2024 Recap
The Kelsey’s 2024 recap video.
Author: Anna Kizito
Leaders for Inclusive Community Podcast: Giving at The Kelsey with Ari Katz
In this episode of the Leaders for Inclusive Community podcast, host Isaac Haney-Owens interviews Ari Katz, who manages fundraising at The Kelsey. They discuss the importance of donations in creating affordable, accessible, and inclusive housing, the values that drive their fundraising, and the impact of giving. Ari also shares personal anecdotes from their work at The Kelsey, the significance of an abundance mindset in fundraising, and the transformative power of donations in building a supportive community.
Leaders for Inclusive Community Podcast: The Kelsey Avondale
In this episode of the Leaders for Inclusive Community podcast, Isaac interviews Brittney Harris, Housing Development Manager at The Kelsey; LaTangela Foster, Housing Director at AIDS Alabama and The Kelsey Disability & Housing Narrative Change Cohort member; and Veronica McGee, longtime resident and advocate in Birmingham. The conversation explores the development of The Kelsey Avondale, The Kelsey’s first co-development outside of California. The participants discuss the community’s features, local partnerships in Birmingham, and ongoing advocacy efforts for disability-forward housing across Alabama.
The Disability & Housing Narrative Change Cohort 2024: In Conversation with Keah Brown
The Disability and Housing Narrative Change Cohort is a year-long virtual program bringing together disabled leaders from across the country to share and amplify their unique housing experiences.Facilitated by staff with lived experience, the cohort works to shift what we call dominant narratives challenging ableist policies and practices that drive exclusion. Cohort members write their personal stories, engage with narrative change experts, receive peer support, and gain training on using storytelling as a tool to advocate for disability-forward housing policy and engage with the media. We’re excited to bring you along for a conversation with one of the most groundbreaking storytellers of our time: Keah Brown.
8 Things The Next President Can Do for Housing & Disability
The next president must take these 8 actions to address the housing needs of people with disabilities of all ages, particularly extremely low and low-income disabled people.
The Kelsey Ayer Station: A Landmark for Affordable, Accessible, and Inclusive Housing in San Jose
Micaela Connery on the To Dine For podcast
Kate Sullivan 0:00 My name is Kate Sullivan, and I am the host of To Dine For. I’m a journalist of foodie, a traveler with an appetite for the stories of people who are hungry for more, dreamers, visionaries, artists, those who hustle hard in the direction they love. I travel with them to their …
How Graduate Programs of Architecture Can Be More Accessible to Students with Disabilities
In 1974, Mary Ann Hiserman applied to the School of Architecture at The University of California Berkeley. Although there were few female architects at that time, this wasn’t the only thing that made Mary Ann unique. Due to Rheumatoid Arthritis, Mary Ann was an electric wheelchair user. Adaptations such as lowering workstations were made to allow Mary Ann to more easily draw. Even fifty years later, there are many barriers that make it difficult for people with disabilities to pursue careers as architects. This article will examine those barriers as well as possible solutions to them.
The Kelsey Featured on PBS NewsHour
The Kelsey and the community at The Kelsey Ayer Station were featured in PBS NewsHour. The episode featured Disability & Housing Narrative Change Cohort member Jensen Caraballo, our Communications Analyst Isaac Haney-Owens, and The Kelsey Ayer Station resident Trevor Lucken.
Inclusive Housers Call for HUD to Improve the 811 Capital Advance program
In this letter, the inclusive housing developers share recommendations for how the HUD 811 Capital Advance program can be more affirmative toward integrated housing models. Specifically, the letter recommends tangible mechanisms by which HUD can strengthen its Capitol Advance program criteria, including adding additional points and other incentives for integrated projects, entitling by-right to integrated projects, and increasing the capacity of newer developers and inclusive housers.