Reflecting on our series with SPUR
This summer, The Kelsey collaborated with the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association, SPUR, on a three part series about inclusivity and cities.
Category: Behind the Scenes
Social Innovation and Change Initiative: Fellow Spotlight
Micaela Connery discusses Harvard Kennedy School’s support of the first Social Innovation and Change Initiative workshops with people of all abilities across the country.
Why I work for The Kelsey
Growing up in San Francisco, it was impossible and has become even more impossible, to ignore the issue of homelessness. As a child and teenager, I volunteered with various nonprofits in the Bay Area that worked with homeless individuals.
Micaela Connery
Micaela co-founded The Kelsey with her cousin Kelsey, who continues to motivate and inform the mission and work today. Micaela has been working on inclusion in communities her entire life.
UVA Today Feature
“My work feels like a really wonderful combination of something that I have a personal connection to while fulfilling a need that not a lot of people are working to address,” she said. According to Connery, one in five people has a disability – a large portion of our population.