Women Embracing Abilities Now-Charlotte

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day from Women Embracing Abilities Now Charlotte 💐

Today, we celebrate the beauty, resilience, strength, and love of mothers with disabilities and mothers raising children with disabilities. Your advocacy, sacrifices, tenderness, and determination continue to shape families and communities in powerful ways.

To the moms navigating inaccessible spaces, challenging stereotypes, and still showing up every day with grace and courage. We see you, we honor you, and we celebrate you. 💞

Thank you for all that you do.



Image Description: Silhouettes of diverse women with disabilities, including a wheelchair user and a woman with a prosthetic leg, standing together at sunset against a city skyline with a Mother’s Day message above them.

05/08/2026

At Women Embracing Abilities Now (WEAN) Charlotte, we proudly honor the compassion, strength, and dedication of nurses during National Nurses Week, celebrated May 6–12. 💙

Nurses are often the heartbeat of healthcare advocating, comforting, educating, and showing up for people in some of life’s most vulnerable moments. Their care and commitment help build healthier, more inclusive communities for all.

This year’s theme, “The Power of Nurses,” recognizes the incredible impact nurses make every single day.

Thank you to the nurses who continue to care, advocate, and lead with humanity. 🩺✨

Learn more: nursingworld.org

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A nurse smiles warmly while caring for a patient beside text that reads: “The Power of Nurses. Celebrate National Nurses Week. May 6–12, 2026.” The graphic includes branding from the American Nurses Association and uses calming teal and blue tones.

05/05/2026

May is Mental Health Month. Even in silence you are seen; even in pain you are loved. At Women Embracing Abilities Now Charlotte, we break cycles of isolation and create a circle of sisterhood where every voice matters. Let’s make more good days together—share how you care for your mental well-being. 💚

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A soft, warm graphic shows a black woman with closed eyes bathed in pastel light. Around them, the words “mental health awareness” curve in a gentle arc. In the center, text reads “A gentle reminder: Even in silence, you are seen. Even in pain, you are loved.”

05/03/2026

A chill Sunday. A full vibe. 🌿✨

Join us for the Sundress & Linen Summer Soirée, where style, sound, and community come together for a day party that flows into an elegant evening.

🎶 Live DJ
🎤 Live performance by recording artist BRWN

✨ Signature contests + unforgettable moments

All in support of YMe Mobility and WEAN Charlotte.

Secure your ticket now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sundress-linen-summer-soiree-tickets-1988418393943

Or click the link in our bio.

Arrive in style!!!

Interested in sponsoring or participating as a vendor email us at [email protected]
Call or text 704.389.0734

03/24/2026

We gathered in truth,spoke in layers, and held space for each other fully.

At WEAN Charlotte’s first International Women’s Day celebration:

Judith Brown reminded us that knowing our history is power and that advocacy starts with understanding the systems that shape our lives.

Auria Perry called us deeper into accountability, into inclusion, into making sure all voices, especially q***r voices, are heard in disability advocacy.

Xuan Truong brought us home grounding us in community care and the way we show up for one another.

This is what it looks like when we build with intention.
This is what it feels like when community is real.



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A community gathering takes place at Dupp & Swat in Charlotte for WEAN Charlotte’s International Women’s Day event. Attendees of diverse backgrounds and abilities sit together in an intimate, welcoming space. The video includes moments of attendees listening, engaging, and connecting throughout the event.

03/12/2026

Women Embracing Abilities Now (WEAN) Charlotte

Today we honor the anniversary of the historic Capitol Crawl, a defining moment in the disability rights movement.

On March 12, 1990, disability activists marched to the U.S. Capitol demanding passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). When they reached the steps, dozens left their wheelchairs, crutches, and mobility aids behind and crawled up the Capitol’s stone steps, forcing the nation to confront the barriers people with disabilities faced every day.

Those 83 steps were more than a climb—they were a declaration: access is a civil right. The courage of those activists helped push Congress to pass the ADA just months later.

At Women Embracing Abilities Now Charlotte, we honor their legacy by continuing the work, uplifting disabled women, advocating for accessibility, and building community where every voice, body, and story belongs.

Because the path to justice is rarely smooth…
but together, we keep climbing. ♿✨



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Black-and-white photograph of disability rights activists crawling up the steep stone steps of the U.S. Capitol during the historic Capitol Crawl protest. In the foreground, a Black young woman crawls backward up the stairs, using her hands and arms to pull herself step by step while looking over her shoulder. Other activists crawl ahead of her toward the Capitol building, whose dome rises in the background above the staircase. The image captures the determination of disability advocates who left their mobility devices behind to demonstrate the physical barriers they faced and demand the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Learn More: https://wams.nyhistory.org/end-of-the-twentieth-century/a-conservative-turn/disability-rights/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Disability Rights"
https://disabilityrightsflorida.org/blog/entry/wheels_of_justice_march_capitol_crawl?utm_source=chatgpt.com "The Wheels of Justice March & Capitol Crawl"

03/01/2026

🌸 Women’s History Month | WEAN Charlotte

This month, we celebrate the women who moved mountains and the women who are still moving them.

