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Finding Disability Pride with Allie and Andraéa

Monday, August 9th, 2021, Isaac interviews colleague Allie Cannington, the Manager of Advocacy and Organizing at the Kelsey and Board Member, Andraéa LaVant, President and Chief Inclusion Consultant at LaVant Consulting to celebrate Disability Pride. In this conversation, we’ll better understand how intersectional identities can shape pride, learn about barriers holding us back, and the role of allies in co-leading efforts alongside people with disabilities.

Accessible Housing Matters Podcast

Our co-founder Micaela joined East Bay real estate leader on his podcast about all things housing and disability. Full transcript below. Stephen Beard is a real estate agent and Accessibility Specialist. His podcast is about connecting people with unique knowledge or expertise about housing and accessibility.

Fatimah Aure

(She/Her) Fatimah Aure is The Kelsey’s Director of Field & Capacity Building. She leads The Kelsey’s efforts to grow the field of leaders, advocates, and champions of disability-forward housing solutions, including The Kelsey’s growing coalition of design and architecture firms that have committed to implementing The Kelsey’s Inclusive Design Standards in new projects.  Fatimah uses …

Fatimah Aure

Fatimah is currently leading long and short-term program strategies.

LizaDawn Aduviso

LizaDawn focuses on securing, stewarding, and leveraging philanthropic, public, and private resources through meaningful partnerships to fundraise for The Kelsey’s disability- forward housing communities.

Housing is Policy with Pedro Galvao

In this episode, Isaac interviews Pedro Galvao of Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California about housing and policy.