Welcome to my new website, JKC Legacy!
It feels GREAT to finally have a platform to reach all of you. With my new illustrated biography coming out this month, I wanted to have an official gathering place to use my voice, tell my story, create new advocates for Americans with disabilities, and connect with all of my friends and family in the movement for civil rights and equality.
This website will feature information about All the Way to the Top, the accompanying book tour, initiatives and causes near and dear to my heart, my amazing sponsors, new projects with my partners, and this blog, which will include all of the above, plus anything else that just feels right.
My story has been told by so many, in so many ways. I want to express my gratitude for anyone that’s ever told my it with care and accuracy. Here, you will hear new anecdotes, get useful information around disabilities, become an advocate - maybe even an activist, and connect with me on this next part of my journey. So much is coming! So stay tuned.
Thank you for becoming a part of the Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins legacy.
ADAPT activists, including me and my mother Cynthia, protest the inaccessibility of public transportation in San Fransisco, in 1987. These incredible figures, pictured above, became mentors and teachers for me, in life and throughout my participation in the disability rights movement.
Pictured from left: Justin Dart Jr., Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins and her mother Cynthia Keelan, Bob Kafka, and Dianne Coleman.
Photography by Jeff Reinking.