A Roadmap to Inclusive Career Pathways: Promoting DEIA Through Cross-System Partnerships

People with disabilities benefit greatly from partnerships that pave the way to both careers and inclusion. If you are interested in finding resources to create inclusive career pathways, and hearing how the District of Columbia has successfully broadened its reach into underserved communities, you won’t want to miss this webinar archive. In addition to sharing valuable resources on an interactive online Roadmap to Inclusive Career Pathways, panelists shared their strategies, experiences, and resources to support inclusive career pathways, create partnerships across government agencies and with underserved communities, and promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) to enable people with disabilities to succeed in the workforce.

In this webinar archive, you:

• Gain a broad understanding of WIOA’s vision for career pathways to promote workforce development and equal opportunity.
• Explore options for strategic, career pathways partnerships and opportunities to leverage resources across systems and improve engagement of underserved populations.
• Discover opportunities for systems coordination to improve employment and career outcomes for underserved populations, including youth and adults with disabilities.
• Learn about resources to engage businesses, leverage partnerships, promote career-based learning, advance DEIA, and support youth, all through an interactive online inclusive career pathways tool.

Speakers included:

• Laura Gleneck, Co-project Director, LEAD Center, National Disability Institute
• Shajira Brown, Director of Equity and Inclusion, National Disability Institute
• District of Columbia Partners
  • Mark Agosto, Department on Disability Services, Supervisor, Intake and Outreach and Co-Chair, Bridging Aging and Disability Networks and Racial Equity Community of Practice
  • Alison Whyte, Executive Director, DC Developmental Disabilities Council Co-Chair, Bridging Aging and Disability Networks and Racial Equity Community of Practice
  • Madeline Levy Cruz, Associate Dean of Workforce Development and Lifelong Learning at the University of the District of Columbia
  • Azeb Adere, Founding Member and President of the Ethiopian Eritrean Special Needs Community