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LEAD-IN Program

Leadership Engagement and Advocacy Development - Inclusive Network

The LEAD - Inclusive Network (LEAD-IN) is a leadership program for non-profit leaders to learn more about disability inclusion and then apply disability inclusion and justice principles to their work. The program provides a community of practice for organizations to create a network amongst each other to successfully implement change that will include communities of color with disabilities. The LEAD-IN Program hosts discussions about disabilities in the workplace.

Lead-In Program

LEAD-Inclusive network (LEAD-IN)

The LEAD-IN program provides workplaces with disability education and resources to increase the hiring and retention of people with disabilities. The goal of the program is to implement the inclusion goals of each organization. LEAD-In staff works with each organization and provides consultations, technical assistance, staff trainings, and a networking community.

Strategic Priorities

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Building Efficacy and Capacity

Build the efficacy and capacity of MDRC to be a leader in the development and implementation of work to dismantle institutionalized white supremacy and cultivate a culture of equitable transformation for the sector.

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Cultivate and Strengthen

Cultivate and strengthen workplaces, through relationship-based activity and topic-based workshops, to serve as inclusive workplaces for disabled employees and those they serve.

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Enhance Visibility

Enhance the visibility of people of color in disability rhetoric, training, and storytelling.

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Learn more about creating inclusive workplaces.

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Inclusive Workplaces - How DEI Attacks Affect People with Disabilities

LEAD-IN Program Staff

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Ajaunè Thomas

Director of Leadership Programs
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Feliece Turner

Disability Specialist
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Priscilla Cano

Bilingual Disability Advocate (Spanish/English)
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Tameka Citchen-Spruce

LEAD-IN Program Director

Our Funding

LEAD-IN was established by funding from the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council. LEAD work is currently funded by the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council.

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