Profiles in Advocacy: Sean Pickard – Advocacy with a Mic

Season 3, Episode 16Profiles in Advocacy: Sean Pickard – Advocacy with a MicThis episode of Profiles in Advocacy features host Melanie Taddeo and Sean Pickard. Sean is the Station Manager for V4A Studios in Canada. He also lives with a brain injury.Sean’s work in digital media helps give a voice to the issues and faces of disability. His work helps build community, broadens access to information, and serves as an instrument of representation – key features of what defines the practice of advocacy. As Sean points out in this Season 3 focus on profiles in advocacy, his approach to advocacy is perhaps among the simplest since just about anyone can pick up a mic and start recording and sharing.Keep listening to learn more about Voices for Ability Radio, by, for and about people with disabilities, and how the use of microphone has helped shape one man’s approach making the world more accessible and inclusive. For more information visit www.connect4life.ca.#connect4life #melanietaddeo #disbilities #nonprofits #charity #fundraising #givingback #nonprofitorganization #socialgood #makeanimpact #socialimpact #notforprofit #makeadifference #causes #supportnonprofits #dogood #inclusion #disabilityawareness #accessibility #disabilityadvocate #disabilityrights #disabilityinclusion #careerdevelopment #skilldevelopmenttraining #connect4life #accessibilitycanada #v4aradio #v4a #v4astudios