Health, Safety, And Accessibility

This is the archived text of the COVID policy and community agreements from the conference.

Coming to a conference where we are examining the criminalization of health care, and in a political moment in which our health care is being further criminalized, we invite participants to be mindful of the connections with the past and to think of this as a moment in which we can prioritize caring for ourselves and each other in the midst of organized abandonment. This conference is organized by and centers disabled community members and others impacted by Covid-19. Our bodily autonomy values necessitate us approaching the pandemic with collective action to care and harm reduction. 

We know that, in a society in which we have each been largely left to make our own individual decisions about how to navigate this pandemic and at a time when many of us are rarely, if ever, required to wear masks or test frequently, our Covid policy may seem unusual or provoke questions from some attendees. Nonetheless, Covid remains rampant. We aim to make ComstockCon accessible to anyone working at the intersection of reproductive justice, bodily autonomy, and free speech issues and—to the maximum extent possible—to ensure that no one leaves the conference having contracted Covid or another illness and suffering the resulting health and economic consequences.