From Compliance to Culture
Meeting accessibility requirements is the floor, not the ceiling.
As part of AAF Seattle’s annual DEIB event series, this year’s June programming focuses on accessibility and the difference between meeting requirements and creating environments where people can fully participate, contribute, and belong.
Too often, accessibility conversations begin and end with compliance checklists. But true inclusion asks more of us.
From Compliance to Culture brings together leaders working across accessibility, communications, inclusive workplaces, digital experiences, and community advocacy to explore what happens when accessibility becomes part of organizational culture rather than a reactive obligation.
Together, we’ll discuss:
ADA & WCAG fundamentals
Where compliance falls short of actual inclusion
Accessibility across digital, physical, and workplace experiences
How teams build accessibility into culture, process, and creative practice
The role accessibility plays in independence, participation, and belonging
Guest speakers will include experts in public communications, accessibility strategy, inclusive employment systems, and digital accessibility who will share practical insights, lived experiences, and real-world examples of building more accessible organizations and experiences.
This won’t be a conversation about doing the bare minimum.
It’s about rethinking what inclusion can look like when accessibility becomes embedded into the way we communicate, create, lead, and design experiences.
Accessibility & Accommodations
AAF Seattle is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible event experience for all attendees.
If you require accommodations or have accessibility-related questions in advance of the event, please contact events@aafseattle.com.
We encourage accommodation requests as early as possible to help us support your participation fully and thoughtfully.
Confirmed speakers to be announced
Event Details
Tuesday, June 9th
5:30–7:30 PM
📍 DNA&STONE
900 East Pine StreetSeattle, WA, 98122
Snacks & drinks included.
Tickets
AAF Seattle Members: Complimentary (included with membership)
Guests: $20
Space is intentionally limited to preserve the impact of the experience, so reserve your seat today.
Save your seat!
*AAF Seattle is a volunteer-run non-profit organization, and ticket sales help cover the costs of all events we put together. Thank you for supporting the community.
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About Us:
🎉 AAF Seattle is Western Washington's chapter of the American Advertising Federation, serving the area's creative, marketing, communications, and advertising industry since 1909.
About AAF National:
The American Advertising Federation protects and promotes the well-being of the advertising industry. We accomplish this through a unique, nationally coordinated grassroots network of advertisers, agencies, media companies, local advertising clubs and college chapters. We have more than 60 corporate members from the nation's leading advertisers, agencies, and media companies, including Google, LinkedIn, TikTok, Meta, and many others, who partner with the AAF.
Questions? Contact us! - 💌 events@aafseattle.com
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