Creative Spirit Honors the 2021 Diversity and Inclusion Leaders of the Year Join Creative Spirit’s (virtual) annual gala event on May 6, 2021. We’ll be celebrating our progress in 2020 to ensure full-time employment for individuals who are #neurodiverse. Meet our 2021 honorees: Voya Financial’s Angela D Harrell, Heather Lavallee, and Jessica Tuman, all of...

One Year Gala Anniversary: Creative Spirit US brought 400 people together to celebrate people with #disabilities and our honorees #TamiErwin EVP + CEO Verizon, and Voya #VoyaCares Program. 20 new corporate partners and thousands of #allies opened the door to #EconomicEmpowerment for people with #IDDs. Join us in re-celebrating today. We are humbled and grateful...

For #BlackHistoryMonth​, Creative Spirit is honoring Black contributions to American society and culture and striving to increase employment equality, diversity, and inclusion for people of all backgrounds living with IDDs. As part of our #WhyICare​ series, we spoke with Laura Mignott, host of the Reset podcast and CEO of the cultural communications agency DFlash. Laura...

We interviewed James Peluso MA / SPHR / SHRM-SCP, MRM’s #VP of #HumanResources and #Talent, to hear his perspective on why fighting for #disability#inclusion is essential. Download, read, and listen to any of our LinkedIn documents with communication technology (like Otter.ai or Speechify) or watch the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/eePSPvn. How do you access it?...

In 2020, Creative Spirit launched our #WhyICare initiative, speaking with our partners to hear their unique perspectives on #disabilities, #advocacy, and #employment. In December, we spoke with Angela D Harrell, Senior Vice President, Chief #Diversity & #CorporateResponsibilityOfficer, Voya Financial, and President, Voya Foundation. Angela shared her personal journey with a #disability, the way it has...

In honor of the 75th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month and the 30th anniversary of the American’s with Disabilities Act this year, Creative Spirit continued its #WhyICare series by interviewing Mari Kim Novak, a Creative Spirit board member who has been a staunch supporter from the beginning. In her interview, Mari Kim elaborated...

This month, during How Design Live 2020, Creative Spirit co-founder Laurel Rossi, Chief Partnerships Officer #OrganicOmnicom joined a virtual HOW Design Live event hosted by #CeciliaAmbrose lead #UXDesign at Amazon.com, to discuss how Creative Spirit is “myth-busting” to achieve greater workplace inclusion, accommodations, and acceptance for people with IDDs. “The most exciting thing that we’re...

Thank you Tami Erwin #CEO Verizon Business, for the action you take to support #HireDifferent & employ IDD talent. We know that with partners like you by our side, one million neurodiverse individuals with IDDs can be placed in economically empowering roles by 2030. Follow us all month long as we discuss with leaders in...

Today’s #MustListenTo is… #TheResetPodcast‘s dialogue with Laura Mignott #CEO of #DFlash and our founder Laurel Rossi, #CPO of #Organic an Omnicom company.

In honor of #NationalDisabilityEmployementAwarenessMonth, we rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange! Thank you to our partners, advocates, and supports at  Voya, Verizon, The ADVERTISING Club (New York), and Omnicom Group!