In this Episode:
Rebecca Cokley, Disability Rights Program Officer in the Office of the President at the Ford Foundation, joins the second season of the Keys to Financial Inclusion podcast. Rebecca shares her thoughts on what inclusive community development looks like, and the financial challenges facing families today. Discover how policy makers, regulators, foundations, nonprofits and businesses can work together to promote greater equity and inclusion, particularly as it relates to persons with disabilities.
…when you talk about how to move disabled people out of poverty, it comes down to, what are the structures that are in place and the mechanisms that are in place that enforce this ableism, and that keep folks with disabilities in poverty. — Rebecca Cokley
About Rebecca Cokley:
Rebecca Cokley is the Disability Rights program officer in the Office of the President at the Ford Foundation. She previously served as the Co-Founder/Director of the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress. A three-time Presidential appointee, Rebecca has spent her career bringing the disability community together with the progressive movement, and bringing the progressive community to the table on disability rights with the goal of strengthening both causes. She is the 2020 Richman Distinguished Fellow in Public Life for Brandeis University and has a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California Santa Cruz. Rebecca is currently working on her first of two books.
