What do you do?
I'm a founding steering committee member of the Birchwood Food Desert Fighters and the Bellingham Deaf and Disability Justice Collective. BFDF works to restore accessible, affordable, sustainable and culturally appropriate food access to the Birchwood neighborhood. BD&DJC is by and for Deaf and disabled people, for intersectional justice and accessibility.
Advice/words of wisdom that affected your life you’d like to pass on?
As far as advice, take to heart the disability rights slogan, "Nothing about us without us!" In every community, people know more about what the challenges are that they are facing than those from outside those communities do. Make sure that the lives of the most affected are front and centered in policy, leadership and daily work.