past speaking engagements:
2025 Including Disability Global Summit
Presenter: Well Preserved: Creating Disability Narratives
Link To Presentation:
https://including-disability.org/2025-vaden/
Link to Recording Coming Soon
SJSU iSchool’s Celebration of Juneteenth Standing Up for Freedom– Panelist
Hosted by SJSU ISchool and California Librarians Black Caucus
Link to Recording:
https://ischool.sjsu.edu/webcast/sjsu-ischools-celebration-juneteenth
Stockton Black Queer History Month Panel – Panelist
Hosted by Central Valley Gender Health and Wellness and San Joaquin Pride Center
Absolutely Not! Podcast – Presenter
Special Guest: “My Existence Is Not Professional”
LINK TO PODCAST EPISODE (cc and ASL interp.)
California Libraries Conference 2023 – Presenter
Presenter: How to Be a Disruptor: A Radical Approach to Library Sustainability
The Critical Pedagogy Symposium 2023– Presenter
Presenter: Planning for Disability – Utilizing Intersectionality to Change Libraries for Good
The Black, Brown, Queer Pedagogy Conference 2023 – Presenter and panelist
Panel: Unruly Dreams in Ruly Spaces: A Library Liberation Conversation
Solo Presenter: Finding Joy to Spite Oppression: A Creative Proposal
California Libraries Conference 2022 – Poster Presenter with San Jose State University
Presenter: The Library of Intersectionality
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