Sonja Bones

Presenter: Disability Pride and Protest: Denver and Boulder's untold disabled history

Facilitator: Creating Disabled Community: Student perspective

Sonja identifies as Latiné, disabled, queer, intersex, trans* and polyamorous. They have been involved in environmental and social justice programs since their teens and are eager to continue this important work at CU Boulder and beyond. Sonja comes to The Center from Bozeman, MT, where they taught LGBTQ+ studies and ran diversity trainings for universities, health care facilities and K-12 schools. They have degrees in astrophysics, English and scrapbooking (yes, really), which lends them a unique perspective on undergraduate and graduate scholarship and student life. They continue to present LGBTQ+ focused work at conferences around the U.S. Their academic focus is on collective grief and radical hope in activist movements and in the LGBTQ+ community.