Earlier in the year, CAN ( LET’S) was hired by the JEDEI (justice, equity, diversity, equality, and inclusion) committee for the Center for Biological Diversity to deliver a 2 hour Disability Awareness workshop on Zoom to approximately 160 staff members from across Turtle Island (colonially known as North America). We customized the workshop to include specific examples of environmental ableism and climate change conversation starters.
The Center for Biological Diversity came back to us and asked us to also deliver our Disability Justice workshop. We had over 100 participants. The Center sent us a nice note following the workshop: “Thank you for the fantastic workshop yesterday. The comprehensive information, real-world examples, and guidance for moving forward were so helpful and well-presented, and we really appreciated the intersectional lens running throughout.”