Category: Behind the Scenes

During our full-time HQ team retreat in Denver, we explored the city’s rich disability rights history and strengthened our commitment to this work and our connections across the field.

About Esther Pronouns: She/Her Esther Abraham is an Inclusion Concierge at The Kelsey Civic Center in San Francisco, CA. She’s here to help residents connect with all the wonderful resources in the community as they make the transition to living at The Kelsey. She’s excited to organize fun monthly get-togethers for residents, where everyone can …

About Ebony Pronouns: She/Her Ebony Salazar is the Inclusion Concierge at The Kelsey, with a background spanning over a decade in non-profit management and community organizing. In her previous roles, she had the opportunity to work in social services, providing support to individuals and families in need. This experience has given her a deeper understanding …

Our Managing Director, Allie, has been recognized as a Housing Justice Award Honoree by Housing California! Housing California brings together a diverse, multi-sector network to prevent and end homelessness, increase affordable housing options, and reverse the legacy of racial and economic injustice in housing.

Doug is Inclusion Concierge at The Kelsey Ayer Station.

Start the new year with fresh insights! Our Learn Center and Inclusive Design Standards pages are now updated with new resources, guides, and real-world case studies. Explore the latest tools for building inclusive communities and see how disability-forward housing is expanding across the country.

Rahimeh Ramezany joined our team as an Inclusion Concierge after working in the diversity, equity, and inclusion field within multiple consulting and nonprofit organizations, in addition to as an independent consultant where she specialized in helping organizations expand their existing DEI efforts to incorporate Muslims and religious identity.

2024 was filled with more community, more friends, more partners, and more opportunities to bring disability-forward housing to communities across the country. We’re proud to share all we’ve accomplished this year.

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.

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.