Featured Speaker:
Reveca Torres
Program Topic:
DEI and A...for Access
Program Summary:
As workplaces are implementing DEI initiatives often they are still excluding people with disabilities. Disability-inclusive workplaces and access don’t just happen. There are many ways organizations and corporations can attract and retain qualified employees with disabilities while also expanding their diverse perspectives and meaningful contributions to the workplace. This presentation will explore ways the workplace can build and sustain a disability-inclusive culture.
About Our Speaker:
Reveca Torres was paralyzed in a car accident as a teenager. After completing degrees in Fashion Design and Theatre Arts, Reveca worked as a costume designer and simultaneously with organizations doing disability work in health, advocacy, recreation, and peer support. She started a nonprofit called BACKBONES after realizing that years of interaction and friendship with others living with spinal injuries (SCI) made a significant impact in her own life. Reveca wanted to ensure that others, especially those newly injured, had access to resources, information, and the same type of support she has had.She is co-director of ReelAbilities Film Festival Chicago and has curated touring photography and art exhibitions that showcase work of people with disabilities and bring awareness to disability rights. Reveca received Creative Access Fellowships at Vermont Studio Center (2014) and Santa Fe Art Institute (2017). She was selected as a fellow for Kartemquin Films Diverse Voices in Docs program (2017) and Hulu Kartemquin Accelerator Program (2020). She received a 3Arts Residency Fellowship at the University of Illinois Chicago in 2018 and is one of 2020 3Arts Awardees. In 2020 she was awarded the Craig Neilsen Visionary Award for her art and advocacy work. Reveca uses painting, illustration, photography, film, movement, and other media as a form of expression and a tool for advocacy and social justice.
Complimentary Lunch Selections will be Provided at this In-Person Event that will
feature a virtual presenter.
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