On Work, and Cross-Movement Organizing: A Conversation with Nikki Brown-Booker and Yolanda Vargas

In this episode of Disability Inclusion: Required, host Justice Shorter welcomes Nikki Brown Booker and Yolanda Vargas.

The conversation explores what it means to work while disabled in 2024, including the importance of understanding disabled people as both care recipients and employers, the need for collective bargaining and cross-movement organizing between disability rights and worker rights groups, and strategies for cultivating inclusive and equitable workplaces for disabled employees.

Our podcast theme music is by Andre Louis and Precious Perez. Thank you to Recording Artists And Music Professionals With Disabilities (RAMPD) for connecting these talented disabled musicians with the Disability & Philanthropy Forum.