"Thank you for the great experience and for your advocacy for people with disabilities. These events are life-changing."

-Disability Etiquette Presentation Attendee

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ReelPeople: UP Abilities

Josh Blue, Christine Ha, and Mike Veny captivated the audience with their extraordinary stories of resilience and perseverance and led an engaging Q&A session with more than 350 attendees. In partnership with The UP Experience.

ReelMusic

A crowd of 250 people celebrated music’s power to connect us, unite us, and lift us up at ReelMusic 2022, which showcased the talents of jazz, rock (and more!) musicians and performers with disabilities.

ReelArt

ReelArt highlighted the original artwork and glass art of Celebration Company artists at Sabine Street Studios and an art crawl with Bill Meek Studio. View the art virtually or purchase products online at https://bit.ly/ReelArt2022

ReelFilm

Sixteen award-winning short and feature films were made available to ReelAbilities fans, accompanied by engaging conversations & discussions with local and national leaders.

ReelWorkplace

Close to 100 attendees explored the intersection of gender, race, age and disability through data from a multi-year study and learned how to engage—and attract—employees with disabilities.

ReelEducation

The message of inclusion was brought to more than a thousand students. ReelEducation reached elementary to graduate students.

Major Media Coverage

• 365 Things to Do in Houston
• Buzz Magazines
• Click2Houston
• Community Impact
• CultureMap Houston
• Daily Advent
• Fox 26
• Houston Chronicle
• Houston Matters
• Houston Public Media
• Houston on the Cheap
• Houstonia
• Jewish Herald-Voice
• News Break
• RadioOne
• Yahoo

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ReelResults

96% of attendees rated events and films as ‘good’ or ‘very good’

111% increase in media impressions over 2021

Increase of nearly 10% of overall satisfaction with accessibility at the Festival

22,880,000+ media impressions from print, broadcast, and digital media

36 sponsors

50+ Collaborating Partners amplified the message of the Festival

ReelArt sales increased 360% over 2021

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