Donate Through Emma’s 3/21 Pledge Page Here!
Hi! I’m Emma and I’m a 29-year-old from Ontario, Canada. I came up with a nonprofit called Advocating Em. At Advocating Em, we shout worth, love, kindness and awareness for those who need a voice, and one of those voices is for the Down Syndrome Community.
I don’t have any direct family link to anyone with Down syndrome (DS), but the first child I worked with when I was just nine years old was a wonderful little kindergarten boy with DS, and that experience forever changed my life. Since that day I have continued to work with kids with special needs, and it is the best thing ever. I have done co-op programs and also worked in schools and camps that involve kids with special needs. The biggest thing I have learned is there isn’t anything they can’t do if they put their minds to it.
I believe in inclusion and not putting people in a box or assuming limits. We live in such a wonderful world, and sometimes we forget to take even the smallest accomplishments as positives. We are always looking for that big moment. I joined Ruby’s Rainbow’s 3/21 Pledge Committee not only to be an advocate for those with Down syndrome, but to show that small acts of kindness can lead to many positive things. Doesn’t matter your age, abilities and so on – we all have the ability to love and look out for one another. So join me in taking this Pledge so we can send well-deserving people to post-secondary education and let them show us and the world all that they can do!