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The Importance of Access & Addressing Inequity
Alright; 2019! How is your year beginning? January brings my favorite holiday of the year; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I’ll be sure to share why at a later date! For now, I want to begin the new year providing you with the ‘why’ behind the name Invest In Access....
On A Sea Of Love And A Thankful Heart
“With an open smile and with open doors I will bid you welcome, what is mine is yours. With a glass raised to toast your health and a promise to share the wealth I will sail a friendly course, file a friendly chart on a sea of love and a thankful heart.” Happy...
Acceptance and Understanding
Yesterday I saw came across a 36 second video that added such joy to my day <3 Please watch it below, and I’ll meet you on the other side of 36 seconds 🙂 Video So what happened in this video? In a safe environment, the students got to determine how they greeted...
What Do You Want?
“What do you want?” “Hearts or a rainbow.” “Well, we have these options…” “…A flower then, please.” Over the weekend, my Creative Director, Jo Cook, invited me to a night event. I stay out past dark with few people, and for few reasons, but JC is one of those...
You, Then Me, And Then We
When entering into any interpersonal relationship I lay the foundation with the concept: “You, then me, then we.” I believe that a partnership grows in the healthiest way by fully acknowledging the humanity of ‘you’ through my actions.
Invest In Access was founded as a remote-first organization, on Anishinaabeg land, in 2018. Remote-first is a highly accessible workplace model for members of the disability community, and the global COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has proven that remote-first benefits may have additional environmental and economic benefits too.