"As we mourn the incomprehensible loss of Alice, we share the words she gifted us with from her memoir, Year of the Tiger. The real gift any person can give is a web of connective tissue. If we love fiercely, our ancestors live among and speak to us through these incandescent filaments glowing from the warmth of memories,' her family wrote."
"Wong was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project (DVP). The group highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. DVP launched in 2014 with an oral history project encouraging those with disabilities to share their stories in partnership with StoryCorps, a nonprofit that collects, preserves and shares the personal stories of everyday Americans. StoryCorps narratives are regularly broadcast on NPR."
Alice Wong was a disabled activist, writer, editor, and community organizer in San Francisco who founded and directed the Disability Visibility Project to amplify disabled culture and dismantle ableist systems. She died at 51 from an infection at the University of California, San Francisco hospital. Friends and fellow activists, including Sandy Ho, noted her outsized influence and leadership in disability justice. Her family described her as a fierce luminary, brilliant writer, editor, and community organizer and shared a passage from her memoir Year of the Tiger. The Disability Visibility Project launched in 2014 with an oral history partnership with StoryCorps.
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