The Accessibility Roundtable is part of the Vancouver Writers Fest Accessibility Implementation Project. This project represents a meaningful commitment with the direct participation of those most impacted, deferring to those with lived experience to drive decision-making. Considering the Vancouver’s Writers Fest reach and reputation, this project is also highly visible and public, and will help make one of the premiere literary events and cornerstone festivals in Vancouver more equitable and accessible to the entire Vancouver community.
Our third meeting was an opportunity to address accessibility more specifically as it relates to Vancouver Writers Fest ticketing, communication, and outreach. For example, what type of outreach should be happening. How do they communicate in an equitable way?
We also discussed volunteer training such as what should be involved, what roles are needed, and how the round table members could possibly support volunteer training.