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The Importance of Access & Addressing Inequity

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

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

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?

“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

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.