Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability - Giving Tuesday

Show Your Support for Longmore This Giving Tuesday

Nathan Burns — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 21:56:21 +0000

We're gearing up for Giving Tuesday on December 1st, and are optimistic that we'll have another successful year! Our goal is to raise $5,000 to fund the many educational and outreach programs we put on at the Longmore Institute throughout the year.

Whether or not you will personally give on Giving Tuesday, we'd love if you would send us a photo this year articulating why your support the Longmore Institute! There are two ways you can show your support.

Phyisical Template

We have two different phyisical templates this year. To use our templates, click here & print one of them.

See this example from one of Longmore's student fellows, Nathan Burns:

Four Easy Steps to Make your own #Unselfie

1) Print out one of these pages: https://longmoreinstitute.sfsu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/PhysicalTemplates.pdf.

2) Write (in large, clear lettering) why you support the Longmore Institute

This could be any number of reasons: why disability awareness is important, how Longmore’s approach has influenced you, what Superfest brings to the table, etc.
Examples from past supporters: “I believe in the power of disability culture” and “Because disability culture rocks.” Please feel free to be as creative as you like!

3) Take your picture holding up the piece of paper in front of you.

4) Upload the photo to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest and other social media channels and remember to include the hashtags #GivingTuesday and #UnSelfie and #Longmore

If you don’t use social media, but still want to share your #UnSelfie, email it to us at the Longmore Institute: pklinst@sfsu.edu and we can share it for you!

If taking an unselfie isn’t your thing but you still want to help, send us a picture of yourself and your statement about why you support the Longmore Institute and we’ll turn it into an unselfie for you!

Please share and send all #UnSelfies or photos/testimonials before November 30th (the day before Giving Tuesday!)

Virtual Template

If you want to show your support on your social media profiles, we also have transparent PNGs you can add over your profile picture for the day. There are four versions to choose from, so pick which one you like best!

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For instructions on how to add this to your images, check out this tutorial.

Here's an example using a picture of Longmore Associate Director Emily Beitiks:

Thank you!

Also, a big thank you to the everyone who has shown their support for Longmore during past Giving Tuesdays. Here's a few #UnSelfies from years previous:

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Give Back this Giving Tuesday with an #UnSelfie

Ginger Testerman — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 19:35:08 +0000

We're gearing up for Giving Tuesday and are optimistic that we'll have another successful year with a goal of raising $5,000 to fund the many educational and outreach programs we put on at the Longmore Institute throughout the year.

Whether or not you will personally give on Giving Tuesday, we'd love if you would send us a photo this year articulating why your support the Longmore Institute!

To use our template, click here & print. Please see this example sample from Longmore's very own Catherine Kudlick:

Four Easy Steps to Make your own #Unselfie

1) Print out this page: https://longmoreinstitute.sfsu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/GivingTuesdayPrintOut.pdf

2) Write (in large, clear lettering) why you support the Longmore Institute

-This could be any number of reasons: why disability awareness is important, how Longmore’s approach has influenced you, what Superfest brings to the table, etc.

-Examples from past supporters: “I believe in the power of disability culture” and “Because disability culture rocks.” Please feel free to be as creative as you like!

3) Take your picture holding up the piece of paper in front of you.

4) Upload the photo to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest and other social media channels and remember to include the hashtags #GivingTuesday and #UnSelfie and #Longmore

-If you don’t use social media, but still want to share your #UnSelfie, email it to us at the Longmore Institute: pklinst@sfsu.edu and we can share it for you!

Please share and send all #UnSelfies or photos/testimonials before December 2nd (the day before Giving Tuesday!)

Make your own #UnSelfie today! Link to print

Also, a big Thank You to the everyone who has shown their support for Longmore during Giving Tuesday's of the past!

Here are few of the #UnSelfies from years past:

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UnSelfie

About the Longmore Institute

Donor Profile: Ellen Longmore Brown

Visitor — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 17:30:12 +0000

Before Paul Longmore met any of his honorary “brothers” and “sisters” in the disability movement, he had Ellen Longmore Brown - both sister and ardent supporter - at his side. An American Baptist minister, Ellen has been crucial to the success of the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability.

Ellen was five when Paul became disabled at age 7, and her early memories are hazy. However, she recalls that his amazing sense of humor developed AP (After Polio), as he’d previously been a shy child. Case in point: when a botched tracheotomy procedure left him with a hole in his neck, he told the neighborhood kids that he fell into the Grand Canyon and was saved by a tree branch that punctured his neck. Ellen believes, “The humor was something he had to develop because of how people reacted. It used to make me so mad as a child, I reacted with anger, he with humor.”

When Paul passed away, fortunately Ellen knew the importance of preserving Paul’s scholarship. She immediately supported SF State’s efforts to archive his papers and publish his magnum opus Telethons posthumously. She even arranged for all future royalties of Paul’s books to go to the Longmore Institute. She explains, “I wanted to see what he’d started continue, and I do what I can financially to support that too because it’s so important. It’s grown and blossomed beyond his imagination but I want to be sure that the work he started continued.”

