[News from Diversability] Wednesday, January 14: virtual event on Nervous System Healing

We're opening one of our Diversability Leadership Collective (DLC) events to the broader Diversability community: Reclaiming Inner Freedom: Nervous System Healing for Mind, Body & Soul.

Newsletter contents:

1. [Virtual] We’re opening up one of our Diversability Leadership Collective events: Wednesday, January 14: Reclaiming Inner Freedom: Nervous System Healing for Mind, Body & Soul with KerryAnne Kelley.

2. Updates from the Diversability® Leadership Collective.

3. Other things we wanted to include in this newsletter:

   1. [Partner] $100 discount to attend NeuroDiversion 2026 March 20-22 in Austin, TX.

   2. Get paid $120/hour for research studies/surveys with Rare Patient Voice.

   3. Take our self-paced online course on disability inclusion geared toward allies, employers, and organizations.

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We are excited to open up one of our Diversability Leadership Collective (our members-only space to advance disability leadership, advocacy, and influence) events to the public. All events are free for DLC members to attend.

{Virtual} Wednesday, January 14: Reclaiming Inner Freedom: Nervous System Healing for Mind, Body & Soul with KerryAnne Kelley

Image description: a square graphic on a peach background with a red border. At the top, text, “Diversability Leadership Collective. Reclaiming Inner Freedom: Nervous System Healing for Mind, Body & Soul.” Below, KerryAnne Kelley’s headshot in a circle with her name. Below, text, “Wednesday, January 14 | 2:00PM ET / 11:00AM PT. Join us for a free week of membership. Sliding scale options available. Sign up here: http://diversability.mn.co.” On the sides, text, “Open to the public.”

This 45-minute masterclass is designed for mission-aligned organizations (like Diversability) seeking to empower people with disabilities through trauma-informed tools that create sustainable, embodied change.

Join us for a 45-minute immersive workshop designed to empower people with disabilities through the healing power of the nervous system. Guided by KerryAnne Kelley, this transformative experience weaves together breathwork, sound healing, visualizations, NLP, and somatic coaching to create sustainable shifts in the mind, body, and soul. Through gentle yet powerful techniques, you’ll release subconscious patterns, cultivate inner freedom, and access deeper levels of support within your body and your life. This space is crafted to honor your unique experience while offering grounded, accessible tools for ongoing self-regulation, empowerment, and healing. No experience necessary—just come as you are.

KerryAnne Kelley is a trauma-informed guide, ceremonial facilitator, and professional speaker devoted to transformational healing through Earth-based medicine, somatic integration, and sacred ritual. A former NFL cheerleader turned healer, KerryAnne bridges the worlds of high-performance leadership and deep ancestral healing. Her work is informed not just by training, but by life—raised by two disabled parents, she carries lived experience in resilience, empathy, and navigating complexity with grace. Today, she supports clients through trauma release, spiritual awakening, and body-based remembrance, offering grounded containers that honor both the nervous system and the soul. Known for her presence, precision, and emotional depth, KerryAnne weaves the sacred and the strategic, helping others reclaim their truth without bypassing their humanity. Whether in private sessions, ceremony, or on stage, she invites people into radical honesty, embodied power, and deep relationship with the sacred. Her work is not performance—it’s devotion.

1. When: Wednesday, January 14 | 2:00PM ET / 11:00AM PT

2. Where: A Zoom link will be emailed to you 10 mins before the event begins.

   This event will also be recorded and the recording will be shared with registered attendees after the event.

3. Tickets: FREE for Diversability Leadership Collective members, sliding scale tickets for non-members

** Subscriber flash bonus: we are offering a couple of sponsored tickets to attend for free, thanks to our supporters!

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Updates from the Diversability Leadership Collective (DLC)

Since launching in 2021, our members have made over $37k in opportunities shared through the DLC!

The Diversability® Leadership Collective (DLC) is our members-only space to advance disability leadership, influence, and advocacy. Join over 170+ members for curated paid & visibility opportunities, members-only events, and community.

Our Facebook Group (7,400+ members) will continue to be a free, loosely moderated space for peer support, resources, and community.

Member Updates:

1. Join Lachi’s Los Angeles book launch on Wednesday, January 28 for her book, I Identify as Blind.

2. Attend Marisa Hamamoto’s 90-minute virtual event on Thursday, January 29, Access Playground: a space to PLAY, MOVE, and CONNECT for Accessibility and Disability Inclusion leaders.

3. Nieta Greene’s Disability Community for Democracy, Inc. is organizing Being Black and Disabled Is My Superpower workshops in February.

4. Sarah Todd Hammer will be speaking at Ability Central’s event on Friday, February 13, Reclaiming Beauty: Style, Body Image, and Disability Pride.

5. Keely Cat-Wells is looking for expert sources for media opportunities.

6. Tiffany Yu has upcoming book events for The Anti-Ableist Manifesto in Austin, TX (3/22), Albuquerque, NM (4/9), and Vancouver, Canada (4/11).

Recent opportunities curated for DLC members:

1. Share your experience with sex education for an upcoming article.

2. Get interviewed on a disability podcast.

3. Be a workshop speaker for a founder community.

4. Receive a $2,500 stipend for a fellowship for community organizers.

5. $8,000 in journalism awards for disability reporting.

6. Apply to be a TEDx speaker in California, Illinois, Georgia, Tennessee, Canada, the UK, and more!