Keri Gray — cross-movement strategist, speaker, and advocate working at the intersections of disability, race, and gender — joins Dr. Victor Pineda on The Independent for a candid conversation about identity, movement-building, and justice.

Keri reflects on growing up as a Black disabled woman and cancer survivor, and how that lived experience shaped her belief that those most marginalized must be centered in the disability movement’s future. She and Victor dig into today’s political moment — DEI rollbacks, economic precarity, and growing threats to equity — and what it will take for disability rights and racial justice movements to respond cohesively. Keri also speaks candidly about building trust networks across communities and the ethical questions AI raises for how disability is talked about in healthcare and beyond.

This episode continues the mission of The Independent: uplifting intersectional lived expertise, honoring movement power, and spotlighting the leaders building a more just and liberated world.