Julia Boxer’s Post

It was such a pleasure to facilitate a preparatory session for my favourite Disability Justice facilitators last week! Looking forward to leading workshop facilitation with brilliant disabled folx for local nonprofit organizations this summer! ✨️ [Image Description: On the left half of the slide, an orange square with the words, "Invitation to Write" in white text is seen. There are blue, green, yellow, and orange shapes of various sizes floating around the left, top, and bottom of that square. The words, "You could write about how you feel after your first workshop facilitation win! You could write about any fears or doubts you may have about facilitating, as well as what could help.You could write about a past situation in which you were nervous, but still did well!" in black text are seen on a white background on the right half of the slide, listed as bullet points.] #KrystalKavitaJagoo #IntersectionalEquityInsights #SustainableBIPOCResistance

Giving Tuesday is still underway! You can support our "Access Employment" campaign that will help us build the reserves we need to support our team and empower more job-seekers with disabilities, regardless of grant restrictions and unexpected setbacks like funding cuts and disasters. Our jobs are how we support ourselves, how we meet our friends, and sometimes even how we define ourselves. We are working towards a future where people with disabilities have equitable access to employment. You can help us get there. You can make your tax-deductible donation to support our work here:  https://lnkd.in/dbzp4en8 If you donate to our Access Employment year-end campaign: * $50 can support 1 hour of individual advocacy services for a person with a disability who needs help getting training or equipment for a new line of work. * $100 can support a training to community members on their rights and how they can request reasonable accommodations at work. * $200 can support 4 hours of legal representation for someone who has been terminated from their job because of disability discrimination. * $400 can support a trip to the legislature to educate policy makers on how their decisions are impacting job-seekers with disabilities. Thank you for supporting the disability community. #GivingTuesday2023

What gives me faith that ADD International's new 10 year strategy will succeed? This photo from our strategy launch today sums it all up. It shows disability activists Run Vireak and Zenna Akuwa. The key to our strategy is that disability activists like Vireak and Zenna will be taking all the funding decisions. As Zenna told the participants in our launch about the participatory grant making she had been involved with: "It's more than Nothing about us without us. We own this!" It also shows Callum Aitken of People's Postcode Lottery. He spoke about how powerful and effective they have found long-term unrestricted funding to be and how it builds trust. Other funders like Ford Foundation are also backing our strategy. And funders are starting to work together to persuade other funders to provide fair and flexible funding. Together this is how we will achieve Mtiririko or Flow. #transformation #shiftthepower #disabilityjustice #flexiblefundingworks

Friends and colleagues who work, or are in, philanthropy and/or disabled spaces: Check out Disability & Philanthropy Forum's upcoming "webinar featuring disabled panelists celebrating disability pride, and learn why philanthropy should fund disabled-led, joy-centered spaces."

🌟 Did you know that July is National Disability Pride Month? 🌟 It's a time to celebrate the diverse abilities and talents of individuals with disabilities, and to advocate for a more inclusive society. Let's use this month to raise awareness, promote acceptance, and celebrate the achievements of people with disabilities. Together, we can work towards a more equal and accessible world for all. #DisabilityPrideMonth #InclusionMatters #enddomesticviolence #endsexualviolence #reintegration #hivaidsawareness #housingfirst #communityresource #nonprofit #newjersey #njac_helps

"Nothing About Us Without Us", a phrase first used by disability justice activists, highlights the need for an intersectional approach and leadership by those most impacted. Philanthropy can demonstrate inclusive leadership via staffing, advisory groups, and boards, emphasizing how lived experience strengthens grantmaking and deepens partnerships within the communities we, as funders, strive to support. At the #2023ExponentConference, hear members and representatives of its Disability Funders Peer Circle discuss how they include the leadership of those most impacted by their philanthropy work. #DisabilityInclusion

This tool developed by the Disability Funders Network poses a series of questions for funders to ask in order to determine whether an organization is supportive and inclusive of people with disabilities. It’s available to view here: https://lnkd.in/eG5iCHuA #DisabilityInclusion #NNCGisWE #NNCG #philanthropy #consultants

In today's workforce, companies are increasingly recognizing the importance of inclusivity. In this blog written by Variety - the Children's Charity of Alberta , read more about why organizations need to be prioritizing disability inclusion the workplace: https://lnkd.in/efa5rm5Q

NEW EPISODE: Emily Blum of Disability Lead shares about how her organization develops and connects leaders with disabilities and aims to shed gatekeeping around disability and who gets to be defined as disabled. #nonprofit #disabilityinclusion #NDEAM #disabilityemployment WATCH this snippet then CLICK on the link in the comments for the full interview!

People in the disabled community are more than their disabilities- they're people. When talking to anyone in the disabled community, be sure to speak about topics that are of interest to them. Who knows, maybe you'll end up with a new friend! #LandVEnterpriseResourcesInc #Nonprofit #Disability #community #organization #tips #treatment #communications #conversing #changingsubjects #makeanewfriend #interests