Calling All Accessibility Advocates

Join SCAC at the 2nd annual Deep Dive Day mini-conference to power up your accessibility skills! This active learning opportunity on Tuesday, November 19 from 8:30 am-12:30 pm at the Woodland Park Zoo will cover these important accessibility topics:

• Calling All Accessibility Advocates: Moving from Compliance to Greater Inclusion

• Assessing your organization’s accessibility strengths

• Advocating for accessibility within your organization

• Overcoming transportation barriers

• Building relationships with people with disabilities

Each topic will be led by experts in the field, with the goal to provide practical tools that cultural professionals can apply to their accessibility strategies. Coffee and snacks will be provided.

Speakers and facilitators include: Carrie Griffin Basas - Keynote Speaker (CoDesign Works), Tanja Baumann (Henry Art Gallery), Cecelia Black (Disability Rights Washington), Katie Borgia (Think Company), Troy Coalman (Henry Art Gallery), Alexander Jones (Woodland Park Zoo), Jessica Lotz (Friends of Waterfront Seattle), Sean Marihugh (Microsoft), Nico Onoda-McGuire (Friends of Waterfront Seattle), Frankie Wolf (W3C-Accessibility Guidelines Working Group)

Full agenda and speaker bios will be available closer to the event. 

Tickets: Tickets cost $30 and REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED by November 12th. We want all folks interested in making accessibility a priority in your organization to attend. If cost is a barrier to your participation, please reach out to us at seattlecac@gmail.com. Tickets include access to the opening keynote, all sessions, and refreshments.

Accessibility: Captioning and ASL interpreters provided and assisted listening devices will be available for check out. 

For further accessibility information or to request additional accommodations, please contact us by email at seattlecac@gmail.com by November 4th.