Members of the City of Worcester Accessibility Advisory Commission confirmed final plans and volunteer staffing for a Disability Pride event scheduled for Wednesday, July 23, running 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. behind City Hall.

Commission member Kate McGrath said, "the event is happening, like, Pat said, Wednesday, July 23 from 11 to 3, and the speakers will be starting at 11:30AM. And the speakers will begin with senator Robin Kennedy and then, Mayor Petty, and then the teach disability history group." She added that the musical performer Flame will play and that an accessible martial arts demonstration from Easterseals will appear around 12:50 p.m.

Commission staff and members discussed outreach and staffing. Patricia Lafore said the office will send a mass email to city staff and work with the city manager’s communications department on a flyer. Dee Coruna said she had assembled Massachusetts Office of Disability brochures in multiple languages—Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, English and Creole—and planned to include them at the event table. Commissioners volunteered time slots to staff the table; suggested staffing windows included 10:30–12:30 and 12:30–2:30, and members agreed to act as roving contacts and to help recruit attendees from disability communities.

Vice Chair Elizabeth (Liz) Miska encouraged outreach to the Worcester Talking Book Library and other sight-loss networks to boost attendance among visually impaired community members.

No formal vote was required; the discussion was logistical. The commission plans a brief status update at its next meeting, scheduled July 15, three days before the event.