2025 Conference Photos Now Available!
The Top 123 Photos from the 2025 Annual Conference on Independent Living have been captioned and are available to view and download.
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Image Description (Collage):
- Conference Logo – LEVEL UP: Building Tomorrow Together. Graphic features level (fader) switches in blue, green, yellow, and pink. 2025 Annual Conference on Independent Living. NCIL logo features a multi-colored fingerprint in matching colors
- Kim Brock from South Carolina is speaking from the stage at the Rally with her two daughters beside her
- Lorna-Mae Silcott from the Maryland SILC speaks from the conference stage
- Representative Lateefah Simon speaks at the Rally
- FranSha Anderson dances at the ADA35 Celebration of Community while wearing a red cowboy hat, red top, black fringe jacket, and red boots
- Justina Akiko sings on stage
- Jim Warne speaks at the podium from the conference stage
- Keely Cat-Wells delivers a Keynote Address during the Awards Luncheon
- A group of people gathers for a photo with Senator Bernie Sanders
- Keri Gray delivers the Opening Plenary Keynote Address
- Howard Rosenblum signs from the stage at the Rally
- Dr. Victor Pineda from CIL Berkeley speaks during a panel on Artificial Intelligence
- Group marches on street holding large banner reading “National Council on Independent Living” with a colorful fingerprint icon
- Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown delivers the Closing Plenary Keynote Address
- Speaker using a motorized wheelchair addresses the crowd at NCIL’s 2025 Rally
- Ryan Loosemore from Connecticut is speaking at the Rally while a representative from Access Living holds the mic
- One prominent sign amongst marchers says, “TEACH LEARN MAKE DISABILITY HISTORY” in blue, purple, and red letters
- Janice Jackson from the Maryland SILC speaks into a microphone from the conference stage
- Jessica Podesva holds a yellow Marshal t-shirt and speaks into a megaphone
- A person speaks into microphone at the Rally
- People with disabilities and allies march toward the U.S. Capitol, some using wheelchairs and prosthetics, wearing blue shirts in an outdoor setting.
