image21

Our presence is our power / Nuestra presencia es nuestro poder

About Crowd / acerca de Crowd

Who We Are / quienes somos

A disabled person and their DSP smile

A network of individuals, families, and organizations creating meaningful and powerful change for the Capitol Region's disability community.


Una red de individuos, familias y organizaciones que crean un cambio significativo y poderoso para la comunidad de discapacitados de la Región del Capitolio.

What We Want / lo que queremos

A brown person's hand presses an accessible automatic door button

A society where people with disabilities are valued and are an essential part of our community, economy, and government; including housing, employment, healthcare, education, transportation, and voting.


Una sociedad donde las personas con discapacidades sean valoradas como participantes fundamentales de nuestra comunidad, economía y gobierno; incluyendo vivienda, empleo, salud, educación, transporte y votación.

What We Do / lo que hacemos

A group of people marching

  • Mobilize and take action on local and statewide policies and issues that impact people with disabilities.
  • Build relationships on trust, diversity, mutual respect, effective communication, and shared goals.
  • Elevate the voice of people with disabilities.
  • Strengthen and advocate for support structures, including families, schools, and service providers.
  • Overcome racial and economic disparities in the disability community.


  • Movilizar y tomar medidas en relación con las políticas locales y estatales y los problemas que afectan a las personas con discapacidades.
  • Construir relaciones de confianza, diversidad, respeto mutuo, comunicación efectiva y objetivos compartidos.
  • Elevar la voz de las personas con discapacidad. Fortalecer y abogar por las estructuras de apoyo, incluidas las familias, las escuelas y los proveedores de servicios.
  • Superar las disparidades raciales y económicas en la comunidad de personas con discapacidad.


Upcoming Events / Próximos eventos

03/26/2019

CROWD Meeting / CROWD Reunión

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

WarmLine Family Resource Center 2424 Castro Way, Sacramento, CA 95818

+ Event Details

03/26/2019

CROWD Meeting / CROWD Reunión

Announcing CROWD (Capitol Region Organized Within Disability) and our first general public meeting.  We invite all interested persons to come and hear our vision for building a powerful disability community in the greater Sacramento area.  You will also have an opportunity to present your top priorities and issues.  


Anunciamos CROWD (Capitol Region Organized Within Disability) y nuestra primera reunión pública general. Invitamos a todas las personas interesadas a que vengan y escuchen nuestra visión para construir una poderosa comunidad de personas con discapacidad en el área de Sacramento. También tendrán la oportunidad de presentar sus principales problemas y prioridades.

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

WarmLine Family Resource Center 2424 Castro Way, Sacramento, CA 95818

founding members / Miembros fundadores

Jovana Fajardo - ACCE Sacramento

Alicia Manzo, Kenya Martinez, Mariah Shaw - Community Advocate

Joseph Barry - DOGFITE

Rosalinda Gray, Allison Olson, Heather Scott - Down Syndrome Alliance

Elaine Linn, Elizabeth Mercado - Family Voices of California

Julie Gallelo - First 5

Benita Ayala - G.I.F.T.S. Foundation

Rebecca Alcantar, Jeffrey Reynoso - LCHC ( Latino Coalition for a Healthy California)

Jackie Clark - Placer County Office of Education

Carole Watilo - Progressive Employment Concepts

Russell Rawlings, April Wick - Resources For Independent Living (RIL)

Richard Rueda - Society For The Blind

Sonya Bingaman, Kathy Brian - State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD), Sacramento Office

Jacquie Dillard-Foss, Stacy Sisson - STEP

Jordan Lindsey, Christian McMahon, Angel Picón, - The Arc of California

Elizabeth Marchant, Jennifer Marchant - The Arc of Placer County

Doug Bergman - UCP Sacramento

Dwane Camp - United Domestic Workers (UDW)

Kelly Young - Warmline Family Resource Center

Edward Johnson, Robert Schulenburg, Ed.S. - Wayfinder Family 

Meena Kalyanasundaram - We Embrace Families

Generously supported by / Apoyado generosamente por:

image22