July 2022
Upcoming Programs

July 19 - 9:00 am CST
Disability Inclusion Network Meeting featuring Commerce Bank and Mutual
of Omaha. These CDI partners will share their efforts, insights, challenges and successes. Read more.

July 26 - 11:30 am CST
"National Disability Independence Day, Celebrating the ADA - A Lived Experience by Joni Thomas". Read more.

August 16 - 9:00 am CST
Disability Inclusion Network Meeting featuring The Whole Person and Kansas Works Dept of Commerce. These CDI partners will share their efforts, insights, challenges and successes. Read more.

August 24 - 10:00 am CST
"Outreach and Recruitment Strategies
to Build Your Pipeline". Andy Traub, President and Founder, Traub & Associates Consulting is presenting. Read more.
Thought Leaders Forum
July 28 - 1:00 pm CST
"Leveraging Data to Drive Inclusion".
Co-presenters: Meg O'Connell, Founder and CEO of Global Disability Inclusion and Peter Rutigliano, Ph.D., Sr Principal and Data Analytics Leader with Mercer.
8th Annual Summit
"Elevating Your Inclusion Journey"
September 14 - 10:00-3:00 pm CST
"Charting Your Journey"
September 15 - 12:30-4:30 pm CST
"Elevating Your Journey"
Conference includes 7 sessions.
Full conference and single day tickets available. Read more.

"You shouldn’t have to ask for accommodations, they should just exist.
We should live in a world where anybody with ANY BODY can
go into a room building, space, or even job and succeed
because everything they need is already there."
Jay Bohanon (he/they), Diversity, Inclusion & Culture Consultant, GEHA
in the news
KC Chamber logo
Congratulations to the KC Chamber’s Champions of Diversity and ACE Award winners. All are Center for Disability Inclusion partners and will be honored at the 2022 POWER of Diversity Celebration on
July 20 in Kansas City for their efforts in advancing diversity and inclusion.
Our CEO, Darla Wilkerson, recipient of the 2021 Ace Award will present one of the Ace awards.

  • Commerce Bank - Champion of Diversity
  • GEHA - Non-profit Champion of Diversity
  • Ace Award winners:
  • JE Dunn Construction - Drew Eanes
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City - Emanuel McCrainey
  • Children's Mercy Hospital - Tiffany Willis
new resource
image of book cover - The Power of Employee Resource Groups
The Diversity & Inclusion Consortium recently hosted an event with author
Farzana Nayani to launch her new book, "The Power of Employee Resource Groups". This will be an excellent addition to your toolbox. Learn more
thank you to our new and renewing partners
Logos for renewing partners - LMV Magna, Cerner, Great Southern Bank, Axis Capital, H&R Block, Kansas Works Dept of Commerce, Unity Worldwide, Nebraska VR, Missouri VR, Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities
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thank you to all 70+ brands in partnership
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GuideStar Platinum Transparency 2021 seal
The Center for Disability Inclusion has earned the GuideStar 2021 Platinum Seal of Transparency. Check out our profile.

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