Bay Area native, Antoine Hunter also known Purple Fire Crow is an award-winning Internationally-known African-American, Indigenous, Deaf, Disabled, choreographer, dancer, actor, instructor, speaker, Producer and Deaf advocate. He creates opportunities for Disabled, Deaf and hearing artists and produces Deaf-friendly events, and founded the Urban Jazz Dance Company and Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival.   Learn more about Antoine's work.

Mr. Antoine Hunter

A San Francisco native and Deaf from birth, Ms Zahna is honored Changemaker of the year 2018 for San Francisco Live Oak School where she is a former alumni.  She is a professional dancer, chemist, avid health nutritionist, researcher, Deaf advocate and Deaf interpreter.  Former student at San Francisco School of the Arts (SOTA) where she trained with Elvia Marta in Modern, Jazz, African, Ballet, Hip Hop and Choreography as well as participating in Alonzo King’s LINES Pre-Professional Summer Programs.  Learn more about Zahna's work.

Zahna Simon

Kyah grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, has always been passionate about history. A lifelong writer, she loves learning about different cultures and new innovations in technology.  Kyah is the author of Trilogy collectively titled A Legacy of Light.  As a person with special needs, she has found meaning in advocating for the importance of ideal educational and workplace experiences for people of all abilities. Kyah's article describing the perspective of job-seekers with disabilities was published on The Journal Gazette and several other platforms.  Learn more about Kyah's work.

Kyah Merritt

Harel has been a consultant in the web accessibility field for people with disabilities for over 10 years now. He participates in the Israeli standard drafting team of web accessibility regulation and promotes the field in formal way by ISOC-Il.  His expertise has ranged from making desktop and mobile accessible by WCAG for PR companies, corporate, government offices, universities, health services and many more.  Harel is a PhD candidate in Business Administration and Information Systems.  Harel's M.A. thesis discussed the field of web accessibility for people with disabilities and was presented in Oxford Internet Institute conference and others.  Learn more about Harel's work.

Harel Chait

Valerie is a real estate agent and motivated life coach, an expert at tailoring her services to the specific needs of each client.  Valerie has professional training and mindset techniques that can help motivate clients to get on track, stay on track and achieve their dreams. Through effective strategy-building techniques, she can help clients figure out how to accomplish their goals in a focused and efficient manner. Valerie's story was featured on Barcroft Studios and has exceeded over 10 million views and 38,000 shares.  Learn more about Valerie's work.

Valerie Lawrence

Saba was born in Ethiopia but lived in Canada for most of her life. She has an image consultant certification from George Brown College, and took life skills coaching courses from George Brown College. Saba did some advertising for Toronto Transit Commission to make public transportation more accessible. She was also on the board for the Toronto Rape Crisis Center.  Learn more about Saba's work.

Saba Markos

Carissa is a disability advocate whose work is focused on educating the community on the importance of disability inclusion in higher education.  Carissa’s visionary perspective has earned her opportunities to be featured as a guest speaker on panels ranging on topics from “Through My Lens: Disabled Students Perspectives on Inclusion and Empathy” to “The Accessibility in Higher Education.”  She has served as a mentor for Social Gators (an autism support group) and Vice-President of Graduate Students for Delta Alpha Pi.   Learn more about Carissa's work.

Carissa Madden

Jennifer is a legal practitioner and the founder of Life Beyond Disability Foundation (LBD).  As a practicing lawyer in Lagos, Nigeria, she has always advocated for disability inclusion in Africa particularly in Nigeria.  Jennifer believes creating a Legal community for persons living with disability in Africa will help strengthen our voice for inclusion.  Jennifer is active member of Future of Additive Manufacturing in Africa, African Diversity And Inclusion Center, International Paralympic Committee, and ICC Arbitration.  Learn more about Jennifer's work.

Jennifer Oghenewaire Nikoro

Stephen Cluskey is an internationally certified accessibility expert, an award-winning travel tech entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of the leading global standard company for hotel accessibility, Mobility Mojo.  Stephen is considered a thought leader in accessibility.  His company’s software has been implemented in some of the most famous hotel groups on the planet and global leaders including Sir Richard Branson have publicly spoken about Stephen and his work.  Learn more about Stephen's work.

Stephen Cluskey

Ryan is passionate about inspiring people with disabilities that they can do anything they want to do.  He is active in his community from conducting recreation programs, volunteering with the Best Buddies program, supporting Love Serving Autism, a tennis organization based in Florida, ambassador for the NVLD project based, and previously coached Special Olympics participants.  Ryan's work has been featured on NVLD Project, Mélange, The Special Family Connection Podcast.  Learn more about Ryan's work.

Ryan Lundy

Tanisha navigated her way through her disability difficulties with her strong love for reading and writing, she managed to study in one of the prestigious colleges in her country with bachelors in English Honours.  She later on went to study master's in international Relations from Dublin.  Tanisha has delivered speeches on the topic of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), she has been featured on podcasts, and her work in Fast Company.  She has donned in many different responsibilities with ease ranging from student counsellor, social worker, team leader, researcher, campaigner, disability rights activist, consultant, HR head, fundraiser as well as a teacher.  Learn more about Tanisha's work.

Tanisha Dayal

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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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