The Impact of Funding Disabled Media Makers: A Conversation with Richie Siegel and Marisa Torelli-Pedevska
Inevitable Foundation co-founders Richie Siegel and Marisa Torelli-Pedevska discuss the importance of supporting authentic disability representation in the media, call on philanthropy to provide funding for media makers both through individual grants and broader initiatives, and highlight the impact of such funding efforts on episode 13 of the Disability Inclusion: Required podcast.
Inevitable Foundation Launches Young Adult Emergency Relief Fund for Disabled Creatives
Inevitable Foundation, a nonprofit which supports disabled writers and filmmakers, has launched a Young Adult Relief Fund for Los Angeles-based creatives, supported by Snap Foundation.
Al Madrigal to Host This Year’s CBS Talent Showcase; Paramount Announces Participants (EXCLUSIVE)
Paramount has tapped comedian Al Madrigal to host its annual talent scouting event, the “CBS Showcase,” for an audience of industry professionals. This year’s event will focus on standup comedy. featuring Showcase alumni Jared Goldstein, Morgan Jay, Peter S. Kim, Brett Maline, Rashida “Sheedz” Olayiwola, Gregory Santos, Tien Tran and Mo Welch.
Nielsen Foundation announces 2023 Data for Good grantees
Inevitable Foundation is a Nielsen Foundation 2023 Data for Good grantees. The grant will go toward supporting the launch of the organization’s Research Institute and Fellowship for disabled scholars, in an effort to illuminate barriers for disabled creatives and close the data gap around disability and entertainment.
Inevitable Foundation Reveals Winners Of Elevate Collective Grants & Winter 2024 Cohorts
The Inevitable Foundation has revealed the winners of its Starz #TakeTheLead Elevate Collective Grants and the Winter 2024 Elevate Cohort, both of which support disabled TV writers to level up their careers.
Disability Inclusion Fund Moves Over $4 Million to Disabled-Led Organizations and Organizers Building a World Free of Ableism
Disability Inclusion Fund Moves Over $4 Million to Disabled-Led Organizations and Organizers Building a World Free of Ableism
Disability Representation Takes Center Stage at Bay Area Film Festival
The 37th annual Superfest Disability Film Festival returned to Northern California in a two-day extravaganza celebrating disability culture and honoring films created by, for, and about the disabled community.
Sundance Institute Sets Fellows For 2023 Episodic Lab
The Sundance Institute has named the participants and projects selected for the 2023 edition of its Episodic Lab, including Inevitable Foundation Accelerate Fellow, Sam Dunnewold.
Inevitable Foundation, Loreen Arbus Launch Professional Development Grants for Disabled Women and Nonbinary Screenwriters
The Loreen Arbus Foundation and Inevitable Foundation have teamed on a new series of professional development grants aimed at supporting disabled women and nonbinary screenwriters.
Inevitable Foundation Partners With The Loreen Arbus Foundation Elevate Collective Awards
Inevitable Foundation has launched the Inevitable Foundation x Loreen Arbus Foundation Elevate Collective Awards. The professional development grants are part of Inevitable’s Elevate Collective program and will support four disabled women and/or nonbinary people with $8,000 professional development grants and the mentorship, coaching and connections they need to level-up their careers.
Inevitable Foundation Announces 2023 Accelerate Fellows
Inevitable Foundation, a non-profit that invests in disabled creatives so they can achieve artistic and financial freedom, has announced its 2023 Accelerate Fellows.
Inevitable Foundation Announces Jenn Lloyd, Marc Muszynski, And Sheridan O’Donnell As 2023 Accelerate Fellows
Launched in 2021, the Inevitable Foundation is a non-profit that invests in disabled writers and filmmakers so they can achieve artistic and financial freedom and use film and television to destigmatize disability and mental health globally. The organization announced the selection of Jenn Lloyd, Marc Muszynski, and Sheridan O’Donnell as its 2023 Accelerate Fellows.
Winners of Elevate for Podcasters grant programme announced
Inevitable Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to supporting disabled writers and filmmakers, has announced the recipients of its Elevate for Podcasters funding program.
ATX TV Festival Opens Submissions for 2024 Pitch Competition
The ATX TV Festival has opened submissions for its annual “The Pitch Competition Presented by Canva,” offering undiscovered TV writers the chance to have their original concepts and scripts considered by acclaimed writers, producers and executives in television.
What the WGA deal with Hollywood studios means to writers with disabilities
Hollywood writers with disabilities say the deal to end the 148-day writers' strike could help address specific issues that impact them the most.
Inevitable Foundation President Says Disabled Writers Are Resilient Amid WGA Strike Despite Facing ‘Ticking Time-Bomb’ of Losses
From record-breaking temperatures to environmental hazards, performers and writers with disabilities discuss what they're facing on the line and how they're working to create a more inclusive strike.
“We’re Not Invisible”: Disabled SAG-AFTRA and WGA Members on Accessibility Challenges—and Solutions—at the Picket Lines
From record-breaking temperatures to environmental hazards, performers and writers with disabilities discuss what they're facing on the line and how they're working to create a more inclusive strike.
Culture Shift: What Community-Based Nonprofits Are Doing During the Strikes
The LA Times: If Hollywood gets worse for workers, it will get worse for disabled workers first
