way. This is especially true of black and disabled people for whom access to care is difficult and when they are able to receive it, they are often not believed by providers. Imani discusses her own story in medicine and challenges the non-disabled people to hold providers and themselves accountable.
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