Welcome to Cultivating Inclusion! We are a broad array of community partners engaging a county-wide education and awareness campaign to promote acceptance and empowerment of Lewis County residents who have intellectual, behavioral and/or physical differences. Our campaign has a positive impact in school, work and community.
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School Micro-Grants
For the purposes of this application, inclusion means to promote or create acceptance and empowerment of students who have intellectual, behavioral and/or physical differences. Funds can be requested to support classrooms, equipment, staff development, or another area that supports inclusion in school and education.
More About Cultivating Inclusion
Our mission: Cultivating Inclusion – Lewis County promotes a welcoming culture for people of all abilities. We act in meaningful ways that inspire, support and celebrate inclusion.
Our Vision: Lewis County welcomes all people with respect, acceptance, understanding and engagement at school, work, and in our community.
Diversity Statement (summary: We support and stand with people with physical and or developmental/behavioral differences, people of color, LGBTQ+, and our indigenous communities. We stand against racism, discrimination, and systemic oppression – as we uphold our name by providing a safe place for voices and concerns to be heard. Our commitment is to fully review nominees and only lift up those people and organizations who are truly cultivating inclusion – all people, all abilities. Click to read full diversity statement.
Cultivating Inclusion’s Activities Will Impact:
- School: Five Lewis County school districts (Toledo, Onalaska, Mossyrock, Centralia and Chehalis) participate in joint planning and networking, professional development, parent support and student awareness activities. We seek to create a welcoming culture for social inclusion within each school district.
- Work: Interested businesses promote inclusion to the public through onsite sticker display, training of employees in inclusion principles and implementation of inclusion practices. Priority businesses are those with significant retail customer contact and/or interest in hiring adults with differences.
- Community: Speakers promote inclusion through presentations at meetings of service clubs, faith communities and child care providers. Agencies support inclusion through a sticker display and promoting inclusion within their organizational practices. Our May 2021 Cultivating Inclusion Celebration honored dozens of nominees practicing inclusion in school, work and community.
Get Involved:
- Sign up below for notices of meetings and events before they happen (digital form below).
- Fill out the application to join the Cultivating Inclusion Committee and send it to inclusion@lcautism.org.
Cultivating Inclusion Interest Form
Donate to Cultivating Inclusion: Your donation supports our countywide awareness campaign. The Lewis County Autism Coalition is fiscal sponsor for Cultivating Inclusion – Lewis County. Select Cultivating Inclusion as your preference on our donation page.
Question/More info? Email inclusion@lcautism.org.