Meet the Ashby Family LEAD & Engagement Services, located in Vancouver, Washington. Ashby exists to support individuals with visible and invisible disabilities through programs, resources, and advocacy that foster independence, dignity, and authentic community connection. They serve families in Clark and Cowlitz County. Their creation is the result of their lived experience as African American leaders, in their community invisible disabilities are isolating due to feelings of shame.
Meet The UPRISE Collective, a nonprofit organization that serves BIPOC, Queer/Trans and Disabled community members by centering intrinsic community knowledge, power and survivance. Founded in 2018, UPRISE was dreamed into existence by two Disabled, Queer, BIPOC social workers who were frustrated by always being an addendum to curriculum, systems, policy and programming.
