You're Leading a Disability ERG. You Shouldn't Have to Figure It Out Alone.

A membership built for the people doing the hardest, most invisible work inside their companies: leading Disability Employee Resource Groups.

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The Job Nobody Trained You For

You said yes to leading your company's Disability ERG because you cared. Maybe you're disabled yourself. Maybe you watched a coworker struggle and thought someone has to do something. So you raised your hand.

Nobody told you what came next.

The budget requests that go nowhere. The programming you're expected to build from scratch, on top of your actual job. The pressure to represent an entire community in every meeting, every panel, every "can you weigh in on this?" Slack message. The fear that you're doing it wrong, because there's no one to check your work against.

ERG leaders are asked to build community for everyone else. Most of them have none for themselves.

That ends here.

I've Sat Where You're Sitting

Early in my career, I was one of the founding leaders of a Disability Inclusion Affinity Group at my workplace. When I first joined, the group was called the "Differently Abled" affinity group.

The name made me cringe, but I held myself back, willed myself to be patient, and said, "I'd love to join and be one of the leaders."

When our group started meeting, I proposed a name change. I brought in outside disability advocacy writing to make the case. It took conversation, education, and advocacy before the group landed on a name that reflected who we actually were.

That was our first win as a group: learning together, having the hard conversation, and following disabled voices instead of guessing.

Leading an ERG isn't like leading a typical team. People show up because they choose to, not because it's their job. That means the old playbook of top-down leadership doesn't work. You need a different model, and most ERG leaders are never taught what that model looks like.

I built this membership to teach it.

What You Actually Get When You Join

This isn't a course that sits unfinished in your inbox. It's an ongoing home for Disability ERG leaders who want support, not another tab to leave open.

Inside the membership:

Private Slack community — connect with other Disability ERG leaders year-round, ask questions in real time, and stop solving every problem from scratch
Quarterly planning sessions — map out your ERG's programming each quarter with guidance instead of guesswork
Panels and mixers — hear from other leaders and disabled voices doing this work across industries
In-depth trainings, twice a year — go deep on the skills ERG leadership actually requires: advocacy, facilitation, and building shared leadership
Office hours, twice a month — bring your specific, messy, real situation and get a direct answer

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Catarina approaches overwhelming topics in an easy to approach format, providing excellent accessibility to the attendees (even down to the font!). The sessions were proven to be valuable for anyone running or leading ERGs, whether it's disability focused or otherwise, her teachings are universal. Thank you for your dedication, Catarina!

-Jen Downing, Community Experience, Start Early
“Thank you, Catarina and team, for curating and sharing these resources! You created a wonderful space last week and I'll definitely encourage our chapter leaders to look out for future opportunities.”

—Brandi Zimny, Sr. Manager| inclusion UDX
"Catarina was a phenomenal speaker and partner for one of the panels we hosted at [solidcore] this year. Our company organized a talk on Disability and Inclusion in the workplace, and Catarina brought invaluable expertise to both the conversation and our prep sessions. Beyond her knowledge, she provided practical resources that our employees could reference and apply directly to their work with clients."

—Guyton Matthews IV, Diversity Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging Manager, [solidcore]

Why This, Why Now

You could keep piecing this together on your own. Reading old Slack threads. Guessing at what a good ERG program looks like. Carrying the emotional weight of representing disability at work with no one who gets it checking in on you.

Or you could stop carrying it alone.

This membership exists so that the next time your leadership asks you to build a Disability Pride Month event, or you're staring down a budget conversation, or a member comes to you in crisis, you have somewhere to turn that isn't just your own judgment at 11pm.

Membership Details

For $150/month, your membership includes:

Full access to the Slack community
Quarterly planning sessions, panels and mixers
Biannual trainings
Twice-monthly office hours.

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Questions ERG Leaders Ask Before Joining

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No. This membership is for anyone leading or co-leading a Disability ERG, whether you're disabled, a caregiver, or an ally who takes this work seriously. What matters is that you're doing the job and want to do it well.
Yes, you can bring this to your DEI or professional development budget. If it's helpful, we can provide a short write-up you can forward to your manager making the case for support.
This is built to save you time, not add to your plate. Instead of researching and problem-solving alone, you get direct access to answers and people who've already done it.
That's exactly who the office hours and quarterly planning sessions are for. You don't need to know what to ask. You need a space that helps you figure it out.
Yes. This is a monthly membership, and you're never locked into a long-term commitment.