Craft Buttons, Postcards, and More for Disability Pride Month Prep: Hybrid Event

For this 2026 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Days of Service event, volunteers will meet at Tigard Public Library to create buttons, postcards, and more to stock the library for Disability Pride Month. All ages welcome. Volunteers under age 12 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s profound recognition that “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” paved the foundation of the Disability Rights Movement. From disability activists who marched with Dr. King including Jim Letherer, Rev. Kenneth Brown, and Wade Blank to modern disability rights activists dedicated to breaking stigmas, increasing autonomy, celebrating community, and furthering intersectional justice, generations of civil rights activists have been moved by Dr. King’s assertion of his right to define his own humanity. 

Are you passionate about sharing these principles with a new generation? Or are you starting to learn about the Disability Rights Movement and curious to learn more? Do you enjoy sharing your perspective – and/or do you enjoy making buttons, stickers, or postcards?

In this one-day program support position, volunteers help the library prepare for Disability Pride Month by making buttons, stickers, postcards, and more. As a volunteer, you will be able to create and take some items to share with your own community as well as create resources for the library to distribute.

This volunteer opportunity is hybrid. All registered volunteers will be emailed a link to the online session two days before the event. Volunteers are also welcome to participate in-person at the library.

To protect high-risk individuals from respiratory viruses (COVID-19, Influenza, RSV, etc.), the library will provide KN95 respirators (masks) to wear during the event and COVID-19 at-home test kits two weeks prior to the event. Receiving/wearing masks and/or testing supplies is voluntary.

Access information: The event space is wheelchair accessible. There are gendered restrooms nearby with accessible stalls large enough to turn a wheelchair, grab bars, and paper towel dispensers (no hand dryers). There is a single-occupancy, all-gender restroom farther in the library with enough space to turn a wheelchair, grab bars, and a paper towel dispenser (no hand dryers). The event space will include a dedicated table for volunteers who would not like to socialize, and all tables will include various styles of chairs. Interpretation, including ASL interpretation, is available by request and delivered through a library-provided tablet. If you need additional accommodations or have an access question not listed here, please contact event organizer Becca at becca.reyes@tigard-or.gov or 503-718-2516.