The Empowered
Fe Fes
Who are the
Empowered Fe Fes?
Good
question!
The Empowered Fe
Fes is a support and action group of young women with disabilities ages 13 to 24. We have all
different kinds of disabilities and come from different racial and ethnic communities. We live all
over Chicago. We give respect and we better get it in return!
"Fe Fe" is slang
for "female" from the 90s when the group first got started.
The Fe Fes meet
two Saturdays a month and discuss issues like being disabled and a girl, dating, job hunting, sexuality,
family conflict, getting an apartment, independence, power, our rights and making our communities
better.
You should join
the Fe Fes if you want to:
The Fe Fes do lots of interesting projects. For example, the girls have
created three award-winning films:
- Beyond Disability: The Fe Fe Stories
- Why They Gotta Do Me Like That?: The Fe Fes Take On Bullying
- Doin' It: Sex, Disability and Videotape
For more information about the Fe Fes, contact Ana Mercado (se habla
español) by phone at (312) 640-2190, tty at (212) 640-2170 or e-mail at amercado@accessliving.org.
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