National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Disability DEI Crash Course: Ableism + White Supremacy
Ableism is a very real, horrible, serious form of oppression that affects a huge amount of our population. It is important to learn about it, address it, and create practical, tactical plans to tackle it.
However all of these plans will fall flat if we don’t acknowledge and fight the underlying cause of ableism…and all of the isms…
White Supremacy.
Join DEI educators Kelsey Lindell and Dr Akilah Cadet as they talk about White Supremacy as the root of ableism and the importance of acknowledging the intersection between disability and other marginalized communities.
Dr. Akilah Cadet is the Founder and CEO of Change Cadet, a change management and organizational development consulting firm that offers a broad array of services that support embedding anti-racism, diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging into overall organizational identity & strategy. Dr. Cadet has 15+ years in management and building successful projects, teams, and leaders in the public and private sectors. She is a 2021 Forbes Next 1000 Honoree and honored as one of Staffing Industry Analysts’ (SIA) 2021 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Influencers. Forbes and the Wall Street Journal Diversity and Business Newsletter have featured her work. She has spent an extensive part of her career designing training, coaching executives, and informing systematic change to improve the workforce experience for large organizations. She lives in Oakland, CA, literally has all the degrees, celebrates her disability, has an incredible shoe game, and is a proud Beyoncé advocate.
Kelsey Lindell is a DEI Disability Expert and Disability-Inclusive Marketing Consultant. Kelsey has multiple disabilities - from a physically disabled arm to chronic illness, neurodiversity and mental health diagnosis. Kelsey uses her lived experiences and her extensive professional experience to educate companies and brands on ableism and disability rights. She offers customized trainings or on demand programming for companies that want to expand their DEI efforts to include disabled people.
What is Ableism?
My life’s work is all about fighting ableism…but what is ableism? Disability is only a part of 4% of DEI initiatives, so most companies aren’t thinking about their disabled employees…or their disabled customers.
On October 7th, tune in to a once-off, FREE live stream of the first session from my Simplified Inclusion Training: What Is Ableism? In this session, I start off with the basics and build a solid foundation of education that you and your team can start to put to practical use straight away.
Before we can create tangible change, we need to arm ourselves with knowledge: from studies and stats to the lived experiences of disabled people.
This session is Part 1 of my four part, signature Simplified Inclusion Training.
Spaces are limited.
Disability DEI Crash Course: Inclusion vs Accessibility
Inclusion and Accessibility are buzzwords that we often hear thrown around in many spheres of business: design, UX, marketing and, of course, DEI. Yet when asked to define the difference between the two, many well-intentioned professionals see them as one and the same, and have overlooked the nuances that make them different.
Join Kelsey Lindell and Natalie Trevonnne-Gross, experts in each of these important topics, as we discuss the difference between them and how to optimize your strategy with both concepts to reach the multi-trillion dollar market of disability buying power.
Kelsey Lindell is a DEI Disability Expert and Disability-Inclusive Marketing Consultant. Kelsey was born with a radial clubbed hand and uses her lived experiences and her extensive professional experience to educate companies and brands on ableism and disability rights. She offers customized trainings or on demand programming for companies that want to expand their DEI efforts to include disabled people.
Natalie Trevonne-Gross is an Entertainer and a Fashion & Entertainment Accessibility Consultant. Natalie is blind, and is one of LinkedIn's Top Voices in Disability Advocacy. She is currently working with brands, companies, and organizations to make sure that people of all abilities can access things independently.