Becoming Citizens

Becoming Citizens

exhibition notes

This exhibition is comprised of artifacts, photographs, articles, and documents from the 13 families who were included in Becoming Citizens. The history of their remarkable achievements — advancing the civil rights of their children with disabilities — was told through interviews and photographs as well as their own informal "archives."

Becoming Citizens, the book, exhibition and programming was made possible through the support and generosity of:

The Seattle Family Network
Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, City of Seattle
University of Washington Press
The Arc of King County
King County Division of Developmental Disabilities
Seattle Museum of History and Industry
Potrero Nuevo Fund at the Tides Foundation, San Francisco
Region 4, Division of Developmental Disabilities
School of Social Work, University of Washington
University of Washington Disability Studies
The Family Guild
June Riley Trust, San Francisco
University of Washington Libraries, Suzzallo Library
4Culture
City of Seattle/Dept of Neighborhoods
and individual community contributions

For the development of this exhibition special thanks goes to:

Harriet Sanderson
Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani
Diane Burk
Leonard Garfield
Mark Gleason
Julie Kerssen
Julianne Baron
Sarah Bock
Sherry McNary
Curtis Erpelding
Benson Shaw
Kathi Whittaker
Dawn Haggarty