ABSTRACT
The Moving Maryland Forward (MMF) grant programme hosted by Office of Diversity and Inclusion from 2012–2016 was the largest grant offered by this office and one of the largest diversity grant programs at the University. While each MMF project had a unique approach and institutional home, there were networks forged across the different units. Central to the success of these connections was the inclusion of students, staff and faculty from all across the campus community. In particular institutional advocates and members of disability justice community such as Dr Beth Douthirt-Cohen made the necessary introductions and facilitated the growth of networks between these spaces. Through the different MMF project the authors came together to develop the ‘University of Maryland (UMD) Disability Summit.’ Events like the UMD Disability Summit, that foster solidarity through shared space, are essential to build and sustain a community that can engage social and political issues on behalf of all disabled people.
