New Disabled South

My organization New Disabled South has distributed $70,000 worth of $150 and $300 payments to disabled folks impacted by Hurricane Helene. Still, we have more than $130,000 worth of requests that we would like to fulfill. And, we anticipate more coming in from folks impacted by Hurricane Milton. If you are able, we would really appreciate your donation to our mutual aid fund. Go to https://lnkd.in/ea-RrAm9 to give. And please share if you can. Thank you!

I’ve been so excited to share this! I’m a big nerdy fan of Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) and I am so grateful that in this summer’s issue, there is a feature on the organization I founded and lead New Disabled South! I truly am blown away and so honored. Thank you Marianne Dhenin. You can read the online version here! https://lnkd.in/em4ME_hA ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ID: First image is the cover of the summer issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review. It shows a crumpled up $100 bill and the headline, “Strategic Philanthropy Has Failed. What Next?” The second image is a picture of an article titled, “Disability Organizing. New Disabled South advocates for disability justice and enfranchisement in the US South.”

There are nearly 40 million voters with disabilities in the United States. Despite the huge number of disabled voters, presidential debates are often inaccessible rarely address disability issues, if at all. The American Association of People with Disabilities sent a letter to CNN urging the network to make the debate broadcast accessible and urging moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash to ask questions related to issues that are important to people with disabilities. Ninety national and state disability organizations and our allies joined us in this call. Disabled people deserve to have accessible, relevant information about the positions of those seeking elected office. I hope CNN will be responsive to our call and make the upcoming debate more accessible and inclusive of the 1 in 4 American adults with disabilities. https://lnkd.in/eApUh-Ar

For The Hill, I wrote about the unfulfilled promise of Olmstead. I hope you’ll give it a read!

In this video, Dom Kelly, Co-Founder, President & CEO of New Disabled South and New Disabled South Rising, describes the many barriers of exclusion and inaccessibility that philanthropy places on disabled activists who need funding, and shares how philanthropy can deconstruct those barriers.

It was an amazing night on a panel by New Disabled South discussing the status of disability relations in the state of Louisiana.

So thrilled to see this piece published. Co-authored by our Director of Data and Research at New Disabled South, Kiana Jackson. In awe of you always, my friend.?

So grateful for the New Disabled South and New Disabled South Rising teams! 4 years ago I had an idea for an organization and had no idea how to make it come to life. Today, we’ve got an incredible staff of disabled people who believe in a progressive future in the South where our people can thrive. We had our staff retreat in Austin, TX this weekend and were able to make it hybrid for our team members who couldn’t or didn’t want to travel. We’ve got some INCREDIBLE things planned for this year and beyond. I am a very very lucky man to lead this team! (Also, peep the amazing custom NDS shoes! Thank you Jacoria Borders for the best gift ever!)

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