Our mission, at Friendship Circle of Pittsburgh, of community inclusion, is rooted in two simple truths.
Every human needs genuine social connections and pathways to share of themselves in meaningful roles/activities.
Disability is a social value judgment regarding who will be excluded based on preconceptions and stereotypes about the worth of others.
Communities have throughout history always made arbitrary judgments about the worth of others and these are self-perpetuating due to lack of contact. Community inclusion requires deliberate and sustained efforts to break this vicious cycle.
This website space is devoted to Community Inclusion. Visitors to the page will find news about FC Pittsburgh activities as well as sources of inspiration and resources that will help us build more inclusive communities.
February 7, 2022
What’s so important about the history of fan fiction, you may ask? Aside from possibly helping you on Jeopardy, it makes the concept seem less trivial. If fan fiction as we know it had first come to be in, say, the late 1990s instead of the 1960s, would you really look at it the same? No, and that’s just in… Read More
February 7, 2022
In my last post, I talked about how fan fiction is something you may hear about without actively searching for it—although frankly speaking, it’s more likely to be discussed on the Internet than in, say, a college cafeteria)—including a mention of creators’ opinions. While some creators are supportive of derivative works based on their stories and/or characters, there are some… Read More
February 7, 2022
It’s far from uncommon to see pop culture being referenced in everyday life, and especially common to see it referenced in other works (for instance, Marty McFly refers to Darth Vader at one point in Back to the Future). As such, it shouldn’t be surprising that the concept of fan fiction has been mentioned in ‘official’ fiction. Perhaps the most… Read More