“The idea of disabled people supporting disabled-led projects resonated with the community organizer side of me that does not often have access to being on the other side of the philanthropic world, as grantors.” -Sandy Ho

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“Either I risked losing money because I made “too much” income, or I risked losing it because I didn’t fill out the bottomless pit of forms every year as required by the government. In that sense I internalized money and the concept of philanthropy as something that wasn’t meant for me to access.”

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Name: Sandy Ho

Please share how you prefer to introduce yourself:

I’m a disability community-organizer, activist, and disability policy researcher. I’m also the founder of the Disability & Intersectionality Summit, a biennial national conference organized by disabled activists that centers marginalized disabled people.

In 2015 I was recognized as a White House Champion of Change for my work in mentoring for transitional-age disabled women. I’m one third of the team behind Access Is Love, a campaign that is co-partnered by Alice Wong and Mia Mingus, and serve as a Trustee of the Awesome Foundation Disability Chapter.

My areas of work include disability justice, racial justice, intersectionality, and disability studies. I’m a disabled queer Asian American woman whose writing has been published by Bitch Media online.

Your pronouns are:  she/her/hers 

Current Job Title(s) and Organization(s) (if applicable):

Founder and Co-Organizer of Disability & Intersectionality Summit.

Years in philanthropy on both the fund-seeking and fund-giving sides: 

Less than 5 years.

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“More often than not, I am asked to provide some kind of advising around physical access.”  #OurDisabledLaborDay

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