We are incredibly grateful to The Arc of California, the Association of Regional Center Agencies, Easterseals, and United Cerebral Palsy for honoring us with the California Disability Innovation in Advocacy Award at the 17th annual DisCo at the Capitol: California Disability Community Advocacy Conference. The conference is held to mobilize advocates across California for disability rights, including actions against budget cuts that threaten services to people with disabilities.
The award celebrates bold ideas and groundbreaking work that expand access and strengthen inclusion for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Thank you to The Arc of San Francisco for nominating us for this award and partnering with us in this work.
As an organization that builds disability-forward housing and advocates for the right of disabled individuals to live independently, receiving this award at an event focused on community services was incredibly powerful — particularly today, when looming budget cuts threaten to strip away the very support people with disabilities need to live in community-based settings. To join us in telling our representatives to protect housing assistance for disabled people across the country, click here.