Lateef H. McLeod
Lateef McLeod is a writer and a scholar; he is working on a PhD in the Anthropology and Social Change program at the California Institute for Integral Studies. His first book of poetry, A Declaration Of A Body Of Love (2010), chronicles life as a black man with a disability and tackling various topics on family, dating, religion, spirituality, his national heritage and sexuality. He currently is writing a novel titled The Third Eye Is Crying and also another poetry book entitled Whispers of Krip Love, Shouts of Krip Revolution.
Social ecology and disability justice share a variety of values and goals that make them natural partners in struggles for collective liberation.