Learning Modules: Cozy, Comfy, Community

Comfy, Cozy, Community (CCC), coined by Dr. Pau Abustan, supports collective-access teaching and learning cultures across K–12, higher education, and other learning spaces. It creates affirming environments where all bodyminds are valued, respected, and able to thrive through interdependence, interconnectedness, and inclusive curricula and pedagogies.

Comfy Cozy Community (CCC) teaching and learning is connected to the disability justice tenet #1 of INTERSECTIONALITY: “We do not live single-issue"lives"—Audre Lorde. Ableism, coupled with white supremacy, supported by capitalism, underscored by heteropatriarchy, has rendered the vast majority of the world “invalid.”

Comfy Cozy Community (CCC) teaching and learning is connected to disability justice tenet #2 of LEADERSHIP OF THOSE MOST IMPACTED: “We are led by those who most know these systems.” –Aurora Levins Morales

Comfy Cozy Community (CCC) teaching and learning is connected to disability justice tenet #3 of ANTI-CAPITALIST POLITIC: In an economy that sees land and humans as components of profit, we are anti-capitalist by the nature of having non-conforming body/minds.

Comfy Cozy Community (CCC) teaching and learning is connected to disability justice tenet #4 of COMMITMENT TO CROSS-MOVEMENT ORGANIZING: Shifting how social justice movements understand disability and contextualize ableism, disability justice lends itself to politics of alliance.

Comfy Cozy Community (CCC) teaching and learning is connected to disability justice tenet #5 of RECOGNIZING WHOLENESS: People have inherent worth outside of commodity relations and capitalist notions of productivity. Each person is full of history and life experience.

Comfy Cozy Community (CCC) teaching and learning is connected to disability justice tenet #6 of SUSTAINABILITY: We pace ourselves, individually and collectively, to be sustained long term. Our embodied experiences guide us toward ongoing justice and liberation.

Comfy Cozy Community (CCC) teaching and learning is connected to disability justice tenet #7 of COMMITMENT TO CROSS-DISABILITY SOLIDARITY: We honor the insights and participation of all of our community members, knowing that isolation undermines collective liberation.