🌟 Community Spotlight
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Celebrate community members making a difference
Advocates, activists, organizers, supporters, allies
Online, in-person, behind-the-scenes, creative
Submit your story or nominate someone
🎉 Featured Community Members
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🌟 Mitchell Tremblay (@ODSPoverty)
🇨🇦 Canadian Disability Advocate
Mitchell Tremblay is a passionate Canadian disability rights advocate fighting for economic justice and dignity for people living with disabilities.
🎯 Advocacy Focus:
- ODSP (Ontario Disability Support Program) reform and adequacy
- Disability rights and economic justice
- Raising awareness about poverty among disabled Canadians
- Community organizing and grassroots activism
💪 Impact:
- 📱 Active social media advocate sharing lived experiences
- 📣 Speaking out about the realities of living on disability benefits
- 🤝 Connecting and supporting other disabled Canadians
- 💬 Amplifying voices of those in poverty
💬 In Their Words:
"Fighting for disability rights and economic justice for all Canadians living with disabilities."
🔗 Connect with Mitchell:
🌐 linktr.ee/odspoor
🎙️ The PWD Cast Podcast
🌟 Thank you Mitchell for your tireless advocacy and for inspiring others to speak up for disability rights!
🎤 Emily Pot (@emilypot_)
📰 Independent Disability Journalist
Emily Pot is a disability journalist and co-founder of The Disability Bulletin, bringing authentic disabled voices and breaking news about policies that affect disabled Canadians.
🎯 Advocacy Focus:
- Independent disability journalism
- Breaking policy news (ODSP, WSIB, benefits)
- Amplifying disabled voices mainstream media ignores
- Community accountability journalism
💪 Impact:
- 📰 Co-founder of The Disability Bulletin
- 📱 Active on social media amplifying disabled voices
- 🌟 Centering lived experience in policy coverage
- 💬 Creating space for authentic disability conversations
🔗 Connect with Emily:
🐦 @emilypot_ on X | 🔗 The Disability Bulletin Links
🌟 Thank you Emily for centering disabled voices and holding power accountable!
✊ Occupy WSIB (@occupywsib)
🏗️ Injured Workers' Rights Organizers
Occupy WSIB is a grassroots movement of injured workers fighting for justice, accountability, and systemic reform of Ontario's Workers' Compensation system.
🎯 Advocacy Focus:
- WSIB (Workers' Compensation) reform and accountability
- Injured workers' rights and justice
- Exposing systemic barriers in workers' compensation
- Grassroots organizing and collective action
💪 Impact:
- 🚀 Grassroots movement organizing injured workers
- 📣 Bringing attention to WSIB injustices
- 🤝 Building collective power among injured workers
- 💬 Centering injured worker voices in policy conversations
🔗 Connect with Occupy WSIB:
🌟 Thank you Occupy WSIB for fighting for injured workers' rights and justice!
🎯 democracy4all (@CrAPwematter)
♿ Chronic Illness & Disability Advocacy
democracy4all (formerly CrAP We Matter - Chronic illness, Real, Authentic Perspectives) is a bold voice centering chronically ill and disabled perspectives in conversations about health, access, and disability justice.
🎯 Advocacy Focus:
- Chronic illness and disability representation
- Access and accommodation in healthcare and society
- Challenging ableism and health-based discrimination
- Authentic disabled voices and lived experiences
💪 Impact:
- 📣 Bold activism centering chronic illness perspectives
- 🗣️ Speaking truths about disability and access
- 🤝 Building community with chronically ill folks
- 💬 Challenging narratives that erase chronic illness
🔗 Connect with democracy4all:
🌟 Thank you democracy4all for bold, authentic advocacy for chronic illness and disability!
🔥 Lissa Beaulieu (@PhoenixRizin09 & Founder)
🔥 Founder & Disability Rights Activist
Lissa Beaulieu (aka "The Phoenix") is the founder of 3mpwrApp and a fierce disability rights activist. A former PSW and injured worker, she channels her lived experience into building tools for collective liberation.
🎯 Advocacy Focus:
- Building community-powered technology for disability justice
- Injured workers' rights and WSIB accountability
- Systemic change through grassroots organizing
- Creative activism and disability storytelling
💪 Impact:
- 🚀 Founder of 3mpwrApp — platform for disability community
- ⚡ Board Member — Speakers School Canada
- ✊ Board Member — Thunder Bay & District Injured Workers Support Group
- 🎨 Creator of Injured Workers Unite (grassroots activist platform)
- 😂 Using memes and humor to expose corruption and build solidarity
💬 In Her Words:
"Now I fight back. As a meme & content creator, I use humor, truth, and technology to expose corruption and build solidarity. From the ashes, we rise. 🔥"
🔗 Connect with Lissa:
🐦 @PhoenixRizin09 on X | 🔥 Injured Workers Unite | 📖 Learn More
🌟 Thank you Lissa for building tools of liberation and fighting fiercely for disabled people and injured workers!
