BRING GAELYNN LEA’S UNIQUE, EMPOWERING PERSPECTIVE TO YOUR NEXT EVENT
Gaelynn is passionate about Disability Culture, accessibility, and awareness-building through public speaking engagements. She regularly gives keynote speeches at national conferences, Fortune500 businesses, colleges and universities, hospitals, and music festivals that are informative, entertaining and thought-provoking.
Topics include accessibility in the arts, Disability Culture, finding inner freedom, and living an enriching life. She uses her life experiences and haunting original songs as touchstones throughout her presentations. Gaelynn addresses her audiences with honesty, enthusiasm, humor, and an authenticity that both powerful and refreshing. Gaelynn Lea is a strong advocate in the disability community who boldly uses her voice to promote positive social change. She has been featured on The Moth Radio Hour, PBS NewsHour, On Being with Krista Tippett, and two TEDx Talks.
GAELYNN LEA’S KEYNOTE SPEECH TOPICS:
Disability Awareness – Gaelynn shares her personal experience of living with a disability. She discusses the barriers still facing disabled people and highlights activism efforts that can help further the goal of equality for all. She reframes disability as a form of cultural diversity that can be celebrated.
Living an Enriching Life – Gaelynn shares how she gained a greater sense of well-being and intrinsic value when she shifted her focus from making progress in the traditional sense to creating a more enriching life for herself and others.
Claiming Your Inner Freedom – Gaelynn shares how the intersection of sexuality and disability led to an epiphany that helped her to claim inner freedom. She then discusses how true inner freedom is available to everyone.
Accessibility in the Arts – Gaelynn shares her personal experience as a touring musician with a disability. She discusses why disability inclusion and representation in the arts are so important for social change, and then gives practical tips to promote better access for disabled artists from the ground up.
#AccessIsLove: Practical Tips for Embracing Inclusion, Accessibility and Disability Culture in YOUR Workplace – Gaelynn Lea will help you to identify ways you can make your creative business more accessible and welcoming to disabled folx. This isn’t about the legal bare minimum, it’s about finding creative access solutions and getting excited about Disability Culture as an entrepreneur! Gaelynn Lea will share strategies and resources that have helped her in the past, discuss potential barriers, and talk about the ways around them. After all, the ultimate goal is holistic inclusion—inclusion that takes into account programming, team-building, outreach and leadership.
AUDIENCE FEEDBACK
“Entertaining – informative – inspirational.”
“She is real. Not afraid to tackle tough issues.”
“Engaging, funny, very easy to listen to, eye-opening!”
“Candid, open story-telling. Kept my attention!”
“Riveting – and I am not easily riveted.”
“I was amazed at how beautiful the music was.”