In this webinar led by Clique Studios, attendees will further develop their accessibility knowledge by learning the basics of managing an accessible website. This includes gathering institutional support, selecting vendors that can ensure accessibility, onboarding other team members to accessibility, content entry, and monitoring accessibility over time.

Join Fen Slattery, the Accessibility Lead at Clique Studios, to learn the basics of modern web accessibility, including motivations for creating an accessible website, how those of us with disabilities use the web, models of disability, and legal compliance. This event is a great fit for government and non-profit sector employees, and broadly applies to anyone doing digital work. No prior accessibility experience is required.

This Access Guide to Presenting and Touring the Performing Arts is intended for performing arts venues and presenters, but can also be used more broadly. It is meant to address long overdue work to make dance and performing arts spaces accessible to artists, venue workers, administrators and audiences with disabilities.

The purpose of the IDEA committee is to create and share resources for members to use in their efforts to work toward greater equity, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility; to amplify initiatives launched by other groups and organizations within the entertainment industry; and encourage venues, promoters, and festivals to prioritize and support IDEA work and initiatives within their businesses and communities.

The Disability & Intersectionality Summit (DIS) is a biennial national conference that centers the multiple oppressions that shape the lived experiences of disabled individuals, as told by disabled people, in a setting organized by disabled activists. Access should be a collective responsibility, and DIS provides a list of basic access suggestion as a place to start.

SafeBar Alliance provides education and bystander intervention training to participating bars and drinking establishments, and strengthens relationships that prioritize community safety. Its goal is to keep both bar staff and patrons safer from predatory behavior, harassment, and sexual assault.

Location: Kansas, remote trainings available

RAMPD (Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities) is a professional platform equipping the music and live entertainment industry with disability inclusive tools, programming and strategy. RAMPD also connects the industry to a global directory of peer-vetted music/sound creators and industry professionals to bring competitive opportunities, visibility and community to our Professional Members while offering disability inclusion to Industry/Venue partners.

The Kennedy Center offers numerous resources related to the Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD®) program, including tipsheets, books, videos, and webinars. The LEAD program focuses on expanding the breadth and scope of accessible cultural arts programming.

Part of the VSA International Network, the Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD®) program focuses on expanding the breadth and scope of accessible cultural arts programming. The LEAD Conference not only introduces those new to the field to cultural accessibility solutions, but also provides ongoing learning, support, camaraderie, and motivation—necessary fuel for anyone working to change the status quo.

A list of organizations working on Diversity and Inclusion in the Music and Audio Industry, provided by Soundgirls.

Making Spaces Safer: A Guide to Giving Harassment the Boot Wherever You Work, Play, and Gather. This book by Shawna Potter is a clear and concise guide for public spaces of all sorts—from art galleries to bagel shops to concert halls—that want to shut down harassers wherever they show up.

Bodies of Culture is a diverse group of musicians and professionals advocating for equity in Colorado's music Industry. We are dedicated to evolving the local music ecosystem to create a more equitable future for young artists and our peers by identifying and closing EID gaps and establishing a culture of belonging and solidarity.

Location: Colorado

AMEE unites organizations to identify and implement actions that address diversity, equity, and inclusivity in music education in Denver in a collective, transformational, measurable, and sustainable manner.

Location: Denver, CO

Accessible Festivals is dedicated to making live music and recreational events fully accessible for people of all abilities. By educating the public and bringing together like-minded organizations, we can end the stigmatization involved with having a disability so that everyone can have the opportunity to have amazing experiences, regardless of ability.

Patrons, performers, and employees alike experience obstacles to participating in live music. This accessibility panel, put on by NIVA’s DEI Taskforce, explores those obstacles (and their solutions) with industry experts. Hear some powerful stories and learn ways, big and small, to make accessibility a reality for all.

A free online resource for powerful, effective LGBTQ awareness and ally training workshops. Provides an entire curriculum around creating safe spaces for people of all sexualities and gender identities. Can’t afford a DEI educator? The Safe Zone Project gives you all the resources you need to facilitate these activities yourself.

A collective of bartenders, FOH staff, BOH staff, DJs, club promoters, bouncers, patrons, business owners, rape crisis advocates, and service providers invested in building safer, more positive and engaging experiences for everyone by changing the way we address sexual violence within our communities.

Location: New York City, NY