💪 More Community Profiles Coming Soon
🌟 Community Profiles Coming Soon!
This space is reserved for YOU and your fellow advocates!
We'll be featuring:
- 🎤 Disability rights activists
- 💪 Injured worker advocates
- 📱 Social media champions
- 📣 Rally and event organizers
- 🤝 Peer support leaders
- 💙 Behind-the-scenes contributors
- 🎨 Creative activists (artists, writers, designers)
- 👥 Union organizers and labor activists
- 🌐 Community builders
Profiles will include:
- 📖 Your story and impact
- 🔗 Links to your website/social media
- 🎯 Your advocacy focus areas
- 💬 Quotes and insights
- 📊 Your contributions to the movement
Real people, real stories, real impact. Be the first to be featured!
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📱 What We Celebrate
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ALL Forms of Activism Are Valid
🌐 Online Activism:
- Social media advocacy (Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook)
- Blog writing and content creation
- Forum participation and peer support
- Email campaigns to representatives
- Online petition organizing
📣 Public Advocacy:
- Rally and protest organizing
- Public speaking at events
- Media interviews and op-eds
- Testifying at government hearings
- Community presentations
🤝 Peer Support:
- Mentoring newly injured workers
- Moderating support groups
- Answering questions in forums
- One-on-one advocacy support
- Crisis support and check-ins
💼 Workplace/Union Organizing:
- Union steward activism
- Workplace accommodation advocacy
- Collective bargaining for disability rights
- Training other workers on rights
- Grievance support
🎨 Creative Activism:
- Art, photography, design for campaigns
- Video and podcast creation
- Infographic and educational content
- Music and performance
- Storytelling and narrative work
💙 Behind-the-Scenes Work:
- Research and documentation
- Policy analysis
- Technical support
- Translation and language access
- Administrative and coordination work
No contribution is too small. Every voice matters.
📝 Submit Your Story
🌟 Want to Be Featured?
We want to hear about YOUR activism!
Tell us about:
- 📱 Your social media advocacy work
- 📣 Rallies or events you've organized
- 🤝 Peer support you've provided
- 📝 Content you've created
- 💙 Behind-the-scenes contributions
- 🎤 Public speaking or media work
- 💼 Workplace or union organizing
- 🎓 Educational efforts
What to include:
- 📖 Your name and pronouns (if comfortable sharing)
- 📍 Your location (city/province is fine)
- 🎯 Your advocacy focus areas
- 💪 What you've accomplished or contributed
- 🔗 Links to your website, social media, or work
- 📸 Optional: Photo or image
- 💬 A quote about why you do this work
Submit your story:
📧 Email: empowrapp08162025@gmail.com
📝 Subject line: "Community Spotlight Submission"
💡 We feature new advocates monthly. Your story inspires others!
📢 Nominate Someone
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Know someone doing amazing work?
Nominate them for Community Spotlight:
What to include:
- 👤 Their name and how to contact them
- 🎯 What they do and why it matters
- 💡 Why you’re nominating them
- 🔗 Links to their work or social media
How to nominate:
📧 Email: empowrapp08162025@gmail.com
📝 Subject line: “Community Spotlight Nomination”
We’ll reach out to them for permission before featuring.
🏆 Types of Recognition
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How We Celebrate Community Members
🌟 Monthly Spotlights:
- In-depth profile on this page
- Shared on all social media platforms
- Featured in newsletter
- Links to your work/website
📱 Social Media Shoutouts:
- Regular recognition posts
- Sharing your content
- Amplifying your campaigns
- Community appreciation threads
📰 Newsletter Features:
- Longer-form profiles
- Interview-style pieces
- “Day in the life” features
- Impact stories
🎤 Speaking Opportunities:
- Invitations to speak at virtual events
- Podcast guest appearances
- Panel discussions
- Webinar presentations
📊 Community Stats
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As our community grows, we’ll track:
- 👥 Active community members
- 🌍 Geographic reach across Canada
- 📱 Social media advocates
- 🎤 Event organizers
- 💬 Peer supporters
- 🌐 Content creators
- 📝 Forum contributors
Updated regularly as community expands
💙 Why We Do This
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Recognition matters because:
- ✅ Visibility: Your work deserves to be seen
- ✅ Inspiration: Others are motivated by your example
- ✅ Connection: Build networks with other activists
- ✅ Amplification: We boost your reach and impact
- ✅ Validation: Your contribution matters and is valued
- ✅ Movement Building: We’re stronger when we celebrate each other
This isn’t about ego - it’s about showing what’s possible when disabled people and injured workers organize together.
🔔 Follow Featured Members
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When we feature community members, we’ll include:
- 📱 Their social media handles
- 🌐 Their website or blog
- 💬 How to connect with them
- 🎯 Campaigns they’re working on
- 🤝 Ways to support their work
Stay connected, support each other, build the movement!
📞 Questions?
About Community Spotlight:
📧 Email: empowrapp08162025@gmail.com
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