Women's empowerment and disability inclusion
Convenings that put advocates, diplomats and elected officials in the same room, from Union County to UN Headquarters.
Nonprofit · Founded 2019
Always Forward
A New Jersey 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit making the age of technology inclusive: teaching people with disabilities, women and underserved communities to use technology for work, independence and civic voice, and bringing their lived experience to the rooms where policy is made.
2019
founded by Priscilla Garces
9
free programs, in English and Spanish
6
UN Sustainable Development Goals: 4, 5, 8, 10, 16 and 17
NJ
in person across New Jersey, online everywhere
What the foundation doesConvene, teach
Convene, teach
and testify
"Act Now for a More Peaceful World"
The International Day of Peace celebration at Kean University, bringing together State Senator Joseph P. Cryan, diplomats and young people.
NJ Farmacy and Peace Garden
Launched with the Women's Federation for World Peace International: food, calm and community in one plot of ground.
16 Days of Activism
A collaborative campaign to prevent domestic violence, culminating each year on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Protecting the most vulnerable from gender-based violence is a throughline of everything the foundation does.
Echoes of Civil Society
Contributing to the network formerly known as the UN Civil Society Conference Outreach Committee, and carrying New Jersey voices into the global conversation.
SpeakingFour conversations,
Four conversations,
on the record
01
Technology and the disability employment gap
How new tools can turn one of the widest workforce gaps in America into one of its biggest sources of new talent, and what employers and lawmakers can do now.
02
Technology for an informed, independent life
What it means when a blind person can read any document, understand any letter and navigate any system, and why that access must be universal.
03
Nothing about us without us, in the age of technology
How people with disabilities can use technology to take part in policymaking, and how governments can make its adoption inclusive and accountable.
04
Women, disability and the future of work
Why closing the technology skills gap for women and girls is an economic strategy, not only an equity goal.
Get involvedVolunteer, partner,
Volunteer, partner,
or give
Programs are free and run in English and Spanish. Every gift and every hour widens the circle.