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SUMMARY:🚀 Registration for FUTURES Fall 2025 Cohorts are open!
DESCRIPTION:🚀 Registration for FUTURES Fall 2025 Cohorts are open!\nHow do you invest in yourself? How do you build meaningful connections?\nHow do you impact your community? How do you shape the future?\nFUTURES supports Disabled\, Deaf\, Neurodivergent\, and equity-deserving\nfolks aged 18 – 30 as they answer these questions for themselves.\nFUTURES is a three-month experience where you will join a cohort of\nlike-minded individuals making an impact. You’ll be a part of weekly\nprogramming featuring creative workshops\, guest speakers\, facilitated\ndiscussions\, mentorship\, game nights\, and good old fashion hang-outs.\nFUTURES empowers you to explore your identity\, grow as a leader\, and\nbuild lasting connections.\nPROGRAM DETAILS \nToronto – Fall 2025\nApplication Deadline: August 31\, 2025\nProgram: September 15 – December 12\, 2025\nVirtual – Fall 2025\nThis program requires a weekly commitment of attending programming\nfor 3 hours per week (in person or virtual) and independent work up to 2\nhours per week.\nThis is where it starts. Together.\nSpaces are limited\, register for FUTURES today:\nstudio.accessnow.com/futures \n  \nFUTURES Curriculum and Program Overview \nFUTURES is a weekly program that supports Disabled\,\nNeurodivergent\, and equity-deserving folks aged 18 –\n30 to explore their identities\, build community\, and\ntake meaningful action. Through creative workshops\,\nmentorship\, and community engagement\,\nparticipants develop a deeper sense of self\, connect\nwith peers and leaders\, and work together on projects\nthat create social change. \nThe program is grounded in three core pillars: \n1. Self-Identity (Weeks 1–5)\nThis phase supports participants in exploring who they\nare\, how their experiences shape them\, and how to show\nup safely and authentically in various experiences. \nExample Activity:\nFound Poetry and Found Self Portrait: Cohort members\nused various found media (books\, magazines\,\nnewspapers) and art supplies (paper\, scissors\, glue\,\nmarkers\, photos) to create poetry and portraits that\nreflect who they are and what they want their cohort to\nknow about them. \n2. Community (Weeks 6–11)\nThis phase supports participants as they learn how to\nbuild safer communities\, explore what Disability and\nNeurodivergent communities look and feel like in their\narea\, and strengthen the community of the cohort itself. \nExample Activity:\nGuest Speaker Series – Local Disabled and\nNeurodivergent folks working in community spaces will\njoin session to talk about themselves\, their history and\napproach to community building\, and the lessons they’ve\nlearned along the way. Participants will have the\nopportunity to ask direct questions to each guest\nspeaker.\n3. Social Impact (Weeks 12–15)\nThis phase supports participants as they learn how to\nplan\, design\, and build actions that create sustainable\nsocial impact. Participants will work independently and\ncollaborate on real-world projects aimed at social\nchange. \nExample Activity:\nMap Missions – Cohort members will work with the\nAccessNow team to access map a specific area of their\nneighborhood or the neighborhood of the AccessNow\noffices. Participants will use their lived experiences\,\ncommunity learnings\, and cohort support to mobilize\nknowledge about accessible\, and inaccessible\, spaces. \nActivation Project\nThroughout FUTURES\, participants work on an Activation\nProject – an initiative that reflects an issue they care\nabout. Whether it’s creating an awareness campaign\,\ndesigning accessible resources\, or planning an event\, the\nproject is a way to make real change inspired and driven\nby each participants’ identity\, passions\, and strengths. \n1-on-1 Mentorship\nEach participant is paired with a mentor who brings lived\nexperience or professional knowledge in Disability\nadvocacy\, the arts\, community organizing\, education\,\nand more. The mentors offer guidance\, encouragement\,\nand a safe space to grow – helping to build confidence\nand future pathways beyond the program. \nFUTURES is a space for discovery\, empowerment\,\nand impact—where young people are celebrated as\nleaders of today and tomorrow.
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