What is Move to Include™?

Move to Include™ is a national initiative that uses the power of public media to promote inclusion. It spotlights people of differing abilities and disability issues – including education, healthcare, housing, recreation, employment and local efforts to support inclusion – through broadcast television, ondemand programming, radio, news, special events, and social media. The initiative works to inspire and motivate people to embrace different abilities and include all people in all aspects of community life.

Move to Include™ launched in 2014 as a partnership between WXXI Public Media in Rochester, NY and the Golisano Foundation, the nation’s largest private foundation devoted to supporting programs for people with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities. The Foundation has provided more than $1 million in funding to date for Move to Include.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) recognized the importance of the Move to Include™ model and awarded WXXI Public Media a grant to expand efforts to five additional public media stations. Now the initiative is expanding to other public media organizations across the country.

Attention Public Media Stations:

The Move to Include™ team has put together an extensive guide on the ways public media stations can get involved as well as resources to get started. See how the initiative can work at your station.

Questions?

If you have questions about the initiative, would like to become a partner or are a public media station looking to join the initiative, please contact Sarah Abbamonte at either 585-258-0361 or movetoinclude@wxxi.org.