Inevitable Foundation Launches Elevate Collective Awards to Help Disabled Screenwriters

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at this link.  “We are thrilled to launch Elevate Collectiveand provide mid- and upper-level disabled screenwriters targeted support, education, connections and financial resources to level-up their careers,” Inevitable Foundation co-founders Richie Siegel and Marisa Torelli-Pedevska in a joint statement. “We built Elevate Collective based on a year and a half of learnings from running our Fellowship program.

Elevate Collective is the latest addition to the ecosystem we are building to empower disabled writers, which also includes our Concierge service for creative executives and showrunners, the Disability is Diversity campaign, and our Screenwriting Fellowship.”Additionally on Wednesday, the Foundation announced Elevate Collective Awards in partnership with Caring Across Generations and Humanitas.

The Inevitable Foundation x Caring Across Generations Care Award will offer a $5,000 professional development grant with the recipient being given access to ongoing script and development consulting services with the Caring Across Generations team.“Care is a crucial part of all of our lives, and it’s time to normalize that idea onscreen,” Lydia Storie, associate director of culture change at Caring Across Generations, said in a statement. “We are connecting disabled people and others with lived care experiences to Hollywood in order to change the stories we tell about aging, illness and disability.

Partnering with the Inevitable Foundation on this Elevate Award is the perfect alignment of our respective missions.”Also announced was theInevitable Foundation x Humanitas Alumni Award which is also a $5,000 grant.