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Tina Zhu Xi Caruso is our featured workshop panelist for "Intersectionality in Action: Celebrating and Honoring the Resilience" at our upcoming Explore Possibility Summit!

Tina is an outspoken advocate for the Asian American and Blind communities and works to bring awareness and opportunities to other individuals who live in the intersection of different communities and identities. Tina was also recognized for her work at this year's Harry Hom Dow awards in Boston. Come learn from Tina with us on June 17th!

If you are a current MassAbility participant or interested in MassAbility services, you can register to attend at https://ow.ly/jyB450Z6Fta

Image Description: A purple and orange flyer showing Tina Zhu Xi Caruso, CVI and disability advocate, featured as a workshop panelist at Explore Possibility Summit 2026 discussing intersectionality and resilience.

Introducing our Keynote Speaker for this year’s Explore Possibility Summit, Casandra Xavier!

Casandra is a DeafBlind advocate and Assistive Technology Educator and Boston, Massachusetts local. You may recognize her from viral conversations about snow accessibility and concurrent crossings, among her other important work teaching assistive technology skills to other individuals who are blind or low vision in Massachusetts. Come listen and learn from her with us on June 17th.

Image Description: A purple and orange flyer announcing Casandra Xavier, DeafBlind activist and educator, speaking as keynote at Explore Possibility Summit 2026 in Framingham.

The Explore Possibility Summit is back! We're excited to host this event for the first time since 2024 and to welcome the community once again for a day of activities, workshops, exhibitors, networking, and more.

Join inspiring conversations and enjoy our first-ever “Possibilities Marketplace,” featuring hand-crafted goods, products, and services offered by fellow participants and members of the disability community.

There are only a few spots left to attend! If you are a current MassAbility participant or interested in MassAbility services, you can register to attend at https://ow.ly/NzyJ50Z6bEj

Let's make it an accessible Pride Month! Use this checklist to communicate details about your events or venues so people can make informed decisions and decide which events they can attend. Happy Pride!

It's AANHPI Heritage Month! Check out events happening around the state before the month ends 👇

Why is May AANHPI Heritage Month? Well, Congress chose this month to commemorate when people from Japan immigrated to the US back in May of 1843, but it wasn't until 1992 that AAPI Heritage Week became recognized as AAPI Heritage Month. Later, it grew to include native people from Hawaii, too.

Join us tomorrow night at the Harry Hom Dow Awards at the Embrace Boston Statue, honoring activists, advocates, and leaders who are making a difference in Boston today like Tina Zhu Xi Caruso. We’re thrilled to celebrate Tina’s advocacy and work in the community and look forward to welcoming her as a panelist for our upcoming Explore Possibility event in June!

This weekend is also the second annual AAPI Heritage Concert by Boston Festival Orchestra on Saturday afternoon. Next Sunday, enjoy a traditional Japanese concert experience by Mountain River Taiko with Taiko and Koto music and an Odori dance show.

This month's Hiring Events in Boston and Sturbridge were a great success! We are so thankful to all of our job seekers, employer partners, and staff for coming together for such an important event.

This wasn't a typical hiring fair, and our staff worked hard to secure real interviews for open positions that might be a great fit for a job seeker they support. With our Business Relations Team handling the internal coordination between employers and pre-screening roles to match to the right people, this allowed our job seekers to focus on the important part: interviewing. And we are happy to share that as of today, eight individuals have been extended job offers!

Looking forward to our next hiring events in June at Bridgewater and Lowell!

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