Though she lives far away from the Longmore Institute in Pickerington, Ohio, she closely follows the Longmore Institute’s work. Seeing Telethons published was particularly significant for her. She shares, “The group that came together to use all their knowledge and resources to finish it, I don’t know how often that happens. I’ve always known the impact Paul had on people, but just to see that in action, and people saying this has to be done not only so that it can be written and read but also to honor Paul was a highlight for me, “ she chokes up, “Because he worked on it for 20 years. Every conversation we had he’d be talking about it. He used to say that he hoped Jerry Lewis died before the book was published or else he feared the Muscular Dystrophy Association mafia would come after him!”

When asked to describe why she values the Longmore Institute’s work, she felt that her answer brought out her “preacher-side.” She explains the impact in three ways:

The institute is celebrating disability when for so many years [disability] meant pity.... The Longmore Institute celebrates who people are, and people in the disability community might not have heard that before, especially when you look at movies coming out that show people with disabilities wanting to die. The Longmore Institute is also empowering … telling people that they do have a voice, and even though there are some that can’t talk for themselves, to know that someone else is doing it for them. That’s something Paul did that the Institute is carrying out. Lastly, educating the disability community about things that people might not be aware of, but also educating society. Your message needs to get out.

Ellen is grateful knowing that Paul’s work continues to make a difference. Please join the Longmore Institute and Ellen Longmore to take a moment to remember Paul on Sunday, July 10, which would have been his 70^th birthday.

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Donor Profile: Anthony Tusler

Visitor — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 18:04:58 +0000

This week we sat down to talk to longtime friend of Paul Longmore, Anthony Tusler, at his house in Penngrove, CA. Disabled since the age of five, Tusler is a motorized wheelchair user. Describing Anthony’s contributions to disability rights and advocacy takes some time. In addition to over 20 years as director of disability services at Sonoma State University, he has led important work to draw attention to the higher rates of alcoholism and drug use in the disability community, he has researched and published about technology and access, and he also promotes disability in the arts, through his own photography and studying disability in music.

He first met Paul Longmore back when Paul was a graduate student writing about George Washington. A shared colleague recommended they meet, and Anthony remembers thinking then that Paul would some day be a leader in the disability movement. Shortly after, Anthony arranged to have Paul give a lecture on euthanasia for The California Association for Post-Secondary Education and Disability (CAPED) because he knew Paul had a voice and perspective that needed to get out there. While many of Paul’s friendships were more academic and bonded in disability theory, Anthony recalls that their connection was rooted in a shared love for disability culture. When Paul Longmore almost poisoned himself by taking too much Zinc to fight off a cold, Anthony just laughed to Paul’s relief, both agreeing that such a mistake was standard “crip stuff."

Since Paul passed away and the Longmore Institute reemerged in 2012, Anthony has been a vital supporter, both with his time and as a donor. In 2013, he hosted a concert at his home to benefit the Longmore Institute. He played a number of roles to support the Patient No More exhibit, which featured his photography from outside the building on the first day of the 1977 504 occupation. It’s not an exaggeration to say that the exhibit could not have happened without him. In particular, he convinced photographer and 504 protester HolLynn D’Lil to share her historic collection of photographs, primary sources, and notebooks, previously kept private. If Anthony had not vouched for the Longmore Institute’s integrity and recognized the importance of making this collection public, “Patient No More” might not have had enough materials. Anthony poses before giving a photography lecture at the Patient No More exhibit. Photo courtesy of Anthony's Facebook page.

Anthony disclosed that his first work with the Longmore Institute was less successful than he’d have hoped. In 2012, he gave a talk on disability and music that he felt just didn’t hit the way he wanted it too (he teases that Associate Director Emily Beitiks having her water break and needing to head off to have a baby minutes before the event was partially to blame). But this experience only strengthened his bond to the Longmore Institute. Afterward, Director Catherine Kudlick pushed him on how he could tighten the presentation and offered to help. He said, “This moment exemplified what makes you guys unique. We don’t critique each other’s work enough in the disability community, so it touched me that Cathy was not only willing to speak honestly with me but also offer to help guide it forward. No other organizations are offering this sort of support for the development of disability culture and scholarship. The Longmore Institute is in a unique position, being a part of a university, to do this work that invests in the long-term.”

He urges other people to start volunteering with or donate to the Longmore Institute because “Disability culture is essential to our efforts to improve the lives of people with disabilities. It can’t just be about services.” Anthony’s friendship with Paul Longmore was based on this belief, and he is grateful to see that the Institute’s recent work supports it as well. Anthony has supported our annual Giving Tuesday efforts for the past two years. Photo courtesy of Mr. Tusler's Facebook page.

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