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Tameka Citchen Spruce Valued Clients and News

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Tameka has been interviewed for podcast, radio and newspapers. Below are the many media interviews and moderated discussions she has done.

Michiganders with disabilities are living in poverty, struggling to afford basics.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/09/16/michiganders-with-disabilities-are-struggling-to-make-ends-meet/10229475002/

Disability Rights Champion Spotlights Need For Accessible Housing, Voting

https://www.metrotimes.com/news/disability-rights-champion-spotlights-need-for-accessible-housing-voting-29513862

Michiganders with disabilities are living in poverty, struggling to afford basics

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/09/16/michiganders-with-disabilities-are-struggling-to-make-ends-meet/10229475002/

Opinion: Detroit needs office of disability affairs

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2020/03/14/opinion-detroit-needs-office-disability-affairs/5023222002/

Voters With Disabilities Can Change It All

https://wdet.org/2020/11/03/voters-with-disabilities-can-change-it-all/

Directing With a Disability

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-eZrKDxyVs&t=7s

TODAY SHOW Detroit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFK1Jogfcl0

My Girl Story: Black Girls and Mental Health

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKD8Gwi4q-8

My Girl Story: Stories from the African Diaspora

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imtmCLffeD8

Kristen SuperCrip Milefchik Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpm3XYoPtSY&t=951s


Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Community Spotlight: Tameka Citchen-Spruce

https://www.christopherreeve.org/blog/life-after-paralysis/community-spotlight-tameka-citchen-spruce

Michigan nominee Tameka Citchen-Spruce wins national ‘Champions of Equal Opportunity’ award

https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/news/2022/07/20/ceo-award

Documentary Film Review: “My Girl Story” by Tameka Citchen-Spruce

https://www.respectability.org/2022/03/my-girl-story-tameka-citchen-spruce/

Partnering to Create a More Accessible Future: A Panel Conversation about Ableism and Racism in Healthcare

https://disabilityhealth.medicine.umich.edu/events/partnering-create-more-accessible-future-panel-conversation-about-ableism-racism-healthcare

Being Black and Disabled: Deaf

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/ref=watch_permalink&v=375571064159576

Being Black and Disabled: Chronic Illness - Sickle Cell Anemia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGWXK2yWKmw

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The mission of Justice for Black Girls is to expand global knowledge of how US-based systems of power respond to and perpetuate the abuse of Black girls in schools, in prisons and in protest.

Justice for Black Girls is a social justice education space that serves Black girls' needs for protection, safety, and belonging through a holistic culture of care coupled with Black feminist curriculum, grassroots collaborations, and academic partnerships.

Tameka served on the panel discussion during Justice for Black Girls conference in 2019. 

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The Civil Rights Act of 1957 created the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Since then, Congress has reauthorized or extended the legislation creating the Commission several times; the last reauthorization was in 1994 by the Civil Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994.


Established as an independent, bipartisan, fact-finding federal agency, our mission is to inform the development of national civil rights policy and enhance enforcement of federal civil rights laws. We pursue this mission by studying alleged deprivations of voting rights and alleged discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or in the administration of justice. We play a vital role in advancing civil rights through objective and comprehensive investigation, research, and analysis on issues of fundamental concern to the federal government and the public.

Tameka spoke on Voter Access for People with Disabilities in 2019.

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Race Forward catalyzes movement building for racial justice. In partnership with communities, organizations, and sectors, we build strategies to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture. Facing Race conference is program under Race Forward.  

Tameka presented a session at Facing Race conference in 2018 and 2022. 

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We are dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by advancing innovative research and improving quality of life for individuals and families impacted by paralysis. 

Tameka was spotlighted on Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation's blog and moderated a panel discussion on Navigating Housing for People with Disabilities in Detroit. 

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