Episode Details

Everyone can help people with Down syndrome build connections and contribute to community. Speakers in this City Club of Eugene podcast dispel myths and suggest ways to welcome and integrate people with Down syndrome.

Speakers include Amelia Abel, advocate with Down syndrome; Jessica Ruth Baker, executive director of Radiant Community Arts; Jim Evangelista, cofounder of Reality Kitchen; and Melissa Hart, author and journalist who wrote Down Syndrome Out Loud: 20+ Stories of Disability & Determination and whose brother has Down syndrome.

You may watch the program on City Club of Eugene's YouTube channel.

This program was recorded on July 24, 2026.