Speaker Kit
Renee Christian
Speaker & Disability Justice Trainer
Transforming organizations through disability justice — from compliance to culture.
Transforming organizations through disability justice — from compliance to culture.
Renee Christian is a disability justice trainer and speaker whose work lives at the intersection of institutional change and human dignity. For [X years], she has helped organizations move beyond surface-level accessibility checkboxes toward cultures where disabled people are not accommodated — they are centered.
Her approach is grounded in lived experience and sharpened by transformational coaching practice. Renee doesn't speak about disability justice — she has done the work, built the systems, and rebuilt herself through them. That depth shows in every talk.
She works with forward-thinking companies, nonprofits, and conference organizers who are ready to stop performing inclusion and start building it. When organizations bring Renee in, they get a speaker who makes the abstract legal and the personal political — and leaves audiences with practical frameworks they can use Monday morning.
✦ Placeholder — add credentials, years of experience, certifications, publicationsMost organizations believe they have an inclusion problem when their real problem is a culture problem. This talk unpacks why legal compliance and actual belonging are not the same thing — and what it takes to close the gap. Audiences leave with a clear framework for shifting from reactive accommodation to proactive culture design.
Disability justice is not a checklist. It's a lens — one that reveals how systems of exclusion compound and how they can be dismantled. This session introduces the core principles of disability justice (whole person, leadership of most impacted, cross-movement solidarity) and translates them into leadership actions that stick.
You cannot polish your way out of a broken culture. This keynote explores how unhealed organizational patterns reproduce exclusion — and how leaders can do their own work first so their institutions can follow. Raw, practical, and grounded in real organizational dynamics.
Wellness industry advice rarely accounts for the structural barriers disabled people face daily. This session reframes wellness as a justice issue — and offers a disability-centered framework for organizations who want to genuinely support the whole person, not just the productive employee.
Treating access as a favor to be granted is a sign of a culture that hasn't done the work. This talk makes the case for building access into organizational DNA — before anyone's in the room, before anyone's asked, before someone's already been harmed. Practical, systems-level thinking with real-world examples.
Add a 2–3 sentence description tailored to your most-requested conversations. Consider: "Intergenerational Disability Wisdom," "Leading with Lived Experience," or a custom title from your client work.
✦ Placeholder — add topic title + descriptionHigh-energy, big-audience talks for conferences, summits, and all-hands events. Inspires and reframes — leaves people thinking differently.
Deep-dive, interactive sessions for smaller groups. Hands-on exercises, real scenarios, and practical tools participants can apply immediately.
Expert participation on disability justice, organizational inclusion, or wellness. Renee brings substance and energy to any conversation.
For organizations ready for sustained engagement. Each session builds on the last — supporting real, embedded change over time.
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I've only had two sessions with her and already she has given me self confidence. In fact even before I started my sessions with her I was already impressed. Take the time to read her bio. She is a real life Horatio Alger story. The only way life coaching works is if the client has been so beaten down by life that they are finally willing to listen. I found that person in Renee.Google Reviewer via Google
I have done a coaching session with Renee and loved it. I like how she starts off by having you really eliminate all distractions around you and calming your mind — then once your mind is clear having you really think about what you want to achieve in the next year. It reminds you of things you never think about because life is so busy. Then she discusses it with you and helps you plan how to achieve the goals. Renee is easy to talk to and work with — I would recommend her as your life coach.Google Reviewer via Google
Renee listened to my concerns without judgement, encouraged me continuously, and gave me tools for success that prove to still work to date. I highly recommend this service as I look forward to trying many more components offered by Renee's program.Google Reviewer via Google
I worked with Renee early last summer and she is amazing! She not only personally inspires me — as part of our work together she brought me through an amazing exercise and I had a lasting breakthrough in a short period of time. She is a great listener and full of wisdom.Google Reviewer via Google
I enjoy the work we did together and it helped me to see things in a different perspective and move forward in a positive way — totally recommend this to all my friends.Google Reviewer via Google
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