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Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: JKrista Caraway <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 1009 Brendan Ct. <br /> Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br /> Phone: 910-554-6681 <br /> Email: kristazeltcaraway@gmail.com <br /> Year of OC Residence: 2011 <br /> Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br /> Zone of Residence: 71carrboro City Limits <br /> Gender Identity: Female <br /> Ethnic Background: White <br /> Age Range: 35-59 <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> B3 Coffee - Director of Events & Member Outreach (B3 is a nonprofit that provides social and <br /> vocational opportunities for people of all abilities. Using the way coffee brings people together, we aim <br /> to facilitate community between people with and without disabilities and ultimately advance disability <br /> justice, allyship, and inclusion.) Board of Directors / Support Group Leader-Autism Society of NC - <br /> Orange & Chatham Counties Chair on CFAC (Child and Family Advisory Council)Active advocate for <br /> human rights. <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> Contributed to Behavioral Health Task Force years ago <br /> Boards/Commissions Applied for: <br /> Human Relations Commission <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> My professional experience speaks for itself (working in human services since 1997), but I also have <br /> lived experience as a neurodivergent person with 2 neurodivergent children. I'm also a domestic <br /> violence survivor and sought shelter here in Orange in 2011 with my son and never left. <br /> Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br /> Ita€TMS vital to share factual information to hold our government accountable and to make positive <br /> change to benefit everyone. If something helps one person, most likely it will help others too; universal <br /> design in all aspects of thinking and in life. <br /> Contribution to the diversity of viewpoints on this board: <br /> I'm disabled and have disabled children. I work primarily in and with our disability community. <br /> Conflict of interest: <br />