by samah | Oct 4, 2024 | Accessibility, DEI Concepts, Podcast Episode
Show Notes In this episode, Michelle and Samah chat with Rachel Zoeller and Joe Foster from the Roll Mobility app. They discuss accessibility challenges for wheelchair users, particularly with public spaces like Airbnb and hotels. The conversation highlights how the...
by samah | Sep 6, 2024 | Accessibility, Community Building, DEI Concepts, Podcast Episode
Show Notes In this episode, Michelle and Samah discuss the upcoming WordPress Accessibility Day, a 24-hour virtual event in October focused on improving web accessibility. Organizers Bet Hannon and Alexander Gounder share their roles in organizing and their...
by michelle | Jul 22, 2024 | Accessibility, Allyship, DEI Concepts, Podcast Episode
Show Notes In this episode Michelle and Samah discuss a recent cover of The Economist magazine in which they portray a walker mobility device with the seal of the president of the United States affixed to it and the title “No way to run a country.” To...
by michelle | Jun 6, 2024 | Accessibility, Community Building, DEI Concepts, Marketing and Language, Podcast Episode
Show Notes In this episode Samah and Michelle welcome david wolfpaw to the podcast where the discussion centers on Pride Month, but also outlines some of the challenges that those in the queer community still encounter in life and in the tech community. Special thanks...
by michelle | May 31, 2024 | Accessibility, Community Building, DEI Concepts, Marketing and Language, Podcast Episode
Show Notes From Harrison Butker’s anti-feminist, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-abortion, anti-IVF, anti-surrogacy…well anti-almost-anything-he-doesn’t-agree-with speech to the men who don’t take no for an answer in DMs (and worse), Samah and Michelle not...
by michelle | May 24, 2024 | Accessibility, Community Building, DEI Concepts, Marketing and Language, Podcast Episode
Show Notes In this episode, Samah and Michelle welcome Ruth Kalinka for a conversation around how language can support community – whether we learn additional languages for communication or rely on technology for the assist. Communication, however we achieve it,...
