Inspired by a statement from Cyrée Jarelle Johnson in the book Black Futures, Everyone I Know Is Sick examines how our society excludes disabled and sick people by upholding a false dichotomy of health and sickness. The De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde’s Benilde Arts Management (BeAM) and Benilde Hive (BHIVE) invited the Benildean community to understand disability as a common experience rather than an exception to the norm, the program highlighted a range of experiences spanning HIV, COVID, mental health, and aging. The commissioned artists foreground the knowledge and expertise of disabled and sick people in a world still grappling with multiple ongoing pandemics.
The screening was held at the 5/F Auditorium, Taft Campus, on 1 December 2023. BeAM and BHIVE are student organizations under the Center for Student Life’s Student Involvement Unit (SIU).
