08/27/2026
We spy a couple of familiar OCCK, Inc, faces! We’re proud to see our President and CEO Shelia Nelson-Stout and Training Specialist Julia Connellis helping share an important message.
August 26 is Women's Equality Day, and we are getting ready to celebrate.
On that day in 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, giving women the right to vote.
But here is something important: For many disabled women, full equality is still a fight.
Disabled women face more barriers to healthcare, employment, and safety than almost any other group.
Women's rights and disability rights are not separate fights. They are the same fight. To us, that’s black and white!
This week, we honor every woman who has pushed for a more equal world… including the disabled women who have always been part of that story.
[Image description: Black banner with white uppercase text "EQUALITY FOR ALL" centered at the top above the SACK logo in black and white and a collage of black and white photos of national and Kansas disability leaders (from left to right and top to bottom: Sheila Nelson-Stout, Julia Connellis, Judith Heumann, Jennifer Keelan Tamara Blackwell, Whit Downing, Carrie Greenwood, Karen Stone, Robyn Herzog, Lola Kernell, Lisa Barcus, Kirstianna Guerrero, Steph Sanford, Melisande Statz-Hill, Shari Coatney, Lois Curtis, Elaine Wilson, Morgan Shipman, Kelly Smith, Heidi Akers, Kathy Lobb, Alice Wong)]
