VANESSA HARRIS RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER FOR A NEW CHICAGO
Vanessa Harris is the founder of The Strategy for Access Foundation, also known
as Fun 4 The Disabled, which makes documentaries about disability justice. She
has been named a 2023 Leader for a New Chicago. PHOTO BY HE SHOOTS LYFE.
in 2017. An engineer by training, she has multiple disabilities and wanted to do documentaries. She took a class at the Hyde Park Arts Center and discovered it was something she really liked to do.
and I feel comfortable doing it,” Harris said.
55 individuals have been recognized for their work in arts, justice, media and storytelling. The organization’s mission, which became a nonprofit
in 2019, is to ensure Chicago becomes known Internationally as a Disability- Friendly City.
It showed how wheelchair and stroller users could interact with the multidimensional exhibit. Since the organization started, Harris has created 100
documentaries detailing activities that are accessible for those with disabilities. The organization also connects people with disabilities to events, organizations and programs that are fun and accessible.
important.
organizations like the Field and MacArthur
Foundations to give grants to individuals and their organizations in the way it is doing with Leaders for a New Chicago. Sometimes organizations have to jump through hoops to receive funding and once they do receive the funding it is restricted or requires organizations to use their money and receive reimbursement. Smaller organizations might not be able to participate in grants where funds must be matched because they don’t have access to those funds.
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