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Dom Kelly On New Disabled South And What It Takes To Build A Coalition

Always Looking Up

02/19/24

60m

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In this week’s episode I sat down with Dom Kelly. Dom is the Co-Founder, President & CEO of New Disabled South, a non-profit working to achieve liberation and justice for disabled people in the South. and New Disabled South Rising, its advocacy arm. Prior to that he served as both the Georgia Fundraising Director and the Senior Advisor for Disability for Stacey Abrams’ campaign for governor of Georgia and was the Senior Fundraising Manager and a Strategic Advisor for Disability at Fair Fight Action, where he also created and led the organization’s Disability Council composed of prominent disability advocates and policy experts from across the country. We discuss understanding disability from a political perspective, the importance of base-building, how New Disabled South is achieving its mission and much, much more.

Follow Dom: Instagram: @the_tattoedjew Twitter/X: @the_tattoedjew

Follow New Disabled South: Instagram: @newdisabledsouth Twitter/X: @DisabledSouth LinkedIn: New Disabled South Facebook: New Disabled South Website: https://www.newdisabledsouth.org

Follow New Disabled South Rising: Instagram: @newdisabledsouthrising Twitter/X: @DisSouthRising LinkedIn: New Disabled South Rising Website: https://www.newdisabledsouthrising.org

Follow Me: Instagram: @jill_ilana , @alwayslookingup.podcast Twitter/X: @jillx3456 Website: https://www.jillianilana.com Email: alwayslookingup227@gmail.com

This episode was edited and produced by Ben Curwin

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In this week’s episode I sat down with Shelby Holloway. Shelby, in addition to being one of my best friends, is a content creator on TikTok and an advocate for dwarfism awareness. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner we have a heart-to-heart about the realities of dating as a little person, dating as a disabled person, the importance of looking for a safe space to find those relationships, and much, much more.

Follow Shelby: Instagram: @shelbyhollowayy TikTok: shelby_holloway

Follow Me: Instagram: @jill_ilana , @alwayslookingup.podcast Twitter: @jillx3456 Website: https://www.jillianilana.com Email: alwayslookingup227@gmail.com

This episode was edited and produced by Ben Curwin

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In this week’s episode I sat down with Matthew August Jeffers. Matthew is an actor of stage and screen, having appeared on shows such as New Amsterdam, FBI, and The Blacklist and can currently be seen portraying Nat on the AMC show The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live and is about to be making his Broadway debut in the play An Enemy Of The People. We discuss the dance between recognizing limitations and accepting challenges, that dwarfism is not a monolith, seizing opportunities to affect the most change, what it means to him to be an actor with dwarfism and much, much more.

Follow Matthew: Instagram: @matthewaugustjeffers

Follow Me: Instagram: @jill_ilana , @alwayslookingup.podcast TikTok: @jillian_ilana Website: https://www.jillianilana.com Email: alwayslookingup227@gmail.com

This episode was edited and produced by Ben Curwin

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