Melissa Graham

Melissa is a lifelong disability justice advocate based out of Winnipeg. She has over a decade of frontline experience in the disability sector. She has a long history in disability policy and research focused on intersectionality, decolonization, social justice and accessibility. Melissa is well-known for her activist background, particularly as the founder and lead organizer for the Toronto Disability Pride March. She organized this annual event for 11 years while building relationships with other disability grassroots organizations nationally and internationally, and contributing to research on disability movement organizing. She has successfully passed the torch to other organizers to continue the march. She carries what she has learned from this work into the collaborative, social justice work of MLPD.

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