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The Resource Key Joins The Valuable Directory for Disability Inclusion

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  321 Coffee is a “coffee shop and roaster providing meaningful work opportunities to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.”

Equipping youth to process and tell their stories through photography.

A United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded program that provides support, education, and assistance to ranchers and farmers with disabilities.

Providing career skills training and employment services to individuals with disabilities to assist them in developing the skills they will need to secure a career within the entertainment industry earning a competitive wage.

Yes I Can Unity Through Music and Education

Technology-centered inclusion solution and employment platform for job seekers with disabilities, mental health conditions, and chronic illnesses. 

Photography and video exhibit – both online and in-studio – that showcases the food-related stories of eight disabled Canadians, eight Canadians from culturally diverse backgrounds, and eight Cowichan Valley food and beverage producers.

Cowichan Valley Disability, Culture and Food Through Art Exhibit

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Events have the capacity to bring about change, to create spaces to develop relationships to bring about change, and gather new information to use to bring about change.

Authentic Representation is so important.  Authentic is key because you can have representation without it being authentic. 

Music can be such a powerful tool for activism in the community, leadership through lyrics, and communicating authentic messages. 

Who are we designing for? What are we considering when we are designing? So many more questions that come to mind when designing and more importantly inclusive and accessible design. 

Stay Connected takes on a whole new meaning depending on the person, context, and environment.

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We are super excited to be sponsoring Cowichan Valley Disability, Culture and Food Through Art Exhibit.

Jules Sherred, owner of Polaris Creative is a “disabled food photographer and advocate with a mission to increase awareness and provide solutions to create better food accessibility to those who need it.

To create a photography and video exhibit – both online and in-studio – that showcases the food-related stories of eight disabled Canadians, eight Canadians from culturally diverse backgrounds, and eight Cowichan Valley food and beverage producers.”

Why did the Resource Key want to sponsor Disability, Culture and Food through Art Exhibit? 

This exhibit has the capability to make a huge impact in the community. It is important for people to understand the barriers that disabled people face regarding access to food and all of the intersections with other areas of marginalization. This exhibit provides opportunities for listening to first person food experiences about disabled Canadians. It allows for opportunities for people to learn, make changes through actionable solutions and connect to art in new ways.  We absolutely love that this exhibit is accessible too so that anyone can access it and enjoy. 

Visit Cowichan Valley Disability, Culture and Food: An Exhibit – Disability, Culture and Food Art (disabilityandfood.art) The exhibit, slated to run from July 1 to Sept. 30, 2022.

Polaris Creative on Instagram and Facebook. Jules’ website Disabled Kitchen and Garden which is Kitchen and garden tips and tricks for the disabled, written by someone who is disabled.

“I want to use my platform to showcase the stories of other people, I want to elevate their voices, I don’t want to tell their story for them, I want to give them the ability to share their stories to allow people to connect with it. Like you are sitting down with a friend over a cup of coffee and you’re learning about something that you have never ever ever have thought of before because of your own privilege and you’re like wow how have I not know about this I want to be part of a solution.”

— Jules Sherred (Quote from Interview with Jules from The Pulse on AMI)