At Women Embracing Abilities Now (WEAN) Charlotte, we honor the legacy of disabled women, especially Black and Brown women whose brilliance, resistance, and creativity shaped movements that history too often tried to whisper instead of shout.

We are here because they were here.
We rise because they refused to bow.

Women’s History Month is more than remembrance.
It is reclamation.
It is visibility.
It is leadership in motion.

Here’s to the artists, the advocates, the mothers, the mentors, the policy shapers, the dreamers and the young girls watching, learning, and becoming.

She was here.
She is here.
She will be. 💫



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A coral and pink illustrated graphic celebrating Women’s History Month. Across the top and bottom are stylized portraits of diverse women in profile, representing different races and hair textures. In the center, the word “WOMEN” appears in large, soft pink letters. In front of the letters stand illustrated women with visible and non-visible disabilities — including a woman using crutches, a woman with a guide dog, and others standing confidently. The overall tone is warm, vibrant, and empowering, emphasizing diversity, inclusion, and solidarity.

02/01/2026

✊🏾♿

Some wisdom doesn’t age, it sharpens.

Today, Women Embracing Abilities Now Charlotte is honored to share a powerful message from Kate Gainer, featured in the National Disability Rights Network’s Disability in Black series.

Kate’s voice carries decades of movement-building, street-level advocacy, and unwavering resolve. Her words are both a reminder and a challenge: the work is unfinished, the systems are still unequal, and the torch must keep moving forward, hand to hand, generation to generation.

To young advocates coming up now:
Listen closely. Learn deeply. Then rise boldly.
Our freedom has a lineage and you are next in line.

Kate, thank you for your courage, your service, and your lifelong commitment to disability justice. Your leadership continues to light the way. 🔥

🎥 Watch Kate’s powerful message here:
https://youtu.be/pUrs5Ar-PkY?si=bs40qDnaFADJWYUK

It’s day 15 of our series and we are truly honored to share some spirited wisdom from Kate Gainer! A lifelong advocate and activist,...

02/01/2026

Black History Month begins with a truth we refuse to whisper.

Disabled black women have always been here creating, resisting, shaping legacy.

The C.O.D.E. Collective is a call forward.
A space where art becomes language, history becomes fuel, and disabled young women of color learn the names, stories, and fire of the Black women who fought for civil rights and disability justice often without credit, always with courage.

If you are curious.
If you are creative.
If you are quietly powerful.
This space is for you.

✨ Kickoff Event
🗓 Sunday, March 8 — International Women’s Day

⏰ 1–5 PM
📍 Dupp & Swat
1824 Statesville Ave #105, Charlotte, NC 28206

Art. Advocacy. Community. Legacy in motion.

🎨 Apply today:
https://forms.gle/PfpqC3NQ6vnNs4bv8

⏳ Space is limited.

📩 Questions? Need Accommodations?

Email: Monique Stamps [email protected]
📞 Call: 704.389.0734

Hosted by Women Embracing Abilities Now (WEAN) Charlotte

Because representation isn’t enough we build pathways.

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A promotional flyer for the C.O.D.E. Collective (Colors of Disability Equality). The design features a black-and-white background image of disability rights advocate and activist Kate Gainer, a Black woman using a power wheelchair, smiling broadly with an expressive, joyful posture. Overlaid text reads: “Disabled young women of color creating legacy through art.” Additional text includes “Art. Advocacy. Community.” and “Call for Mentees.” An orange “Apply Today” callout appears next to a QR code, with “Space is Limited” below it. The flyer lists eligibility criteria for mentees, including being a disabled young woman of color, high school junior through college undergraduate, living in Mecklenburg County, NC, and being creative or quietly powerful. The overall tone is bold, empowering, and celebratory, with high-contrast text designed for accessibility.

01/19/2026

On January 19, we honor more than a holiday we answer a call to service. The third Monday in January has become a national day for action, inviting us to remember a visionary leader and to carry his work forward. He taught that injustice in one place threatens justice everywhere, and he showed that peaceful protest and solidarity can reshape the world.

Women Embracing Abilities Now–Charlotte stands in that tradition. As women with disabilities, we know true inclusion means accessible healthcare, an end to isolation and poverty, and support that reaches across differences. Dreams don’t come alive through laws alone; they need hands and hearts. On this day, we mentor, volunteer and build a city where women and girls of every ability can thrive. Join us in lifting every voice and creating spaces where no one is left behind.

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A high‑contrast, black‑and‑white illustration shows a thoughtful man in a suit facing left. Beside his portrait, flowing hand‑lettered text reads, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Bold capital letters spell out his signature beneath the quote. The artwork uses strong black lines and swirling calligraphy on a white background, evoking a stencil or linocut print.