Bridging Communities: Keri Gray's Mission for Disability and Racial Equity
March 11, 2024
Today, we have the honor of hosting a powerhouse of advocacy and resilience, Keri Gray. Keri is not just a survivor, but a ceaseless champion for change.
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Today, we have the honor of hosting a powerhouse of advocacy and resilience, Keri Gray. Keri is not just a survivor, but a ceaseless champion for change. As a cancer survivor, entrepreneur, and CEO of the Keri Gray Consulting Group, she designs professional spaces ripe for understanding through the lens of disability and racial justice education.Together, we will explore Keri’s journey of empowerment, her mission to dismantle disparities, and her zeal for fostering communities that dare to engage in transformative discussions.
About our guest:
Keri Gray is a cancer survivor, entrepreneur, speaker, and facilitator. She is the CEO of the Keri Gray Consulting Group, LLC, where they strive to create professional communities of understanding through disability and racial justice education. She is also founder of the National Alliance of Melanin Disabled Advocates (the NAMED Advocates), which creates spaces for disabled leaders of color and BIPOC allies to gather, learn, connect, and grow around racial and disability justice. Keri’s work has been featured in Teen Vogue, the New York Times, People Magazine, Time Magazine, PBS NewsHour, Madamenoire, and the Diet Coke campaign #Unlabeled.
References from the episode:
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Today, we have the honor of hosting a powerhouse of advocacy and resilience, Keri Gray. Keri is not just a survivor, but a ceaseless champion for change. As a cancer survivor, entrepreneur, and CEO of the Keri Gray Consulting Group, she designs professional spaces ripe for understanding through the lens of disability and racial justice education.Together, we will explore Keri’s journey of empowerment, her mission to dismantle disparities, and her zeal for fostering communities that dare to engage in transformative discussions.
About our guest:
Keri Gray is a cancer survivor, entrepreneur, speaker, and facilitator. She is the CEO of the Keri Gray Consulting Group, LLC, where they strive to create professional communities of understanding through disability and racial justice education. She is also founder of the National Alliance of Melanin Disabled Advocates (the NAMED Advocates), which creates spaces for disabled leaders of color and BIPOC allies to gather, learn, connect, and grow around racial and disability justice. Keri’s work has been featured in Teen Vogue, the New York Times, People Magazine, Time Magazine, PBS NewsHour, Madamenoire, and the Diet Coke campaign #Unlabeled.
References from the episode:
- Ten Principles of Disability Justice, Sins Invalid
- Mia Mingus, Access Intimacy
- Tiraji P. Henson and pay inequity: read on the Guardian
- Simone Biles on ADHD stigma: ESPN
- Afrofuturism: Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- UCLA on Afrofuturism
- Janelle Monáe “Dirty Computer”
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